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  • Thucydides Was Right
    Colin S. Gray / Colin SGray / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    To define future threat is, in a sense, an impossible task, yet it is one that must be done. In this monograph, Dr. Colin S. Gray explains that the only sources of empirical evidence accessible to us are the past and the present. We cannot obtain understanding about the future from the future. Dr. Gray draws noticeably upon the understanding of strategic history obtainable from...
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    18,47 €

  • Strengthening Statehood Capabilities for Successful Transitions in The Middle East/North Africa Region
    Mohammed El-Katiri / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    The political transitions that followed revolutions in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia are by no means complete. They have gone through challenging phases, characterized by political volatility and tension. These challenges and uncertainties have a profound impact on the three countries’ economies and the ability of their new political elites to build credibility and political legiti...
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    17,68 €

  • A Russian View On Landpower
    Aleksandr V. Rogovoy / Aleksandr VRogovoy / Keir Giles / Strategic Studies Institute
    In a time of rapid change for the U.S. Army, it is essential to retain awareness of how potential adversaries are also developing their concepts of Landpower. This Letort Paper, written by an influential Russian general, lays out an authoritative view on the importance of substantial conventional land forces, as seen from Moscow. The year 2014 was an eventful one for the Russia...
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    17,71 €

  • Maturing Defense Support of Civil Authorities and The Dual Status Commander Arrangement through The Lens of Process Improvement
    Ryan Burke / Strategic Studies Institute / Sue McNeil
    During large-scale emergencies or disasters, National Guard forces regularly operate alongside Active Component forces in response to requests from civil authorities. In an attempt to promote unity of effort between state-controlled National Guard and Active Component forces, states and the Department of Defense agreed to use dual status commanders-military commanders authorize...
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    17,64 €

  • The State-Society/Citizen Relationship in Security Analysis
    Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College / Yannis A. Stivachtis / Yannis AStivachtis
    The United States is a global power with global interests and global responsibilities. The U.S. Army constitutes one of the means available to the United States to pursue and achieve its foreign policy goals. The end of the Cold War, and especially the events of September 11, 2001, have led to a redefinition of the U.S. Army’s role. In this new environment, the purpose of the U...
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    18,31 €

  • Another Brick in The Wall
    Jean-Loup Samaan / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Over the last years, missile defense has resurfaced as a major feature of the strategic debate in the United States and among its close allies. In 2010, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit of Heads of State saw intense discussions among transatlantic partners on the strategic value of missile defense alongside the traditional deterrence means of the Alliance. But if t...
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    17,68 €

  • Evolving Army Needs for Space-Based Support
    Jeffrey L. Caton / Jeffrey LCaton / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    To support warfighters in the 21st century, Army and joint space operations must adapt to a congested, contested, and competitive international space environment. This monograph examines how the Army is postured to meet current and future space-based support needs to conduct unified land operations. It also provides recommendations regarding how to facilitate the best evolution...
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    18,31 €

  • Toward A Unified Military Response
    Ryan Burke / Strategic Studies Institute / Sue McNeil
    The military response to Hurricane Sandy was historically significant. For the first time, dual status commanders-military commanders authorized by law to serve in both state and federal status simultaneously- were activated in an effort to unify state and federal efforts under a single command structure during an unplanned response. The events that occurred over the 2-week res...
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    22,51 €

  • From Frozen Ties To Strategic Engagement
    Roman Muzalevsky / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Locked in a confrontational stance lasting more than 3 decades, the United States and Iran have failed repeatedly to transform their hostile relationship. The ongoing nuclear talks, however, offer better prospects of not only addressing Iran’s nuclear program challenges, but also developing a mutually beneficial strategic relationship between the United States and Iran in the l...
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    21,96 €

  • Parsing Chinese-Russian Military Exercises
    Richard Weitz / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    China and Russia have two of the world’s most powerful militaries, and their growing defense cooperation has long been a subject of interest to the United States. Studying their military exercises provides insights for several questions of critical importance for the U.S. Army: What are the evolving power-projection capabilities of the Chinese and Russian armed forces? How have...
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    19,98 €

