U.S. Grand Strategy in the 21st Century: The Case for a Continental Commitment
Abstract The history of great power conflicts waged by maritime/island powers clearly shows the criticality of supporting continental allies...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
U.S. Grand Strategy in the 21st Century: The Case for a Continental Commitment
A nation must think before it acts.
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The Race for Drones
Abstract In just the last ten years, a growing number of states have sought to join the race to...
The State Of International Religious Freedom and Why It Matters
Abstract One of America’s—more precisely, one of Philadelphia’s—greatest contributions to the world is freedom of conscience, the idea that...
Editor’s Corner Winter 2015
In These Pages We kick off the winter issue of Orbis with Robert George’s recent Templeton Lecture on the...
FPRI Archive: Ashton Carter on Future Defense Challenges, Orbis, Winter 2009
Abstract: The next American president will face a daunting list of national security problems, including a serious defense budget...
Grand Strategy: The Fundamental Considerations
Abstract Grand or national strategy has emerged as a critical issue in security studies. Adam Garfinkle recently opined that...
Editor’s Corner Fall 2014
In These Pages In 1986, Congress mandated that new administrations were required to produce a “national security strategy,” envisioned...
War from the Ground Up
Emile Simpson, War From the Ground Up: Twenty First Century Combat as Politics (Oxford University Press, 2013) Read the...
Descending Eagle: The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review & the Decline of U.S. Power
Abstract This article reviews power transition theory and emerging threats to U.S. national security. It then analyzes how the...
‘Ali Baba’s Cave’: The Sea of Okhotsk’s Contentious Triangle
Abstract Amidst international furor over its annexation of Crimea, Russia quietly acquired a far more lucrative territory through different...