Strategic Issues

Op-Ed: Changing the Army's Culture of Cultural Change Leonard Wong Op-Ed by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College Press "In a profession as large as the U.S. Army, trying to influence the way organizational members think about specific issues can be a vexing proposition. Certainly new systems, policies, and procedures can force changes in behavior, but often what senior decisionmakers truly desire is a shift in attitudes—a culture change across the entire Army. Recent calls for Army culture change have emerged in areas as diverse as cyber security, resilience, sexual assault, leader development, language proficiency, and even energy conservation. Interestingly, the varied attempts at changing the Army’s culture over the past years seem to follow an amazingly similar template."

Collins Center Update, Volume 16 Issues 1 & 2 Professor Alan Bourque, Colonel Scott A. Forsythe, Lieutenant Colonel Bob Scanlon, Lieutenant Colonel Ned Ritzmann, Professor B.F. Griffard, Colonel Barry Di Ruzza, Mr. Ritchie L. Dion Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

Post-2014 Afghanistan Wargame Analysis Dr Richard L Winslow War Game Report by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "The Afghanistan Futures Wargame conducted 14-15 January 2014 brought together specialists with expertise on Afghanistan, China, India, Iran and Pakistan, international relations and national security affairs from academia, government and private think-tanks to consider U.S. policy options for Afghanistan beyond 2014."

Terminal Blackout: Critical Electric Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Civil-Military Resiliency Ms Cindy E Ayers, Kenneth D Chrosniak Issue Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "Threats to the electric grid (cyber, solar, non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse [NNEMP] and high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse [HEMP]), as well as the potential consequences of significant damage to grid components by terrorists and other natural disasters, have increased incrementally since 2001; but details releasable to the public at the unclassified level were rare prior to 2008..."

Collins Center Update Volume 15 Issue 4 (Summer 13) Colonel (Ret.) Al Bourque, Professor B.F. Griffard, Lieutenant Colonel Rob Purvis, Colonel Tom Keegan, Major Jim Dougherty, Mr. Ritchie L. Dion Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

Collins Center Update, Volume 15, Issue 3 (Spring 2013) Colonel John Mauk, Mr. Chip Cleckner, Prof. B.F. Griffard, Prof. Bert B. Tussing, LTC Chris Rogers Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

In Support of the Common Defense Journal, Volume 2 Professor Bert B. Tussing, Dr. Brian Nussbaum, Colonel Thomas Keegan, Colonel Karl Bopp, Ritchie Dion Study by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "One of the enduring missions of the Department of Defense, and the United States Army, has been to defend the United States homeland from foreign aggression and those threats that might endanger its sovereignty, its infrastructure, or its citizens. From the American Revolution to “Superstorm Sandy,” the United States Army has played a key role is safeguarding not just American interests around the world, but the American people at home..."

Collins Center Update Volume 15, Issues 1 & 2 COL (Ret.) Al Borque, LTC Mike Shekleton, Dr. Mike Matheny, and Prof. Steve Kidder, COL John Mauk, Dr. Richard L. Winslow, Colonel Scott A. Forsythe, Lieutenant Colonel Rob Purvis, Professors Bernard F. Griffard, Bert B. Tussing, Professor Jim Kievit, Ritchie L. Dion Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

Downsizing the Army Profession Leonard Wong Article by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College Press "John Carpenter, film director of horror movies such as Halloween, was once asked what he thought it was that scared theater audiences the most. His answer was simple: “Uncertainty.” Carpenter understood that not knowing what will happen next often produces more anxiety and angst than actual traumatic events. As anyone who has sat on the edge of their chair during thrillers such as Psycho or Jaws understands, it’s the apprehension and dread resulting from uncertainty that exacts the most psychological toll from viewers."