  • A Hard Look at Hard Power
    Gary J. Schmitt / Gary JSchmitt / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Since the end of World War II, the United States has made maintaining a favorable balance of power in Eurasia a core element of its national security strategy. It did so in good measure by maintaining a large conventional military force that was based not only at home, but also in bases spread across Europe and Asia. That strategy was buttressed by developing security ties and ...
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    29,95 €

  • International Strategic Relations and China’s National Security
    Institute for Strategic Studies
    The international strategic relations have been undergoing great turbulence, readjustment and reformation since the financial crisis in 2008. This round of transition is mainly driven by economic competition instead of wars. International competition, crises and collisions will ebb and flow and happen frequently in the foreseeable future, but will not break through the internat...
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    186,17 €

  • Getting To The Left of Sharp
    Jr. Lieutenant Genera Robert L. Caslen / JrLieutenant Genera Robert LCaslen / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    The U.S. Army has been and is struggling with sexual harassment, assault, and rape in its ranks, but the future can be different. In this monograph, three seasoned officers and one cadet propose a series of steps-based on West Point’s experiences-to 'get to the left' of these incidents by changing the cultural structures that allow them to occur. This will only become more crit...
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    17,98 €

  • The Effective Use of Reserve Personnel In The U.S. Military
    Shima D. Keene / Shima DKeene / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    The U.S. Army and the British Army are undergoingsimilar processes of rebalancing between regularand reserve personnel. The British armed forces arecurrently at a more advanced stage of this change thanthe United States, and consequently there are usefullessons to be drawn from their experience to date. Thisis particularly the case in a time of growing defenseausterity; in addi...
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    17,75 €

  • Army Support of Military Cyberspace Operations
    Jeffrey L. Caton / Jeffrey LCaton / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Military cyberspace operations have been ongoing since before the advent of the Internet, and their influence on traditional military operations continues to increase. What are the significant changes in mission and structure of Department of Defense offensive and defensive cyberspace activities over the past decade? How do joint and Army cyberspace military operations fit into...
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    20,81 €

  • Do Fewer Resources Mean Less Influence? A Comparative Historical Case Study of Military Influence in A Time of Austerity
    Mary Manjikian / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    In the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, militaryplanners speak at great length about the importance ofrebalancing our armed forces. As a result of the BudgetControl Act of 2011, our U.S. Armed Forces haveabsorbed significant budget cuts, which are projectedto continue into 2016. Not surprisingly, a major themeof the Quadrennial Defense Review is the necessity ofmaking tough cho...
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    19,96 €

  • The Role of Leadership In Transitional States
    Dr. Anastasia Filippidou / DrAnastasia Filippidou / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    The United States plays a significant role in the Middle East. When dealing with the region, often the dilemma is: should there be a strong or weak regional leadership in order to facilitate a transitional phase? However, this decision is contextual, and a state must know what is its own foreign policy. To promote its national interests in the long term, the United States might...
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    25,32 €

  • Stepping Up
    Joel R. Hillison / Joel RHillison / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Burden sharing is back. Indeed many observers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance would claim that it never went away. This is because, from its inception in 1949, NATO has never been an alliance of equals. The United States has always made the overwhelmingly larger contribution, not only for the defense of Europe under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, but al...
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    33,61 €

  • Central Asia’s Shrinking Connectivity Gap
    Roman Muzalevsky / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Once sealed off from the rest of the world during the Soviet times, the states of Central Asia today are rapidly integrating with the global economy. The opening up of China in the 1980s, the demise of the Soviet Union a decade later, and the ongoing globalization have all served as grand forces facilitating this highly monumental development. The U.S. regional military involve...
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    24,16 €

  • Re-Examining The Roles of Landpower in The 21st Century and Their Implications
    Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College / William T. Johnsen / William TJohnsen
    Much has happened in the 16 years since this author penned a monograph entitled Redefining Land Power for the 21st Century. The United States suffered the tragedies of September 11, 2001, the first attack of a wave of large-scale extremist terrorist activities that have scourged the globe from London to Bali to Madrid to Mumbai to Nairobi and beyond. The invasion and subsequent...
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    18,41 €

