As the situation on the Ukrainian/Russian border seems to worsen and families and nonessential staff prepare to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, pundits are throwing around the concepts...
Most people don't understand how integral the Global Positioning System (GPS) is to the average U.S. citizen's daily life. The timing function alone touches communication systems, electrical power grids,...
Since World War II many have erroneously considered the Pacific theater to be the sole responsibility of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. As discussions again return to the...
An oath is a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior. Military members and government officials swear an oath to the Constitution of...
The U.S. DoD has touted technological advances for years as one of the key aspects of its asymmetric superiority on the battlefield. Stealth, night vision, supersonics, networked operations are...
In 2019 we published our first holiday message. It was a reprint of the words of Prime Minister Winston Churchill on Christmas Eve in 1941 as he stood beside...
We're running a little late with our Holiday Gift Guide this year but there's still time to find that perfect gift for the national security professional in your life...
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that's true then China has been flattering the heck out of the United States for decades. But in recent...
It's been a while but the DUSTY SHELVES series is back with a new look at an older book. WAR ROOM welcomes Jason Thomas as he reviews Quartered Safe...
Usually Michael Neiberg is the interviewer in our ON WRITING series. In this episode he sits down with podcast editor Ron Granieri as the interviewee. They're talking about his...
Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke was a faculty instructor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College in the late 80's and nearly...
The WAR ROOM Staff learned of the recent loss of one of the great thinkers in the world of strategic thought. Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke was a faculty...
Earlier this week we published a podcast episode that addressed information/misinformation as a threat to homeland security. In keeping with that theme WAR ROOM welcomes back Mari Eder with...
The WAR ROOM Staff learned of the recent loss of one of the great thinkers in the world of strategic thought. Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke was a faculty...
Since its birth, the United States has benefited from the protection of two vast oceans to the east and west. The events of 9/11, of course, brought new attention...
As the First World War came to an end the American Expeditionary Force was spread across France and Germany and a Marine was in command of the U.S. Army's...
Many nations have watched the BREXIT drama unfold from afar, and there was no shortage of opinions about the impact of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union....
When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail. That's how the old saying goes and there's a lot of truth to that statement....
What is readiness? The state of being fully prepared for something? But what is that something? And what does fully prepared mean or more importantly cost? The military has...
A little over two years ago we sat down with the students and advisors of Integrated Research Project (IRP) #6. Their task was to examine leadership development requirements in...