Military use of directed-energy technology has moved beyond the realm of science fiction. In the past two decades, directed-energy technologies have quickly matured from the research laboratory, to the operational force and have become highly effective instruments of war. Directed-energy…
This paper addresses NATO’s requirement to deter Russian aggression in the Baltic states while reassuring alliance partners. It uses Russia’s Post-Cold War strategic documents and the chronology of Russia’s post-Cold War turn away from the West to promote a more…
In 1973, the US Army changed from an army of conscripts to an All-Volunteer Force. Over the last forty years, the Army has become the best in the world, but it has grown increasingly regionally focused, rural, militaristic, and it…
Timely delivery of competent healthcare is a basic human right. Poor governance, armed conflict, and unstable natural environments greatly challenge delivery of effective healthcare. Manmade and natural disasters in contested environments present the wickedest planning problems. This project applies a…
This paper proposes a whole-of-government strategy to strengthen the strategic security of the United States. The strategy for building security through global infrastructure development seeks to protect the current international order by ensuring strategic access to the global commons and…
The Korean Peninsula remains of strategic importance to the United States and to the security of its Northeast Asian regional allies and partners. Consequently, the United States must prepare strategic policies to provide optimal and viable solutions for long-term regional…
Regardless of their assignment following graduation from Senior Service College, graduates will undoubtedly be called upon to provide strategic advice. As we build competencies toward this end, the use of models and tools prove useful to develop a framework for…
By examining the contemporary and future threats to U.S. national security, this paper recommends the creation of an organization to augment the National Security Council composed of military officers and personnel from interagency departments to facilitate the planning and execution…
To best support, defend, and protect the vital interests of the nation, it is imperative that the composition of the senior leadership of United States military represents the interests of American society – in all her glorious diversity. This leadership…