Volume 11 Issue 2 - Summer 2017 Published May 30, 2017 Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL COMMENTARY Remarks of Congressman Mike Rogers, Chairman, House Armed Services, Strategic Forces Subcommittee Mike Rogers (R-AL) My vision for the future is a separate Space Force within the Department of Defense. Simply put, space must be a priority and it can’t be one if you begin each morning thinking about fighters and bombers first. Response: Has the Air Force Been a Good Steward for Space? Everett Carl Dolman The current malaise in space stems more from a lack of congressional and executive consensus; the US Air Force is not authorized to build or deploy forces and weapons in and from space that would allow it to pursue its martial purpose. Thinking Anew about US Nuclear Policy toward Russia Keith B. Payne Russia’s coercive nuclear threats and reported planning for nuclear first use presents a profound new challenge for Western deterrence This reality is not speculation about some dark future; this challenge is emerging here and now. FEATURE ARTICLE Much Ado about Nothing? Status Ambitions and Iranian Nuclear Reversal Andrew Prosser The prospect of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons remains a prominent regional and global security issue. Skepticism persists over Iran’s nuclear intentions and what factors could foster nuclear reversal. PERSPECTIVES Stalkers in Space: Defeating the Threat Brian G Chow Any country configuring and readying space stalkers for attack demonstrates hostile intent, which justifies preemptive self-defense as the last resort. Self-defense is a justified action rather than a pretext for aggression. Toward Strategic Nuclear Funding: The USSOCOM Model Lt Col Geoffrey M. Steeves, USAF Granting the nuclear mission its own congressional funding line could restore capabilities and readiness to this strategic mission. A new funding mechanism could also reinvigorate and advance the strategic mission. BOOK REVIEWS The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei: Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran By: Yvette Hovsepian-Bearce Reviewed by: Brian R. Price Strategy: Context and Adaptation from Archidamus to Airpower Edited by: Richard J. Bailey Jr., James W. Forsyth Jr., and Mark O. Yeisley Reviewed by: Maj Andrew L. Brown, USAF Soft Power on Hard Problems: Strategic Influence in Irregular Warfare Edited by: By: Ajit Maan and Amar Cheema Reviewed by: Lt Col Mark Peters, USAF Islam in the Modern World Edited by: Jeffrey T. Kenny and Ebrahim Moosa Reviewed by: Lt Cmdr Edward Erwin, USN Choosing War: Presidential Decisions in the Maine, Lusitania, and Panay Incidents By: Douglas Carl Peifer Reviewed by: James H. Clifford Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective Edited by: Catherine McArdle Kelleher and Peter Dombrowski Reviewed by: Capt J. Alexander Ippoliti, ANG A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order By: Richard Haass Reviewed by: Maj F. Bart Doyle, USAF War, States, and Contention By: Sidney Tarrow Reviewed by: Lt Col Mark Peters, USAF DOWNLOAD FULL EDITION
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