On January 25-26, 2010, SSI organized a conference entitled, 'Contemporary issues in Internationa...

These three chapters originated in an SSI conference in January 2010 and go to the heart of a que...

As the United States continues to withdraw troops from and prepares to leave Afghanistan, Afghani...

Security Force Assistance is analyzed, and some specific recommendations designed to improve U.S....

The 2009 Failed States Index identifies many nations as being in danger of becoming failed states...

While 'knowing your enemy' has long been a Chinese stratagem, cultural intelligence only recently...

Today we continue to face an uncertain, complicated and rapidly changing international security e...

The U.S. Army has had a 'Total Forces Policy' for over 30 years, with an increased focus for the ...

If the United States is likely to fight in a coalition with small allies in the future, then it i...

Through the prism of operations in Afghanistan, the author examines how the U.S. Government's Str...

As the United States reassesses relations with Russia and develops doctrine that addresses a turb...

The interagency process was the focus of a Capstone project and Research Symposium at the Bush Sc...

The United States, particularly the Army, has a long history of involvement with Cuba. This histo...

The American way of war has been much written about over the years. That literature is remarkable...

This is one in the Special Series of monographs stemming from the February 2001 conference on Pla...

The U.S. military and national security community lost interest in insurgency after the end of th...

The ideas of military transformation have been percolating within the U.S. military for more than...

The Gulf region has been vital to the interests of the United States and the industrial world for...

The United States is likely to face crucial grand strategic decisions in the coming years. This b...

The ability of the United States and Russia to cooperate in Afghanistan represents a solid test o...

Much has happened in the 16 years since this author penned a monograph entitled Redefining Land P...

The United States is not the only global center as it was in the first years of post-Cold War era...

The following three papers comprise one of the panels form a conference on U.S.-Russia relations ...

The term 'hollow army' became a part of the American political vocabulary more than 30 years ago,...

Several years ago, as the primary focus of U.S. military strategy shifted to the western Pacific ...

What is 'grand strategy,' and why is it seemingly so important and so difficult? This monograph e...

Learning By Doing

The Army's Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis published a series of monographs during 2009 ...

The Army's Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis published a series of monographs that were in...

It is a well established axiom that attempting to defeat an insurgency or a terrorist organizatio...

With most of the world's advanced economies now stuck in recession; Western support for defense c...

Although Arab military forces had somewhat disappeared from the political landscape since the 197...

The so-called New Start Treaty between Russia and the United States entered into force in Februar...

Arms control remains the central issue in U.S.-Russian relations. This is so for many reasons, no...

In the aftermath of the ousting of dictatorial regimes in 2011, the fragile political and securit...

The essays gathered here represent a panel at SSI's annual Russia conference in 2011. They focus ...

This monograph focuses upon 'regional alignment,' viewed by many as critical if the Army is to re...

The Arctic has returned with a vengeance to be an area of international contention. Beginning in ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was once focused on China's immediate periphery. The P...

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often co...

On March 20, 2008, the Bush School of Government and Public Service and the European Union Center...

There has been widespread discussion of Russia's efforts to exploit its energy assets to influenc...

Prior to World War II, the majority of instances where American armed forces were used abroad inv...

The Iraq War has been the subject of heatedpolitical debate and intense academic scrutiny. Muchar...

In March 2001, the U.S. Army War College, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, and Duke U...

Contrary to the wave of euphoria following the collapse of the Soviet Empire, the new world order...

The intent of this monograph is to identify some of the most salient characteristics of contempor...

Most of the ideas that form of the foundation of American defense policy and military strategy to...