Afghanistan looms as the key foreign policy challenge for the Obama administration. Under the previous Bush administration, foreign policy was driven primarily by security considerations, and Afghanistan was viewed a frontline state in the Global...
Terroristas: nem soldados nem criminosos. Amitai Etzioni; Nas atuais hostilidades no Iraque, Afeganistão e partes do Paquistão, bem como em outros países, da Colômbia ao Chifre da África, atores não-estatais -- em particular, terroristas e...
Cómo se hace un líder: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Coronel (R) Robert C. Carroll, Ejército de EUA; La biografía de Dwight David Eisenhower (alias Ike) como general y Presidente es conocida. Sin embargo, no lo es tanto la historia de cómo Ike, cuando...
The Coming Test of U.S. Credibility. Amitai Etzioni; How the United States responds to challenges by Iran and North Korea has strong implications for its credibility.
Military Theory, Strategy, and Praxis. Jacob W. Kipp, Ph.D., and...
Prior to the events of September 11, 2001, leaders of the United States chose the moral high ground during the times of war. They established and followed international laws on humanitarian treatment by ensuring person(s) who committed war crimes...
Current Army doctrine lacks a security metrics paradigm similar to the infrastructure paradigm SWEAT-MSO. Because of this, commanders, staff, subordinates, other government leaders, and the media lack a simple and common set of terms to use when...
This study seeks to understand the influence of U.S. military reform on U.S. civil-military relations functioning within a zone of cooperation or conflict between political and military realms during times of war. It seeks to demonstrate how...
This paper provides a critical analysis and assessment of interagency-Department of Defense (DOD) support during combat operations, specifically stability operations during or post-conflict. The general reluctance of the Department of Defense to...
Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, the United States has embarked upon many military operations that were not bound by the traditional framework of revolution or insurgency. States formerly held together by the political logic and financial...
Planificación Integrada: El proceso de operaciones, el diseño y el proceso militar de toma de decisiones. Coronel Wayne W. Grigsby, hijo, Ejército de EUA; Dr. Scott Gorman; Coronel Jack Marr, Ejército de EUA; Teniente Coronel Joseph McLamb,...
Mentores: o dilema continua. Major Edward Cox, Exército dos EUA; A ideia de que o acompanhamento de mentores é desejável e essencial para o desenvolvimento da liderança profissional no Exército tornou-se axiomática nos últimos anos. Uma...
Orientação de contrainsurgência do comandante da força multinacional no Iraque. General David H. Petraeus, Exército dos EUA; Proteja e sirva a população. O povo iraquiano é o "terreno" decisivo. Trabalhe com os nossos parceiros iraquianos...
Multi-national force-iraq commander's counterinsurgency guidance. General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army; General Petraeus outlines the essential tasks necessary for successful counterinsurgency operations in Iraq.
What kind of policy can the United States and the international community pursue that increases the likelihood that stability emerges in failed and failing states? I develop a theory of state-building to guide decision makers. The theory states...
America's recent experience in Afghanistan and Iraq proved that it is easier to get into war than it is to get out of it. These two conflicts bleed America, in terms of not only blood, but also its financial treasures. In an attempt to avoid these...
This thesis researches the theory of a "hollow force" that described the U.S. Army after the Vietnam War and determines if the theory applies to the Army today. The theory describes the conditions of a "hollow force" through seven factors: low...
Tendencias socio demográficas del reclutamiento militar en la Argentina actual. Marina Malamud; Los países democráticos con servicio militar voluntario, en términos generales enfrentan un gran desafío en materia de incorporación y la...
Controlar a Fera Interior: A Chave do Sucesso nos Campos de Batalha do Século XXI. Major Douglas A. Pryer, Exército dos EUA; "O que eu quero que vocês façam?!", bradou, com sua voz áspera, o comandante da brigada. "Eu quero que vocês os...
Relationships matter: humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Haiti. LT GEN P.K. (Ken) Keen, U.S. Army; MAJ GEN Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto, Army of Brazil; LT COL Charles W. Nolan, U.S. Army; LT COL Jennifer L. Kimmey, U.S. Army; and...