The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) is the U.S. Army’s institute for geostrategic and national security research and analysis. SSI conducts global geostrategic research and analysis that creates and advances knowledge to influence solutions for national security problems facing the Army and the nation. SSI serves as a valuable source of ideas, criticism, innovative approaches, and independent analyses as well as a venue to expose external audiences to the U.S. Army’s contributions to the Nation.
In Focus, Afghanistan, Todd Greentree, Regional Issues, Jared M. McKinney and Peter Harris, Roman Muzalevsky, Strategy and Planning, Frank Hoffman, Air Littoral, Maximilian K. Bremer, Kelly A. Grieco, In Tribute, Lukas Milevski, Review Essay, Mitchell G. Klingenberg,
In Focus: Extremism in the US Military Matthew Valasik and Shannon E. Reid Crisis Management and Risk Leonard R. Hawley, prologue by Michèle Flournoy Wade A. Germann and Heather S. Gregg Jason W. Warren and John A. Bonin Soft Power…
The 27th annual People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Conference—“The People in the PLA” 2.0—revisited a theme first explored at the 2006 conference but understudied since. This volume examines how the structure, education, training, and recruitment of PLA personnel have changed in…
In Focus: Senior Leader Dissent, Conrad C. Crane; Two Sides of COIN, M. Chris Mason and Darren Colby; Allies and Partners Jean-Yves Haines, Cynthia Salloum, Tongifi Kim, Luis Simon; Strategy and Doctrine Austin C. Doctor, James Walsh, Ann Mezzell, J.…
Prospectives 2021 – US Strategic Landpower: Carol V. Evans and Nora Bensahel; US Civil-Military Relations: Rosa Brooks and Risa Brooks; US National Security: Anne-Marie Slaughter and Nadia Schadlow; Retrospectives 1971 – Strategic Organization: John S. Kem and James G. Breckenridge…
Previous studies analyzing disability compensation have decried its $76 billion annual budget or warned of its perverse ability to incentivize veterans not to work. This study focuses on the impact of this moral hazard on the US Army profession. If…
In Focus: “Challenging Prevailing Models of US Army Suicide” by Tim Hoyt and Pamela M. Holtz. War, Gender, and Civilians: Jody M. Prescott, Andrew M. Bell, and Raymond A. Millen. Lessons from Afghanistan: Jan Ångström and Philipp Münch. Regional Challenges:…
With the United States facing two major revisionist powers, Russia and China, as well as additional security threats from North Korea, Iran, and jihadist terrorism, a critical advantage for the United States is its global network of alliances and strategic…
In 2017, for the first time since the end of the Cold War, none of the capability targets identified in NATO’s quadrennial NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP) were left on the negotiating table. Previously, capability targets were identified by the…