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Romania as a NATO Member
This thesis is about contemporary Romania and its adherence to the North Atlantic Treaty Organizati
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Torture
As a part of the response to the Al Qaida attacks on 11 September 2001, the United States found its
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In View of Current Trends in Peace Support Operations
The United Nations, in pursuit of conflict resolution, established numerous peacekeeping missions i
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Implications of Threat Perceptions on Security Cooperation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
This paper investigates the impact of national threat perceptions on security cooperation within th
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Pakistan and Nuclear Weapon Proliferation
The study is a historical analysis of the Pakistani nuclear program which aims at bringing out the
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United States Military-to-Military Contacts With the People's Liberation Army
The growth and importance of the People's Republic of China (PRC) necessitates that the United Stat
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Assessing China璽(TM)s Hegemonic Ambitions
China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate over the past twenty years has been phenomenal and
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Impact to NATO and the United States of the European Union璽(TM)s Military Rapid-Reaction Force
In 1999 the European Union (EU) established goals of fielding by 2003 a 60,000-troop force, deploya
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Adding Nonlinear Tools to the Strategist璽(TM)s Toolbox
Since the seventeenth century, Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion have had tremendous impact on the
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Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa
The West African subregion is host to strings of violent armed conflicts. These conflicts result in
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United States National Security Interests and North Korea
United States (US) policy towards North Korea has struggled to adequately address the US national s
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National Strategy, Future Threats and Defense Spending
In the early 1990s, the world has seen unprecedented changes in the global security environment tha
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ASEAN's Constructive Engagement Policy Toward Myanmar (Burma)
This research studied the effectiveness of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) poli
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Deterrence by Denial
The United States has significantly increased the deployment of missile defense systems, specifical
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Future Options for Swedish Security Policy
The situation in Europe and the tendencies affecting its future security environment challenge curr
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Russian Influence on Ukrainian Strategic Policy
Ukrainian strategic policy decisions have a direct impact on US policy in Eastern Europe. Ukraine i
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Rising Dragon
The United States Air Force's Center for Strategy and Technology was established at the Air War Col
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Anticipating Failure
"In the absence of significant internal reform, Pakistan faces a host of internal problems and exte
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Chinese National Security Strategy
Examination of Chinese national security issues is incomplete without a frame of reference that inc
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CSAT Occasional Paper No. 68, Discord or 璽Harmonious Society璽?
With its ancient cultural roots intact, the government of China, regarded by many of its people as
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Failure to End the Kivu Conflict
A long conflict has been going on in the Kivu region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Denuclearization of North Korea
The denuclearization of North Korea, a formalized policy objective of the United States since the s
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Peacekeeping on the Golan Heights in the Event of an Israeli-Syrian Peace Accord
In 1996 Syria and Israel came close to ratifying a peace accord. Currently, however, negotiations a
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Study of Kofi Annan's Leadership as the United Nations Secretary General and his Impact on the Implementation and Success of a Sub-Saharan Africa Agenda
There is a general understanding that leadership is the key to the success of any organization. Thi
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Iran's Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Maxwell Papers, the Air War College's occasional papers series, focus on current and future iss
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United Nations璽(TM) Operation in Somalia
This study examines whether the UN Operation in Somalia could have succeeded with a different appro
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Apples and Oranges
Changes in the operating environment have resulted in a fundamental change to the shape and nature
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Deterrence Versus Reassurance
The purpose of this analysis is to determine the impact on Norwegian security should NATO and the U
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Formal Sino-Singapore Defense Relation
South East Asia (SEA) is a highly diversified region, culturally, ethnically, and religiously. Curr
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How Will the United States Withdrawal From the Republic of Korea Affect Japan's National Security?
This study examines the impact of the United States ground troop withdrawal from the Republic of Ko
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Is a U.S. Military Presence in Southeast Asia Necessary in the Twenty-First Century?
For many years, the U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia (SEA) has served as an important stabi
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Israeli Solution to Palestinian Terrorism
This research examined the Israeli Security Fence and attempted to determine whether or not the Isr
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Improving Southeast Asian Security Within the ASEAN Framework -- Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies
Since the end of the Cold War, changing global dynamics have brought about important political, soc
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Relevance and Optimal Structure of the Military in Jamaica in the Current and Emerging Geo-Security Environment
In most democratic countries that are not engaged in conflict one can expect debates regarding the
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United Nations Peacekeeping in the Twenty-First Century
This study objectively analyzes, within a systemic approach, the causes that undermined the respons
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Power Projection
This study concludes airpower will play an increasingly dominant role in future US contingency resp
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Declawing the Dragon
To what extent do the Chinese cyber-warriors--within the People's Liberation Army along with both s
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India-United States Security Cooperation
With the end of the cold war, India-United States security cooperation underwent a significant posi
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In Search of an Identity
In the twenty-first century military organizations throughout the world are going through an identi
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Instruments of National Power in Respect to the United States Counterdrug Efforts in Colombia
This thesis examines how effectively the United States implements its instruments of national power
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Nepal's Strategic Future
Nepal, geo-strategically located between India and China, must have appropriate relations with both
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United States of America and the People璽(TM)s Republic of China in Africa
Africa has recently become strategically important to the US and China, mainly for economic reasons
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American and Soviet Security Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Using enhancement of global and regional objectives, procurement of military base rights, and benef
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Challenges of Regional Collective Security
Disputes and civil wars, with the attendant breakdown of law and order, and dire consequences for p
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Changing Dynamics of Military Advantage in the Information Age
The information revolution causes dramatic changes in the geopolitical environment, which result in
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NATO Air Policing
"There are numerous options to consider in meeting NATO requirements regarding air policing. This p
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Analysis of the Measures of Effectiveness for the African Crisis Response Initiative
Since the early 1960s, post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa has experienced significant crisis and conf
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Asymmetric Threats to U.S. National Security to the Year 2010
Asymmetric threats counter an adversary's strengths by focusing on its weaknesses. In the post-Cold