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WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: IS THE US MILITARY TACTICALLY PROFICIENT, BUT STRATEGICALLY DEFICIENT? (1 OF 2)

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WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: IS THE US MILITARY TACTICALLY PROFICIENT, BUT STRATEGICALLY DEFICIENT? (1 OF 2)

War Room September 12, 2018

If strategy is what you do when you run out of money, our post Cold War primacy...

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IS THE “CHAIN OF COMMAND” STILL MEANINGFUL?

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IS THE “CHAIN OF COMMAND” STILL MEANINGFUL?

Michael Piellusch , Tom Galvin September 6, 2018

In the face of so much change in the private sector, continued adherence to formal structures in...

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THE INFORMATION APOCALYPSE … IS ALREADY HERE

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THE INFORMATION APOCALYPSE … IS ALREADY HERE

Mari Eder August 22, 2018

This is the real danger: that people become numbed by the daily dose of news disguised as...

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WHITEBOARD: IS THE US MILITARY TACTICALLY PROFICIENT, BUT STRATEGICALLY DEFICIENT?

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WHITEBOARD: IS THE US MILITARY TACTICALLY PROFICIENT, BUT STRATEGICALLY DEFICIENT?

War Room August 17, 2018

It is striking how much difficulty the United States has had converting its tactical advantages into clear...

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WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: SHOULD THE US MILITARY SECURE THE BORDER?

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WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: SHOULD THE US MILITARY SECURE THE BORDER?

War Room August 15, 2018

the problem at hand is one of enforcing laws rather than of imposing political aims by force....

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WILL THERMOBARIC WEAPONS OVERWHELM THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM?

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WILL THERMOBARIC WEAPONS OVERWHELM THE MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM?

Eddie Lopez August 8, 2018

Thermobaric weapons in high-intensity conflict dramatically change the quantity and severity of blast injuries In April of...

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INVESTING IN THE MILITARY’S FUTURE THROUGH STRATEGIC RESEARCH

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INVESTING IN THE MILITARY’S FUTURE THROUGH STRATEGIC RESEARCH

Steve Metz August 1, 2018

Leaders both inside and outside the professional military education system are often skeptical of basic research. It...

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GRAHAM CLEARS THE DOORWAY

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GRAHAM CLEARS THE DOORWAY

George Schwartz July 24, 2018

Perhaps the most significant example of the tension between federal obligations and state loyalties in National Guard...

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WHITEBOARD: SHOULD THE US MILITARY SECURE THE BORDER?

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WHITEBOARD: SHOULD THE US MILITARY SECURE THE BORDER?

War Room July 20, 2018

when the “threat” along the border grows … to an intersection between transnational organized crime and transnational...

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WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: HOW WELL DOES THE ARMY DEVELOP STRATEGIC LEADERS?

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WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: HOW WELL DOES THE ARMY DEVELOP STRATEGIC LEADERS?

War Room July 19, 2018

U.S. Army strategic leaders must be ‘War Winners,’ not ‘War Managers.’ The responses to our first Whiteboard were...

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GOOD TOOL, WRONG TASK: ARMED FORCES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS

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GOOD TOOL, WRONG TASK: ARMED FORCES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS

Joseph Hope July 17, 2018

Employing the military to supplement civil law enforcement can be risky. Consider the following vignette. A mobilized...

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FROM BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND ANVIL: MONGOLIA’S NEW DEFENSE POLICY

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FROM BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND ANVIL: MONGOLIA’S NEW DEFENSE POLICY

Amarbayasgalan Shambaljamts July 11, 2018

Mongolia always will be sensitive to its location and attentive to the influence of its powerful neighbors...

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OUR ARMY: RUN BY ENGINEERS, PREOCCUPIED WITH PROCESS?

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OUR ARMY: RUN BY ENGINEERS, PREOCCUPIED WITH PROCESS?

Garri Hendell July 5, 2018

Process and organization are merely the context within which the real, human, work of leadership occurs. West...

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MY LAI: A STAIN ON THE U.S. ARMY

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MY LAI: A STAIN ON THE U.S. ARMY

Richard Lacquement June 27, 2018

we must revisit such terrible episodes in the Army’s history, however painful; remembering My Lai may help...

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WHITEBOARD: HOW WELL DOES THE ARMY DEVELOP STRATEGIC LEADERS?

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WHITEBOARD: HOW WELL DOES THE ARMY DEVELOP STRATEGIC LEADERS?

War Room June 25, 2018

Whatever roles military strategic leaders play… they do so as experts in the fighting and winning of...

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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! — INTRODUCING WHITEBOARD

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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! — INTRODUCING WHITEBOARD

Tom Galvin , Jacqueline E. Whitt , Andrew A. Hill June 25, 2018

We invite you, our WAR ROOM readers, to join in the conversation and add to the Whiteboard....

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MORE IS NOT BETTER: FIXING SECURITY COOPERATION

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MORE IS NOT BETTER: FIXING SECURITY COOPERATION

Brian Rauen , Terri Erisman , Edward Ballanco June 22, 2018

One point is unequivocal: U.S. engagement had not adequately facilitated Mali’s security abilities During a visit to...

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AMERICA’S BYZANTINE STRATEGY

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AMERICA’S BYZANTINE STRATEGY

Michail Ploumis June 14, 2018

The U.S. can do worse than emulate the strategy of an empire that survived for a thousand...

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THE DEATH OF THE CYBER GENERALIST

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THE DEATH OF THE CYBER GENERALIST

Patrick Bell , Jan Kallberg June 8, 2018

DoD will continue to struggle to develop and employ effective cyber capabilities if it continues putting old...

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INTELLIGENCE & RISK: VICKSBURG, GUADALCANAL, IRAQ

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INTELLIGENCE & RISK: VICKSBURG, GUADALCANAL, IRAQ

Jean Dagher June 6, 2018

to use intelligence properly, commanders must exercise the operational art to integrate ends, ways, and means, while...

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