Special Commentary: "The Compound Security Dilemma" by Isaiah Wilson III and Scott A. Smitson. "Geostrategic Net Estimate" by John R. Deni, Nathan P. Freier, and John H. Schaus. "Geostrategic Forecasting" by Carol V. Evans, Marybeth P. Ulrich, and G. K. Cunningham. "Leadership and Innovation" by Steven Metz, C. Anthony Pfaff, and Michael E. Lynch. "Applied Strategic Art" by Samantha A. Taylor, Amanda B. Cronkhite, Earl J. Catagnus Jr., Jonathan P. Klug, and John A. Bonin.

Special Commentary: "Disintegrating the Enemy" by Jacqueline N. Deal. COVID-19: Nina Jankowicz, Henry Collis, Ryan J. Scott, Odelle J. Means, and Patricia M. Shields. Race and Inclusivity in the US Military: Douglas W. Bristol Jr. and Danelle R. Gamble.Technological Innovation: Audrey Kurth Cronin and Jason Healey. Regional Challenges: Michael J. Eisenstadt, Kenneth M. Pollack, and David M. Finkelstein

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: Philip Y. Kao, Christopher J. Bolan, Jerad I. Harper, and Joel R. Hillison.

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 and Jonathan P. Klug; (Un)civil-Military Relations: C. Anthony Pfaff and Julia L. E. Pfaff; Regional Challenges: Robert E. Hamilton and W. Andrew Terrill; Learning from the Past: J. P. Clark and Michael Neiberg.

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. Wesley Hutto, Robert S. Ehlers Jr., Partrick Blannin

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 and Military Aid Michael W. Wissemann Gregory L. Aftandilian Leadership and Professionalism Brian McAllister Linn Everett Spain, Gautam Mukunda, and Archie Bates Ilmari Käihkö

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,

Special Commentary: #FakeNews in #NatSec; Amanda B. Cronkhite, Wenshuo Zhang, and Leslie Caughell. Civil-Military Relations; John C. Binkley and Zachary E. Griffiths. Adapting to Adaptive Adversaries; Jean-Loup C. Samaan, Ashley Neese-Bybee, Paul Clarke, and Alexander Noyes. Strategic Lieutenants Part II; Carsten F. Roennfeldt, Dorthe Bach Nyemann, and Jørgen Staun

FEATURES: "War Colleges: A Debate" articles by Richard D. Hooker Jr. and Richard A. Lacquement Jr. "Afghanistan’s Lessons: Part II" articles by Sten Rynning, Harald Høiback, and Rhys Crawley. "Strategic Lieutenants" articles by Scott A. Silverstone and An Jacobs

FEATURES: Special Commentary: "Learning Lessons from Afghanistan: Two Imperatives" by Hew Strachan. "Afghanistan's Lessons: Part I" articles by Seth A. Johnston, Howard G. Cooms, Martijn Kitzen, and Christophe Lafaye. "World War II: 75th Anniversary" articles by Conrad C. Crane and Alexander G. Lovelace