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Strategy

Darwin and Pacific Defense: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Posted on January 2, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/02/2015
1942 marked Darwin being on the front lines whether it wanted to or not; 2014 saw its emergence as part of the evolving deterrence in depth strategy which supports the key democratic powers in the Pacific.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Shaping a Way Ahead to Deal with the Second Nuclear Age

Posted on January 1, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
01/01/2015
Nuclear weapons have returned as a source of influence and power in the international system. As people look at Russia and China, and all of the others they know that the time has come to again do some serious thinking about this subject, no matter how distasteful it is.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

The Mutations of 21st Century Information War

Posted on December 17, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/17/2014
Information War is a key element for evolving 21st century conflicts. How best to understand the challenge and how to respond? Even Hollywood is discovering it is part of the information war battlesapce.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Confronting the Realities of the Second Nuclear Age

Posted on December 16, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/16/2014
A new round of nuclear weapons developments is under way without necessarily replaying the rules established in the first nuclear age.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Learning How to Use Hard Power Effectively: The Missing Ingredient from the U.S. National Security System

Posted on December 16, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/16/2014
The US national security system needs to focus upon how to use hard power effectively.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

A Way Ahead in Iraq: Calibrating a Response

Posted on December 15, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
12/15/2014
A proposed way ahead in Iraq.  
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Airpower in the Next Two Decades of the 21st Century: Secretary Wynne Looks Ahead

Posted on November 16, 2014 | by Robbin Laird
11/16/2014
Secretary Wynne takes a look at the way ahead for innovation in airpower.
Posted in Con Ops, HOME, Strategy, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force
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