Of course, calling for an end to counterforce targeting requires articulating an alternative. I advocate CMI targeting, which is an acronym I came up with to describe holding C onventional M ilitary ...

The differences in how the law of targeting applies on land and at sea are relatively unknown, as the principles of distinction and proportionality are domain-specific. U.S. forces are not well ...

In response to the Trump administration, the European Commission has launched the ambitious ReArm Europe Plan / Readiness 2030, which was unveiled in March 2025 and aims to mobilize 800 billion euros ...

Zapad -2021 is not just approaching. It’s already here. Zapad, meaning “west,” is Russia’s Strategic Command’s-Staff Exercise, scheduled for Sept. 10–16. This exercise focuses on Russia’s Western ...

Clean Energy Technologies and National Security Policymakers have flagged four dimensions of national security with respect to China’s domination of these supply chains. Each may require distinct ...

The False Promise of Security Russia sees strategic value in Africa. While states like China have dangled infrastructure aid and debt relief packages to cultivate relationships across the continent, ...

Editor’s note: Don’t miss our comprehensive guide to Russia’s war against Ukraine. In the two weeks prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Marine Corps University ran a four-day wargame to simulate ...

France’s presidents famously have a lot of power — arguably more than any of their counterparts in other democratic presidential systems. This power, however, gets weakened in the — rare — situation ...

The all-volunteer force created 50 years ago didn’t consider the challenges that would be presented by evolving family forms, which include “the growing presence of married men and women in the ...

Potential Theories of Victory Drawing from research on strategy and coercion, we identify five potential military theories of victory that are universal to all countries and all conflicts. The first ...

That said, there are several issues the U.S. Army should address regarding the sustainment of large-scale combat operations, whether offensive or defensive. To do this, sustainment should be elevated ...

The shift in Ankara’s rhetoric is driven by the logic of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) leadership’s support for the Palestinian cause, its objection to a U.S.-led world order, and the ...