Volume 14 Issue 3 - Fall 2020 Published Aug. 26, 2020 Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL POLICY FORUM Shining a Light on Cyber An Interview with John C. "Chris" Inglis What strategy will defend the United States against cyberattacks of consequence, and what is required to implement that strategy? Comment on Article Assessing the Singapore Summit—Two Years Later Kelly A. Grieco Have the last embers of optimism burned out on the second anniversary of the US–North Korea Summit? Comment on Article FEATURE ARTICLE Ready, Set, Getting to Go: US Nuclear Test Readiness Posture Lt Col Geoffrey Steeves, USAF Will the considerable challenges create uncertainty about how quickly the United States could resume nuclear testing if warranted? Comment on Article PERSPECTIVES A National Strategy for Synthetic Biology Lt Col Marcus A. Cunningham, USAF, and John P. Geis II Can the United States achieve greater security by regulating and controlling synthetic biology to prevent unintended consequences? Comment on Article The Future of the Transatlantic Alliance: Not Without the European Union Sven Biscop Must EU member states seek greater autonomy and reconfigure the transatlantic architecture to generate military power through the EU? Comment on Article Challenges to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Manseok Lee and Michael Nacht Are five specific challenges associated with contemporary international security decreasing the effectiveness of the NPT? Comment on Article Twenty-First-Century US Nuclear Power: A National Security Imperative David K. Gattie and Joshua N. K. Massey If America retreats from the civilian nuclear field, will revisionist powers become the global leaders in nuclear science in the twenty-first century—with adverse implications for US national security? Comment on Article EDITOR'S EPILOGUE Editor's Epilogue W. Michael Guillot, Editor Being the editor of a journal is never supposed to be a sentence, so I have elected to pardon myself and make way for a successor. Comment on Article BOOK REVIEWS For Want of a Nail by Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine Reviewed by Lt Col Scott C. Martin, USAF This work takes an unusual approach, using physical art and design, to express the history and consequences of a pivotal event: the atomic detonation on 16 July 1945.. Double Jeopardy: Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change by Daniel B. Poneman Reviewed by Lt Frederick Metzger, USAF Double Jeopardy will, most importantly, spark conversations about taking decisive action to mitigate the effects of climate change and the dangers of nuclear proliferation. Assured Destruction: Building the Ballistic Missile Culture of the Air Force by David W. Bath Reviewed by Dr. Heather Venable This work provides a solid introduction to ICBMs and differentiates itself from similar works by focusing on the fascinating challenges of operationalizing a new technology both in peacetime and in crisis while highlighting the Air Force’s changing relationship to the community’s personnel. Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by P. W. Singer and August Cole Reviewed by LTC Kirby “Bo” Dennis, USAF In this novel, the authors vividly describe the methodical lurch toward a world where we grow comfortable outsourcing everyday life to AI—starting with the innocuous but eventually graduating to a level of dependence that portends danger.. War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century by David Patrikarakos Reviewed by Dr. John-Michael Arnold The author explores the premise that the new species of technologically empowered human, which he dubs “Homo Digitalis,” has harnessed social media during conflict and “irretrievably changed the way that wars are fought, reported on, and consumed.” DOWNLOAD FULL EDITION
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