Volume 12 Issue 1 - Spring 2018 Published Feb. 26, 2018 Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL Policy Forum Another BRAC Now Rep Adam Smith (D-WA) Christopher Preble Can former bases be successfully repurposed to benefit local communities? Defending the Record on US Nuclear Deterrence Gen Kevin P. Chilton, USAF, Retired Challenge common fallacies concerning nuclear deterrence with the reality of the US nuclear deterrent. 2017 National Security Strategy Perspective W. Michael Guillot Is the 2017 NSS the most realism-based version ever produced? Feature Article Dragon in the Room: Nuclear Disarmament’s Missing Player Susan Turner Haynes What conditions will require China’s participation in the nuclear disarmament conversation? Perspectives Autonomous Weapon Systems and International Crises Nathan Leys Can AWS have strategic ramifications during crises? Five scenarios are instructive here. China in Space: Ambitions and Possible Conflict Namrata Goswami What are China’s policies and aspirations related to space-based solar power, lunar and asteroid mining, space settlement, and planetary defense? Transformation and the War in Afghanistan Alexander Salt Is a transformation-influenced “light footprint” of special operations forces and airpower relevant during present and future hybrid conflicts? Unbalanced: Rethinking America’s Commitment to the Middle East Emma Ashford Can offshore balancing in the Middle East bring American commitments and interests in the region back into balance after a long period of over commitment? Book Reviews Strategy & Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty By: Colin Gray Reviewed by: Lt Col Mark Peters, USAF Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World By: Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne Reviewed by: 1st Lt David Chui, USAF Download Full Edition
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