Wild Blue Yonder

May 25, 2020
Factotum: The US Military in the Twenty-First Century

Despite changes in the strategic environment, they are “unique in detail, not in kind”; thus, the US military’s proper role remains constant as the dutiful servant of the state.
May 25, 2020
The United States Post–COVID-19

The post–Covid-19 world will look dramatically different than it did before. We believe that the world and history will be split across the middle by this monumental event, much as most of the Western world conceptualizes history in the Christian BC (before Christ) and AD (anno domini) paradigm, as
May 11, 2020
The Silent Erosion of Sovereignty: A Sino–Australian Example

This short submission highlights the potential and current dangers of the CCP information and influence operations as part of the People's Liberation Army’s wider noncontact warfare approach of China's "three warfares" in the so-called grey zone and looks at potential comprehensive countermeasures.
April 27, 2020
The USS Theodore Roosevelt Incident: Another Threat to The Civilian–Military Relationship

When Thomas Modly resigned as the acting Secretary of the Navy on 7 April, the military trade newspaper Navy Times said the resignation capped “perhaps the most tumultuous 24-hour public relations fiasco the sea service has ever encountered.” This article examines the incident within the context of
April 27, 2020
Preserving Freedom of Action in Cislunar Space

This article highlights an asteroid-sized hole in US space strategy; the US government has no military plans to protect and defend its commercial Moon and asteroid mining initiatives against adversary aggression and competing interests. Unless a strategy is developed by the Department of Defense to
April 27, 2020
Space Power Institute Think Tank

This article calls for the establishment of an organization that will develop advanced space warfare theory, policy, doctrine, strategies, and tactics that will propel the United States as the premier world center for understanding the methods and techniques for conducting military operations in the
April 13, 2020
China’s Strategic Preconditioning in the Twenty-first Century

China’s ascent as a new imperial global power seems to be unstoppable. Originally built on business, globalization, technological advancement a “newer” focus on an imperialistic national rejuvenation has taken place under its leader, Xi Jinping. These developments have gone mostly unchecked by the
March 16, 2020
Effective Team Building and Leadership at Al Dhafra, 2015–2016

In 2019, as part of a study of air operations conducted by US Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) against the Islamic State (ISIS) (Operation Inherent Resolve), recent historical research revealed an exemplary case study of team building and leadership. Between June 2015 and June 2016 at Al Dhafra
March 16, 2020
How to Win the Next Space War: An Assessment

The importance of space satellites and their supporting systems cannot be overstated. Their use in the civil and commercial world to provide communications, weather, navigation, timing, and Earth resources monitoring provides major advantages to those who employ the information generated by these
Feb. 24, 2020
Twenty-First-Century Threats in a Complex World: Dealing with DUST in the Wind

Appreciating the spectrum of surprises embedded in dual-use science and technology (DUST) is critical. History displays instances where the inability to gauge and grasp the authenticity of future attacks spelled doom for the victims, leaders, and policy makers involved. Future threat assessments