May 2009 Issue
Transition strategy: A manual for all seasons
Joint Publication 3-0 tells us that stability operations are those missions where, alone or with other agencies, the armed forces “maintain or re-establish a safe and secure...
BY JOSEPH J. COLLINS
Joint Publication 3-0 tells us that stability operations are those missions where, alone or with other agencies, the armed forces “maintain or re-establish a safe and secure...
BY JOSEPH J. COLLINS
The Russian Navy revitalized
he Russian Navy today is not nearly as powerful as its predecessor, the Soviet Navy, at the peak of its strength in the mid-1980s. However, its prospects are brighter today than they were...
BY MILAN VEGO
he Russian Navy today is not nearly as powerful as its predecessor, the Soviet Navy, at the peak of its strength in the mid-1980s. However, its prospects are brighter today than they were...
BY MILAN VEGO
Ask the corporals and captains
When former President George W. Bush unveiled his revised strategy for Iraq in January 2007, he adopted several proposals made by the Iraq Study Group (ISG) while discounting many others....
BY LT. COL. GLEN BUTLER
When former President George W. Bush unveiled his revised strategy for Iraq in January 2007, he adopted several proposals made by the Iraq Study Group (ISG) while discounting many others....
BY LT. COL. GLEN BUTLER
Going soft
How can any nation cost-effectively battle jihadist networks in dozens of the most remote, austere and hazardous regions on Earth? How can any nation effectively intercede, deter or disrupt...
BY DAVID KATZ
How can any nation cost-effectively battle jihadist networks in dozens of the most remote, austere and hazardous regions on Earth? How can any nation effectively intercede, deter or disrupt...
BY DAVID KATZ
Answers on Afghanistan
President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan plan bears parallels with the Iraq surge plan — send more U.S. troops; push local government to take more responsibility and to crack...
President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan plan bears parallels with the Iraq surge plan — send more U.S. troops; push local government to take more responsibility and to crack...
Keeping faith with troops and taxpayers
n his first address before a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to its military men and women: “To each and every one of them,...
BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE
n his first address before a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to its military men and women: “To each and every one of them,...
BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE
A deterrence we need
Claiming freedom from the ideologically driven policies of the recent past, the Obama administration has promised a “new pragmatic approach” to everything from the economy to...
By Gene Myers
Claiming freedom from the ideologically driven policies of the recent past, the Obama administration has promised a “new pragmatic approach” to everything from the economy to...
By Gene Myers
Let’s make a deal
The hubris of legislators apparently knows no bounds. Here we are again on the fast road to acquisition reform, trying to fix the damage done by the many previous acquisition reform...
BY HARVEY M. SAPOLSKY
The hubris of legislators apparently knows no bounds. Here we are again on the fast road to acquisition reform, trying to fix the damage done by the many previous acquisition reform...
BY HARVEY M. SAPOLSKY
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