by Professor Kristan J. Wheaton;
Issue paper from the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership;
A battle is going on right now, and every military in the world is fighting it. Victory in the ongoing battle is crucial. The militaries on the winning side will likely be on the winning side of the next large-scale war. The losers will likely be forgotten, studied only for the mistakes they made. This is the battle of Moore’s chasm. The battle of Moore’s chasm takes place everywhere. Physical manifestations of the battle exist in Ukraine, the Taiwan Strait, and Gaza. But equally important conceptual and theoretical manifestations of the battle exist in the Pentagon, on Arbatskaya Square in Moscow, and deep inside the August 1st Building in Beijing. What this battle is about, and how to win it, are the subjects of this issue paper.