Perspectives on China’s Rise
The prodigious rise of China in the last few decades has stirred intense debates about the scale of America’s...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Perspectives on China’s Rise
A nation must think before it acts.
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Explaining North Korea: A “Guerilla Dynasty,” but where does it go from here?
What really drives North Korea? This question often gets lost in current debates and analyses of that country. Focuses...
A Doctrine of Contingent Sovereignty
Abstract Disengagement of U.S. leadership in recent years has not only emboldened the world’s worst actors, it has enabled...
“Virtual Planners” in the Arsenal of Islamic State External Operations
Abstract This article explores virtually planned attacks, an innovation by the Islamic State (IS) in its global campaign of...
Landpower, Time, and Terrorism: A Strategy of Lightness in the Counter-ISIS Campaign
Abstract The range of strategic ends and contingencies that could require seizing, securing, and controlling territory on land is...
Generals in Cyberspace: Military Insights for Defending Cyberspace
Abstract Recently, there have been calls for the United States to unleash the offensive power of cyber space. Advocates...
Russia-North Korea Economic Ties: Is There More Than Meets the Eye?
Abstract Russia’s relations with North Korea are often ignored in the West. The conventional view is that Russia’s role...
Assessing Sustainability of Command Economies and Totalitarian Regimes: The Soviet Case
Abstract Assessing the economic reality and prospects of the Soviet Union was of major importance for U.S. policy-making throughout...
Can Russia’s Quest for the New International Order Succeed?
Abstract A genesis and development of the conflict in Ukraine demonstrated fragility of the international security system and its...
The Struggle for Sea Power: Lessons from the Great War
Abstract The history of the contest for naval mastery during the Great War has particular resonance for today because...