Instead of what the Melian dialogue tells us, which is that ‘Might Makes Right,’ … when it...
30 years ago, we still talked about deterrence a lot in this country. We still talked about...
The U.S. can do worse than emulate the strategy of an empire that survived for a thousand...
It’s silly to expect that intelligence will always get it right. WAR ROOM welcomes Dr. Richard Betts...
DoD will continue to struggle to develop and employ effective cyber capabilities if it continues putting old...
What a President or any other senior leader brings with him or her to office in inevitably...
to use intelligence properly, commanders must exercise the operational art to integrate ends, ways, and means, while...
If they come out with an after-action review or lessons learned from Iraq and all it talks...
Failure is not just the result of one part of the equation. [Sometimes] you can give the...
Reduced to its raw essence, foreign policy is still about the calculation of power. No more euphemisms....
People say, “Well, people break the rules of warfare all the time, so why should we have...
Traditional deterrence is transparent, certain, and rational. … The new approach to deterrence … embraces the chaos....
For national security officials who are wading through floods of information, how do they find that nugget,...
The National Defense Strategy is explicit in its recognition that U.S. strategic advantage is eroding. Competition does...
In an organization in which … ‘manageR’ is an insult, it is not easy to convince people...
A story … breaks down more complicated theoretical concepts into something that is relatable. Among the challenges...
Films can bring to life war’s battles, leaders, examples of strategic decisions, and examples of less successful...
Gaming is a useful method for educating Army strategists. … Command and General Staff College [has] already...
There’s an old saying, “Command can be lonely.” But it doesn’t have to be. WAR ROOM welcomes...
You assume professional competence at [the strategic] level, … but the more senior you get in the...