Strategic Issues

The USAWC Strategy Model in Moldova: Developing the Master's Course (Level II PME) for Military and Civilian Professionals COL Florian Circiumaru, Colonel Mark V Montesclaros Issue Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "Beginning in 2009, a multinational team of NATO professional military education (PME) experts began providing assistance to the Republic of Moldova’s Armed Forces at the Moldovan Military Institute (later Academy [MMA]) in Chisinau. The team’s broad purpose was to help the Moldovan military adjust from a Soviet-style military educational system to one that more closely mirrored NATO and Western standards. While constitutionally a neutral country, Moldova is a Partnership for Peace (PfP) Consortium member and participant in the Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP). As part of the DEEP process, the NATO team, co-led by Colonel (Ret.) John F. Troxell of the USAWC’s Strategic Research Department, was initially charged with two major efforts."

Collins Center Update - Summer 2015 Professor Bernard F. Griffard, Mr. Ritchie Dion, Colonel Jack Pritchard, Colonel Jerry Hall, Major Dennis Davis, Lieutenant Colonel Joe Chretien, Lieutenant Colonel Donald Travis Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

Collins Center Update - April-June 2015 James Shufelt, Professor Bernie Griffard, Mr. Steve Kidder, Lieutenant Colonel Brent Kauffman, Professor John Powell, Professor Bert B. Tussing Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

From Cooperation to Competition - The Future of U.S. - Russian Relations COL Gregory K Anderson, COL Karen L Briggman, COL Joseph E Hilbert, COL Gert-Jan Kooij, Lt Col Christopher T Lay, Dr James C McNaughton War Game Report by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership, Carlisle Scholars Program, Strategic Studies Institute "Russian aggression in 2014 caught U.S. policy and strategy off guard, forcing reactive measures and reevaluation of the U.S. approach toward Russia. Moscow employed nonlinear methodologies and operated just beneath traditional thresholds of conflict to take full advantage of U.S. and NATO policy and process limitations. In light of this strategic problem, the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), conducted a wargame that revealed four key considerations for future policy and strategy."

Collins Center Update - Volume 17, Issue 2 (Winter 2015) Professor James Shufelt, Professor Bernard F. Griffard, Lieutenant Colonel Donald Travis, CDR Ed “Cliffy” Zukowski, USN, Bill Waddell, Professor B.F. Griffard, Professor Bert B. Tussing, Major Dennis Davis, Major Joe Chretien, Mr. Rob Clements, Colonel Martin C. Clausen, Lieutenant Colonel Brent Kauffman, Professor John A. Bonin, Ph.D Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

Collins Center Update - Volume 17, Issue 1 (Fall 2014) Professor James W. Shufelt, Jr, Professor Bert B. Tussing, Dr. Allen S. Miller, Professor Bernard F. Griffard, Professor Bill Waddell, Major Joseph Chretien, Colonel John Valledor, Lieutenant Colonel Ned Ritzmann Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

Project 1704: A U.S. Army War College Analysis of Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe, an Appropriate U.S. Response, and the Implications for U.S. Landpower COL Douglas Mastriano, LTC Derek O'Malley Document by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "In the summer of 2014, Russia forcibly annexed Crimea from Ukraine and then actively supported ethnic Russian separatists in an on-going irredentist bid in Eastern Ukraine. This aggressive policy threatens to challenge NATO and the United States in its support of Ukraine and other nations of Eastern Europe. From this changing strategic environment, three central questions emerge: (1) What is the Russian strategy in their periphery? (2) What is the appropriate U.S. response? (3) What are the implications for U.S. landpower?"

Human Elements of Military Operations Lieutenant Colonel Brent A Kauffman War Game Report by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "The U.S. Army War College (USAWC) conducted a workshop focused on understanding the human elements of military operations. Two groups of experts from the behavioral and social sciences participated in an interdisciplinary examination of what human elements military leaders, planners, and soldiers need to consider when operating in foreign lands. This workshop did not focus on any one past, current, or future operation, but rather sought to develop usable, holistic frameworks—applicable for the broad range of military operations—to inform future military concepts. "

Collins Center Update, Volume 16, Issue 3 (Summer 2014) Colonel John Valledor, John A. Bonin, Ph.D, Professor Bill Waddell, Colonel John Mauk, Mr. Sam White, Jr., CDR Ed “Cliffy” Zukowski, Professors Bernard F. Griffard, Bert B. Tussing Collins Center Update by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership