Volume 12 Issue 3 - Fall 2018 Published Aug. 28, 2018 Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL POLICY FORUM 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. FEATURE ARTICLE 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? PERSPECTIVES 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? FEEDBACK What are your thoughts on SSQ? We want to know how we're doing, so please TELL US! If you like or don't like SSQ, tell us why. How do you use SSQ? Teaching? Ideas? Research? Let us know how we can do better -- Just Tell Us. Get a response direct from the editor. Email: strategicstudiesquarterly@us.af.mil. BOOK REVIEWS 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. DOWNLOAD FULL EDITION
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