Coursework: NODIS – Stretch Armstrong
This was a response memo crafted to simulate having 24hrs to recommend to the US Department of State, whether or not to use a tactical
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Author: Rick Spencer
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US Counterinsurgency Strategy in the Sahel
The deaths of four special operators in Niger late last year introduced the public US military activity in the African Sahel. This band of semi-arid
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Deterrent in Chief
All I want for Christmas is rational nuclear deterrence. Tall order, but I’ve done everything I can to stay on the “Nice” list. I’m not
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Korean Think Tanks you ask?
In recent discussion about the world of think tanks, a question was raised about the think tank culture in Korea. …There are at least two
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The Defense Department is Serious About Climate Change
Net Assessment has been lauded for finding novel ways of countering the strategic advantages that the Soviet Union amassed at different times up until its
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Cabinet-level Influence of Executive Leadership
Secretary of Defense James Mattis, along with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford, have each demonstrated
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Does the US Need Cyberspace Strategy Modeled on NSC-68?
The 1950 report by the National Security Council interpreted George F Kennan’s “warning about Soviet ideological expansionism as a warrant for a build-up and projection