The Hard Choices That Will Define the Army of Tomorrow (and Beyond)
For the past several years, the Center for Strategic & International Studies has released an...
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Commentary & Analysis
Rumor and Ice: Assessing Russian Intentions in the Arctic
Move over Greenland, Donald President Trump should know that the real Arctic prize is Svalbard...
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The Soft Power of an American Cartoon: South Park and the Information War with China
Author’s note: The author definitely does not think that Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like...
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Part-Time Service, Full-Time Value: Renewing the Call for a Civilian Reserve Corps
In the 2006 National Security Strategy, a key recommendation for “the way ahead” included...
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Warfare in the Smartphone Era: The Dangers of a Distracted Battlefield
“We lost almost the entire patrol,” said the lieutenant. “It was horrific.” “We walked right into...
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What the Critics Miss: The Army Combat Fitness Test is Going to Make Us a More Combat-Ready Force
By October 2020, the United States Army plans to begin requiring all soldiers to take the new Army...
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Deterrence: I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means
We need a frank discussion on what deterrence is and how it is operationalized in contemporary...
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Leveraging Soldiers for Innovation: Why We Need an Army Product Development Cell
There is a disconnect between Pentagon assertions that the US Army’s greatest resource is “our...
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