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Aug. 22, 2023
Honest Brokers in the Gray Zone: Adapting the NSC for the Twenty-First Century

The National Security Council, enacted in 1947 by Truman, was originally intended to help presidential administrations facilitate information sharing and strategic planning. The authors discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each administration since its inception and discuss potential changes to
Aug. 16, 2023
Improving Military Stability Operations: The Case for a Stabilization Command

The United States military has executed 33 stability operations as opposed to 16 combat operations since 1898. The stabilization activities were frequently ineffective and regularly left occupied countries in a worse condition after US forces left than prior to arrival. Several underlying problems
June 28, 2023
State and Private Capital Allocations in China as Strategic Intelligence

This paper examines the implications of 21st century global power competition, particularly from China, through the lens of information advantage. For the United States (US) to maintain its position as a world leader amidst renewed global competition, the US must emphasize maintaining information
June 7, 2023
Parallel Lives in the Indo-Pacific: Edward Lansdale, Donald Wurster, and the Irregular Warfare Mind-set

The 2020 Irregular Warfare Annex to the National Defense Strategy acknowledges that the US military historically repeats a “boom-and-bust” cycle in its institutional competency for irregular warfare. The annex charges special operations forces to avoid the mistakes of the past by
April 28, 2023
The Future of Strategic Competition in the Sahel Region: Placing Partnership First

In 2020, a Ghana-based polling institute called Afrobarometer measured popular opinion of Chinese involvement in eighteen African states. According to Soule and Selormey’s analysis of this study, “perceptions of China have changed for the better in some countries in the Sahel
March 1, 2023
A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing: China’s Drift Towards an Inadvertent Nuclear Posture or Assured Destruction

This research seeks to understand how the Chinese think about the role of nuclear deterrence and why their nuclear posture is drifting from their declaratory nuclear policy. First, it will examine the origins and evolution of the Chinese nuclear weapons program to understand their reasons for
Jan. 31, 2023
“I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means” Information Power and Deterrence

Could a state win a crisis without fighting? Under what conditions does a state’s use of information power ease—or complicate—its ability to achieve its objectives in a crisis? The author answers these questions by offering a new definition of a state’s information power: an
Jan. 26, 2023
A Thinking Culture Accelerates the Rate of Change: John Boyd, David Marquet, and the Future of United States Military

This article explores how a group from Aviano Air Base, Italy, accelerated the rate of change by transforming a stagnant bureaucracy into a culture of empowered Airmen strategically aligned with organizational priorities. The group relied on incremental changes to create a culture of scientific
Jan. 13, 2023
Mapping Chinese Influence in Hollywood

China has invested in several American industries since its entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. Once an engine for American soft power, Hollywood has seen a dramatic increase in investment from China, with deals being valued at billions of dollars. The resulting financial influence has
Dec. 1, 2022
The Potential Unification of Korea and a Unified Korean Armed Forces

This paper examines the prospect of Korean Unification and the possibility of a future unified Korean Armed Forces. I make arguments for the likelihood of unification and the possible means by which it might unfold, both from the perspective of regional players and that of the two Koreas. These two

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Honest Brokers in the Gray Zone: Adapting the NSC for the Twenty-First Century

Improving Military Stability Operations: The Case for a Stabilization Command

State and Private Capital Allocations in China as Strategic Intelligence

Parallel Lives in the Indo-Pacific: Edward Lansdale, Donald Wurster, and the Irregular Warfare Mind-set

The Future of Strategic Competition in the Sahel Region: Placing Partnership First

A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing: China’s Drift Towards an Inadvertent Nuclear Posture or Assured Destruction

“I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means” Information Power and Deterrence

A Thinking Culture Accelerates the Rate of Change: John Boyd, David Marquet, and the Future of United States Military

Mapping Chinese Influence in Hollywood

The Potential Unification of Korea and a Unified Korean Armed Forces