Six Months in Afghanistan: A Progress Report from the 1st SFAB’s Inaugural Deployment
On a remote base in Afghanistan, pinned on the wall above Col. Scott Jackson’s desk, is a...
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Commentary & Analysis
The Multi-Domain Battlefield of Guadalcanal
Sweat-drenched, sleep-deprived, and weakened by a paltry diet, a US soldier dives for cover as an...
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The Intelligence Reachback Conundrum
In 2016, US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley called for greater reliance on smaller and leaner...
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A Tale of Two Dragons: Chinese Power Projection on the Silver Screen
Somewhere in the Gulf of Aden, Somali pirates hold the crew of a container ship hostage on the...
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Investing in Understanding Cities is Investing in National Security
Large, dense urban areas are both the engines of our economic prosperity and the locus of future...
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Three Reasons America Must Be a Leader in Space
Suddenly, big American ambitions in space are back in the news. Congress has ramped up spending...
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Iran’s Human Geography: The Wicked Problem of People, Places, and Things that Complicates US Strategy
Joe Karle’s recent article regarding the need for the Department of Defense to get ahead of events...
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I Was a US Liaison Officer to Lithuania. Here’s What I Learned.
Imagine a combined arms breach on unfamiliar terrain, an allied battalion rolling forward in the...
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