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

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...

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

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

To support warfighters in the 21st century, Army and joint space operations must adapt to a conge...

This monograph is meant to provide an unbiased examination of: the scarcity of natural gas in the...

In 2010, NATO decided to expand its ballistic missile defense program, in part because of the Ame...

An apparent lack of interest by Russia in Sub-Saharan Africa over recent years masks persistent k...

Recent events in Mali, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere demonstrate that building p...

The phenomenon of Iraq's Shia warlords and the militias they lead has significant implications fo...

Stories about unmanned vehicles now appear regularly in the national news-and not always in good ...

Over the last years, missile defense has resurfaced as a major feature of the strategic debate in...

The Middle East is currently in one of its most dramatic periods of turbulence since the post-Wor...

Although different U.S. Presidential administrations often face differing national security chall...

In one way or another, these papers from the Strategic Studies Institute's annual conference on R...

The 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah has generated a vast amount of academic and military st...

In the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, militaryplanners speak at great length about the importan...

There is no word or phrase more important and essential to the national security community than '...

The papers included here, except for the editor's introduction, all come from the Strategic Studi...

At the height of the Cultural Revolution a Chinese long-range nuclear missile is fired within the...

Public government statements have cited cyberattacks by terrorists as a major concern for nationa...

The political transitions that followed revolutions in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia are by no means ...

This report is the product of the U.S. Army War College's (USAWC) inaugural Integrated Research P...

Los Zetas, which appeared on the scene in the late-1990s, have raised the bar for cruelty among M...

For more than 2 decades, Somalia has been the prime example of a collapsed state, resisting multi...

The United States plays a significant role in the Middle East. When dealing with the region, ofte...

The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), newest of the six U.S. Department of Defense geographical comb...

Significant political, economic, and social change can dramatically impact the international secu...

China and Russia have two of the world's most powerful militaries, and their growing defense coop...

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

The focus on Russian intervention in Ukraine in 2014-15 has obscured other areas of contention wh...

This manuscript examines the increasingly important form of rivalry and statecraft that has becom...

For over a decade, SSI has published the annual Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) to inform studen...

The term 'confidence-building measures' is not new. The idea that international actors can come t...

cCicero once pointed out that the crucial sinew of war is, and always has been, 'endless streams ...

Sponsored by the Army Capabilities Integration Center and in collaboration with the Joint Staff's...

In one way or another, the papers included in this monograph, from the Strategic Studies Institut...

Since the end of World War II, the United States has made maintaining a favorable balance of powe...

Morocco is seeking to position itself as a regional security provider in West Africa. Over recent...

The U.S. Army and the British Army are undergoingsimilar processes of rebalancing between regular...

Over the past 2 decades, the global system has been subject to a range of forces which have recon...

On November 8-9, 2011, the National Defense University (NDU) held a conference entitled 'Forging ...

In the 21st century, the transatlantic bargain that has framed the relationship between the Unite...

Understanding the political economy of Nigeria is needed to reveal the root causes of its many et...

The United States increasingly relies on unmanned aerial vehicles to target insurgent and terrori...

Two key long-term energy trends are shifting the strategic balance between the United States and ...

In March 2012, the government of Mali, one of the most touted symbols of Africa's democratic pote...