Fighting the “Islamic State”: The Case for US Ground Forces by David E. Johnson Megacities: Pros and Cons by Kevin M. Felix, Frederick D. Wong, Michael Evans, William G. Adamson Culture and the US Army by Matthew Morton, Charles D.…
This edition of the SOLLIMS Sampler focuses on “multinational operations” – presenting a number of lessons learned from the SOLLIMS database from recent peacekeeping and stability operations, and developing common threads and recommendations for future operations
Recent stability operations have demonstrated the critical nexus between leadership and “understanding / engaging the people” during stability operations. This publication presents a number of lessons from the SOLLIMS database covering the impacts/influences of leadership through informed engagements with societal groups during…
The current process of military transformation will enable the Armed Forces to do better what they already do superbly well. It is important to excel at decisive maneuver and in the application of precise, yet overwhelming firepower. But those attributes,…
The U.S. core interests and National Security Strategy are founded on Western cultural operatives that assume all nation-states will respond to its influences in a predictable manner. When states do not respond appropriately, we assume they are either recalcitrant or…
To help with the process of identifying those new and untested strategic concepts that merit further examination, the Strategic Studies Institute is publishing a special series called “Advancing Strategic Thought.” This provides a venue–a safe haven–for creative, innovative, and experimental…