Recent Articles

Old and New Insurgency Forms Dr Robert J Bunker Monograph by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College Press "While the study of insurgency extends well over 100 years and has its origins in the guerrilla and small wars of the 19th century and beyond, almost no cross modal analysis—that is, dedicated insurgency form typology identification—has been conducted. Until the end of the Cold War, the study of insurgency focused primarily on separatist and Marxist derived forms with an emphasis on counterinsurgency practice aimed at those forms rather than on identifying what differences and interrelationships existed. The reason for this is that the decades-long Cold War struggle subsumed many diverse national struggles and tensions into a larger paradigm of conflict—a free, democratic, and capitalist West versus a totalitarian, communist, and centrally planned East. "

Strategic Insights: Whiskey over Books, Again? Anti-Intellectualism and the Future Effectiveness of Army 2025 Dr Don M Snider Article by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College Press

Military Support to Governance, Elections, and Media Mister Anthony S Lieto Guides and Handbooks by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, Joint Chiefs of Staff "This Handbook for Military Support to Governance, Elections, and Media provides fundamental guidance, planning considerations, techniques, procedures, and other information for the stabilization, development, or restoration of a country’s governance, elections, and media institutions and processes across all phases of Military Operational Planning (i.e. fragile states, failed states, and traditional post-conflict periods)."

Military Support to Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform Doctor Karen J. Finkenbinder Guides and Handbooks by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, Joint Chiefs of Staff "This Handbook for Military Support to Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform is Book Five in a set of five handbooks developed to assist the joint force commander design, plan, and execute a whole-of-government approach. Included with the series is an overview J7/J9 Pamphlet, Executive Summary of the Unified Action Handbook Series, that describes the handbooks, suggests how they should be used, and identifies the significant interrelationships among them."

SOLLIMS Sampler (Feb. 2016) - Shifts in United Nations Peacekeeping Mister David A Mosinski PKSOI SOLLIMS Sampler by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "Over its seven decades of operations, United Nations Peacekeeping has received both international praise and international censure, from winning the Nobel Peace Prize to standing on the sidelines of genocide. In any case, peacekeeping remains a prominent tool utilized by the United Nations in the face of proliferated conflict."

The Army War College Review Vol. 2 No. 1 Dr Larry D Miller Colonel David M. Knych, Mr. Stewart C. Eales, Mr. Nathan T. Ray, Colonel David M. Kobs, Colonel Craig Simonsgaard Army War College Review by the US Army War College Press

Peace & Stability Journal, Volume 6, Issue 2 Mister Robert C Browne Peace and Stability Journal by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "The increase in transnational terrorism and organized crime in many regions of the world has created insecurity and restricted economic development in many countries. These threats cause particular harm to countries which are emerging from conflict or are vulnerable due to a porous border and a lack of regulatory security structures. Good border management is vital to countering these threats, facilitating legal movements of people and goods, improving trade and commerce, and encouraging external investment."

The Evolving Contingency Contracting Market: Private Sector Self-Regulation and United States Government Monitoring of Procurement of Stability Operations Services Miss Whitney Grespin PKSOI Paper by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, US Army War College Press "The contingency contracting industry has shifted markedly in recent decades. The events of 9/11 led to a complete reorientation of military and stability operations activities worldwide such that the primary operating theater of many existing companies shifted almost entirely to Afghanistan and Iraq, while government demand also allowed for the creation of a myriad of new private entities to provide contingency contracting services."

Strategic Insights: The Sinister Shadow of Escalating Middle Eastern Sectarianism Dr. W. Andrew Terrill Article by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College Press