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Iraq in Retrospect, Twenty Years Later
More than twenty-one years ago, when a US-led coalition invaded Iraq, the 101st Airborne Division was a key element of the operation. Dr. Isaiah...
Technology and the Future of Land Warfare
Technology is rapidly changing the modern battlefield, making it crucial for armies to adapt how they think, fight, and train. But what should that...
Americans’ Changing Views of Civil-Military Relations
Are current trends in civil-military relations antithetical to healthy democratic norms? What can be done to ensure the civil-military relationship is a healthy one?...
Why Defense Reform in Ukraine is Crucial
Most discussions about Western support to Ukraine and its defense against Russia centers on materiel—artillery shells, F-16s, and a wide range of equipment. While...
Drone Proliferation to Terrorists Proxies
How is increased nonstate actor access to drones impacting war today? That deeply challenging question is the focus of the first episode in the...
Civil-Military Relations and Partisanship in the Armed Forces
Since Samuel Huntington introduce the concept of objective control in his 1957 book The Soldier and the State, it has been the model of...