  • Nuclear Weapons Materials Gone Missing
    Henry D. Sokolski / Henry DSokolski / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    In 2009, the President of the United States spotlighted nuclear terrorism as one of the top threats to international security and launched an international effort to identify, secure, and dispose of global stocks of weapons-usable nuclear materials-namely highly enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium. Since that time, three nuclear security summits have been held, along w...
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    25,33 €

  • Operationalizing Counter Threat Finance Strategies
    and U.S. Army War College / and U.SArmy War College / Shima D. Keene / Shima DKeene / Strategic Studies Institute
    It is a well established axiom that attempting to defeat an insurgency or a terrorist organization headon is merely treating the symptoms of a problem. For long-term success, the campaign must also address the root causes of the insecurity that spawned conflict in the first place. In this monograph, British academic and practitioner Dr. Shima Keene describes a number of ways in...
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    16,87 €

  • Creating an Effective Regional Alignment Strategy for The U.S. Army
    David S. Lyle / David SLyle / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    This monograph focuses upon 'regional alignment,' viewed by many as critical if the Army is to remain both relevant and effective in the 21st century security environment. Despite its title, the monograph is part of the Strategic Studies Institute’s ongoing 'talent management' series. In fact, the authors argue that world class talent management is a necessary pre-condition to ...
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    17,35 €

  • Government Contracting Should Be A Core Competence for U.S. Military Personnel
    Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College / USAR Lieutenant Colonel Katherin White
    The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan mark an era of unprecedented outsourcing in contingency operations. Although signiicant outsourcing occurred in prior wars, never has the scale been so large for so long. Counterintuitively, as outsourcing increased, the number of government acquisition personnel decreased. This led to waste, fraud, and abuse. The Commission on Wartime Contracti...
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    18,61 €

  • Regionalizing East Mediterranean Gas
    Mohammed El-Katiri / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    In recent years the distribution of the world’s exploitable energy reserves has shifted markedly. One major change is the discovery of substantial gas deposits offshore the Levant. But while these deposits have the potential to revolutionize the economies of the net energy importers, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Israel, they also bring into sharp focus long-running disputes over mariti...
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    18,40 €

  • Distinguishing Acts of War in Cyberspace
    Jeffrey L. Caton / Jeffrey LCaton / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Currently, there is no internationally accepted definition of when hostile actions in cyberspace are recognized as attacks, let alone acts of war. The goal of this monograph is to provide senior policymakers, decisionmakers, military leaders, and their respective staffs with essential background on this topic as well as to introduce an analytical framework for them to utilize a...
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    21,38 €

  • Tribal Militias
    Norman Cigar / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Most of the local societies in which Al-Qaida and its affiliates and offshoots operate in the Middle East and Africa have a predominantly tribal or at least have a strong tribal component (Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Mali, and Sinai). Countering Al-Qaida’s continuing presence, therefore, requires addressing the tribal milieu and understanding Al-Qaida’s critical vulnera...
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    21,37 €

  • After The Spring
    Florence Gaub / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Although Arab military forces had somewhat disappeared from the political landscape since the 1970s, the events of the 'Arab Spring' in 2011 have brought them back to the forefront of political change, for better or for worse. Not only were all the challenged regimes of military background, i.e., in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, but the armed forces played a decisive...
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    18,01 €

  • U.S. Policy and Strategy Toward Afghanistan After 2014
    Larry P. Goodson / Larry PGoodson / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    As the United States continues to withdraw troops from and prepares to leave Afghanistan, Afghanistan faces multifaceted and significant challenges of governance, economy, security, and regional dynamics. These are all occurring within the context of the potential for an expanded civil war when international forces leave the country. It is time to refocus from the conflict itse...
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    17,65 €

  • The U.S.-India Relationship
    Dr. Michael J. Fratantuono / DrMichael JFratantuono / Strategic Studies Institute / U.S. Army War College / U.SArmy War College
    Over the past 2 decades, the global system has been subject to a range of forces which have reconfigured relationships among individuals, organizations, and nation-states. As an aspect of that changing structure and rising interdependence, many security challenges which confront today’s strategic leaders are grounded in concerns about economic, social, and environmental sustain...
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    39,77 €


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