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Flashpoint: Yemen: Who knew?
(February 2010)
In the days after the foiled Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, some were quick to call for a new front in the war on terror, this time in Yemen, where the Nigerian-born...
In the days after the foiled Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, some were quick to call for a new front in the war on terror, this time in Yemen, where the Nigerian-born...
The Founders’ wisdom
(February 2010)
The U.S. faces a number of difficult challenges in civil-military relations that carry with them profound effects on our national security. Among these issues are declining popular support...
BY LT. COL. PAUL L. YINGLING
The U.S. faces a number of difficult challenges in civil-military relations that carry with them profound effects on our national security. Among these issues are declining popular support...
BY LT. COL. PAUL L. YINGLING
What civil-military crisis?
(February 2010)
More than 15 years after Gen. Colin Powell’s tour as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, pundits and scholars are again worried about cocky generals “playing politics.” For his...
BY JOSEPH J. COLLINS
More than 15 years after Gen. Colin Powell’s tour as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, pundits and scholars are again worried about cocky generals “playing politics.” For his...
BY JOSEPH J. COLLINS
An alternative to COIN
(February 2010)
The U.S. military is a dominant fighting force, capable of rapid global power projection and able to defeat state adversaries quickly and at relatively low cost in American lives and...
BY BERNARD I. FINEL
The U.S. military is a dominant fighting force, capable of rapid global power projection and able to defeat state adversaries quickly and at relatively low cost in American lives and...
BY BERNARD I. FINEL
Essay: The lone wolf and his pack
(February 2010)
The term “lone wolf” was popularized in the 1990s to refer to an extremist who acts alone to avoid incriminating others. American extremists are often lone wolves, and many of...
BY LT. COL. EUGENIA K. GUILMARTIN
The term “lone wolf” was popularized in the 1990s to refer to an extremist who acts alone to avoid incriminating others. American extremists are often lone wolves, and many of...
BY LT. COL. EUGENIA K. GUILMARTIN
Essay: One size doesn’t fit all
(February 2010)
In “A vehicle for modern times [December/January AFJ],” by retired Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, the call for a Ground Combat Vehicle universal carrier is buoyed by a presumed...
MAJ. JOE EWERS
In “A vehicle for modern times [December/January AFJ],” by retired Maj. Gen. Robert Scales, the call for a Ground Combat Vehicle universal carrier is buoyed by a presumed...
MAJ. JOE EWERS
Robotic contractors
(December 2009)
Technically speaking, UAVs, guided missiles, torpedoes and unmanned submarines are robots. There are about 50 countries that have or are developing military robots. Many have chemical,...
Technically speaking, UAVs, guided missiles, torpedoes and unmanned submarines are robots. There are about 50 countries that have or are developing military robots. Many have chemical,...
Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!
(December 2009)
The 7-foot-7-inch humanoid robot in the 1951 film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” foreshadowed the ethical concerns facing developers of robots for the Defense Department today.
BY SCOTT HAMILTON
The 7-foot-7-inch humanoid robot in the 1951 film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” foreshadowed the ethical concerns facing developers of robots for the Defense Department today.
BY SCOTT HAMILTON
The danger of déjà vu
(December 2009)
During the past year, we have seen our U.S. national security establishment ponder the question of what to do next in Afghanistan. With the January inauguration, a new president became...
BY COL. CHARLES D. ALLEN (RET.)
During the past year, we have seen our U.S. national security establishment ponder the question of what to do next in Afghanistan. With the January inauguration, a new president became...
BY COL. CHARLES D. ALLEN (RET.)
A vehicle for modern times
(December 2009)
The Army leadership will soon restart its stillborn effort to develop and produce a new family of fighting vehicles. More is at stake than just beginning another weapons-buying program. The...
BY MAJ. GEN. ROBERT H. SCALES (RET.)
The Army leadership will soon restart its stillborn effort to develop and produce a new family of fighting vehicles. More is at stake than just beginning another weapons-buying program. The...
BY MAJ. GEN. ROBERT H. SCALES (RET.)
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