Volume 12 Issue 3 - Fall 2018

Securing the Nation One Partnership at a Time
Gen Joseph L. Lengyel, USAF
The National Guard has a unique role in the State Partnership Program that is as important as developing next-generation weapons.

Confidence Building Measures for the Cyber Domain
Erica D. Borghard; Shawn W. Lonergan
Given the absence of arms control regimes for the cyber domain, can cyber
CBMs mitigate the risks to stability and crises between states?
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The Case for the US ICBM Force
Matthew Kroenig
What are the criticisms of ICBMs, and what are the valid reasons why ICBMs have remained a prominent feature of America’s nuclear force for several decades?

Russian Information Warfare: Implications for Deterrence Theory
Media Ajir; Bethany Vailliant
What are Russia’s strategies for information warfare, and can deterrence theories be applied to combat these strategies?

The Strategic Promise of Offensive Cyber Operations
Max Smeets
Could offensive cyber operations provide strategic value? If so, how and under what conditions?

Soft Power in China’s Security Strategy
LTC Mikail Kalimuddin, SAF; David A. Anderson
How is China integrating soft power with its security strategy and to what effect?

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The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power
By: Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi
Reviewed by: Capt Sean E. Thompson, USAF
The China Questions is a compilation of 36 essays from academics affiliated with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. Premised on the idea that “China matters, and therefore that understanding China matters”.

An Untaken Road: Strategy, Technology, and the Hidden History of America’s Mobile ICBMs
By: Steven A. Pomeroy
Reviewed by: Daniel Schwabe
The emerging field of Cold War history receives a new addition with An Untaken Road, an account of mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in America. Steve Pomeroy, a history professor and former missileer himself, delves into one of least known areas of America’s nuclear weapons history as he explores the Air Force’s efforts to mobilize its ICBMs.

Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies
By: George Perkovich and Ariel E. Levite
Reviewed by: Lt Col Mark Peters, USAF
Recent cyber works frequently focus on uncovering new theories and observing technical developments, but George Perkovich and Ariel E. Levite follow a different path to better assimilate previously fielded material.

Russia’s Dead End: An Insider’s Testimony
By: Andrei A. Kovalev
Reviewed by: Lt Col Mark Peters, USAF
Russia’s Dead End delivers much generic Russian information with only the occasional insight into author Andrei Kovalev’s individual experiences. The front cover and flap suggest Kovalev’s work provides perceptive insights based on his long associations with Soviet and Russian regimes.

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