Volume 15 Issue 3 - Fall 2021 Published Aug. 27, 2021 FOREWORD Foreword Victor Mbodouma The editor outlines this issue's articles and introduces a new section, Par Avion (by airmail) featuring articles with international perspectives on US national security strategy. These articles offer international insights on how the US can strengthen its deterrent strategy while working collaboratively with allied states. FEATURE ARTICLE The Technologies and International Politics of Genetic Warfare Yelena Biberman Is the genome becoming a new domain of warfare? How can the US build global norms for new technologies in the coming decades? PERSPECTIVES An Overlooked Aid to Arms Control: US Nuclear Modernization Matthew R. Costlow How do US nuclear modernization programs incentivize states to adhere to their commitments in arms control agreements? Strategic Imperative: A Competitive Framework for US-Sino Relations CAPT Michael P. Ferguson, USA Does forsaking the conceptual framework of competition signal a return to toothless engagement policies of the twentieth century, overlook the human rights abuses of competitors, abandon critical allies, and concede global influence and access to regional powers emboldened by decades of US collaboration? The Remote Sensing Revolution Threat LTC Brad Townsend, USA What are the weaknesses in existing US approaches to managing the remote sensing threat, and how can the US mitigate this emerging and ubiquitous threat? PAR AVION Arctic Space Strategy: The US and Norwegian Common Interest and Strategic Effort Lt Col Kjetil Bjørkum, Royal Norwegian Air Force What are the advantages of an improved combined US-Arctic space strategy, and what are low-cost solutions to elevate each nation’s space capabilities in light of the increased strategic significance of the Arctic? Comprehensive Security Approach in Response to Russian Hybrid Warfare Lt Col Tuukka Elonheimo, Finnish Air Force Why are open, digitalized Western democracies prone to hybrid warfare, and what means and practices can moderate, act against, and deter overt or covert hybrid offensives? BOOK REVIEWS The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace by Oscar Jonsson Reviewed by Capt Jayson M. Warren, USAF The book seeks to pierce Moscow’s strategic calculus and the “nuances of the Russian language” to answer the question, “Has the Russian understanding of the nature of war changed, and if so, how?” Rebranding China: Contested Status Signaling in the Changing Global Order by Xiaoyu Pu Reviewed by David A. Anderson The author asserts that China projects mixed messages to its domestic and international audiences and needs to better articulate its preferred status. Sending mixed or confusing status signals can lead to geopolitical friction, distrust, and deep suspicions of China’s real intent by its own people and the global community at large. Russia Abroad: Driving Regional Fracture in Post-Communist Eurasia and Beyond by Anna Ohanyan Reviewed by LTC Andrew Forney, USA Beyond a thoughtful collection of intellectually rich essays, this book also provides a striking (and needed) counterpoint to a narrative of globalization that, while tested in the past, still holds sway today. It provides an interesting context to assess state fragility and regional fracture relative to Russia’s current machinations in its near-abroad. DOWNLOAD FULL EDITION
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