Volume 11 Issue 1 - Spring 2017

Published Feb. 28, 2017
Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL

Commentaries

An Interview with General David L. Goldfein
Twenty-First Chief of Staff of the US Air Force

The most concerning national security issues are: a reliable nuclear deterrent, the space enterprise, and the business of cyber. It is also time for a healthy dialogue about Goldwater-Nichols.

Conventional Arms and Nuclear Peace

Christine Leah and Adam B. Lowther

Opponents of the nuclear arsenal fail to go beyond their desired end state and understand the consequences of such a world should they succeed in eliminating nuclear weapons.

FEATURE ARTICLE

Defense Decisions for the Trump Administration

Robert P. Haffa

The Trump administration needs consensus on a grand strategy and a defense budget adequate to underwrite those challenges. Selective Restraint, not primacy may be his strategic choice.

PERSPECTIVES

	The Convergence of Information Warfare
	Martin C. Libicki The US focus on defeating a cyber war threat will have to evolve into a focus on defeating a broader information warfare threat.

	Russia, NATO and the INF Treaty
	Ulrich Kühn and Anna Péczeli President Trump must decide whether or not to remain committed to the INF treaty. NATO allies will most likely face an ambiguous Russian stance.

	Military Planning for East Asia: A Clausewitzian Approach
	Michael R. Kraig Clausewitz took great care to provide graduated, partial, and controllable options for US military planners in East Asia. On War remains relevant into the twenty-first century.

	Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century
	Stephen J. Cimbala A multipolar world of regional nuclear rivalries may create an unmanageable stress test for strategies built on realism or rational deterrence.