Strategic Issues

Regional Asia-Pacific Defense Environmental Workshop Dr Kent H Butts, Ms Catherine A J Phinney Studies Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "The Environmental Security Trilateral Partners of the Australian, Canadian, and United States Departments of Defence hosted a regional Asia-Pacific Defence Environmental Workshop in Darwin, Australia, from 11 to 14 May 1998. The theme of this workshop was “Defence Dimensions of Contemporary Environmental Issues” and was a follow-up to the September 1996 “Asia-Pacific Defence Environmental Conference” held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The purpose of the workshop was to provide a forum where defence and environmental officials from Asia-Pacific Nations could examine the importance of defence related environmental issues to regional stability. Participants of the Hawaii Conference requested future regional workshops, suggested topics and asked to participate in panels and presentations. This workshop was structured in response to those requests. "

International Environmental Security: The Regional Dimension Arthur L Bradshaw Study Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "This environmental security exercise specifically capitalized on the exceptional talents and perspectives of our senior International Fellows from this year’s U.S. Army War College class, drawing upon their unique personal and professional experiences, and the national and regional perspectives that they bring from their countries. "

NATO/CCMS Environmental Security Conference Dr Kent H Butts Study Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership

Environmental Security and Preventative Defense John D Auger Studies Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "The strategy of Preventive Defense is built on the premise that defense establishments have an important role to play in building democracy, trust and understanding, and in addressing problems that lead to regional tensions or in promoting communication and cooperation. Defense environmental cooperation can support this essential component of our national strategy. In light of this, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security) asked the Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College to address environmental degradation and scarcity and the role they play in the causes of conflict and instability in the post--Cold War world. "

A Blueprint for a Bold Restructuring of the Organization for National Security Prof James O Kievit, Prof Michael J Pasquarett Study Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "Throughout history the proficient application of combined arms on the ground battlefield has been a key to tactical success, and so military leaders and institutions have expended tremendous intellectual and physical resources to ensure their organizations and subordinate leaders were capable of such integrated activities. As just one example, today the vast infrastructure of the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command exists primarily to ensure that no other land forces in the world will be more proficient at combined arms than are American forces."

The Owl of Minerva Flies at Twilight: Doctrinal Change and Continuity and the Revolution in Military Affairs Dr David Jablonsky Monograph by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "In the wake of the Gulf War, there has been increased interest in what the Soviets once called the Military Technological Revolution (MTR) and what is now considered more broadly as a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). In the strict military sense, that revolution has to do with quantum changes in areas ranging from information technologies to those dealing with precision strike weaponry. These changes, in turn, will require more adjustments in military doctrine and organization."

Campaign Planning Handbook AY23 Col. Keith Burkepile Publication from the US Army War College, Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations, the US Army War College Press, and the School of Strategic Landpower "The purpose of this document is to assist United States Army War College students during the Military Strategy and Campaigning (MSC) course. It also serves to assist commanders, planners, and other staff officers in combatant commands (CCMD), joint task forces (JTF), and service component commands. It supplements joint doctrine and contains elements of emerging doctrine as practiced globally by joint force commanders (JFCs). It portrays a way to apply draft doctrine awaiting signature, published doctrine, and emerging concepts, all at the higher levels of joint command, with a primary emphasis at the combatant-command level."