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A Bipolar Strategy for a Multi-Polar World
According to official public statements, China's nuclear arsenal exists solely to deter nuclear att
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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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Failing and Failed States
Since the end of the Cold War, Global security has been threatened more by weak nations than by dom
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Strategic Implications of Chinese Influence in the Latin America Region
Chinese engagement and influence in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has increased rap
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China's Nuclear Forces
Recent books and journal articles published in China provide new insights into nuclear doctrine, op
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Conflict Termination and Regime Change
Many US military operations since the end of the Cold War have ended improperly; the failure has no
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When is Russia Joining NATO? Russian Security Orientation in the Twenty-First Century
This study seeks to analyze Russia's security situation, its relationship with NATO and if NATO can
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Study of China's Possible Military Intervention in the Event of a Sudden Change in North Korea
This study addresses potential scenarios as to how a North Korean collapse could occur, whether Chi
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US Power Dominance in the 21st Century
This study comprises an analysis on why the United States will remain the world's pre-eminent super
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A National Security Strategy for Sweden
National security strategies should entail all instruments of power and not just the military. Furt
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A Study of Central Asia to Identify Future Threats to Regional Stability
The breakup of the former Soviet Union led to the independence of 11 states called the Commonwealth
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CTSS Transatlantic Perspectives 2
The Center for Transatlantic Security Studies (CTSS) serves as a national and international focal p
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Does Your Dragon Bite?
China is one of the major actors in Asia with which the United States will have to deal in the next
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Avoiding the Rush
This paper proposes that NATO expansion into East Central Europe is ill advised at this pivotal per
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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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Russian Nuclear Weapons
This book presents several essays analyzing Russia's extensive nuclear agenda and the issues connec
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Is the United Nation's Current Policy in Iraq Effective? Evaluation of Economic Sanctions and the Oil-for-Food Program
The United Nations policy toward Iraq, consisting of economic sanctions and what has come to be kno
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Recognizing and Adapting to Unrestricted Warfare Practices by China
In 1999, two Chinese Colonels published a concept paper which advocated that China adopt an #65533;
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Globalness
The purpose of this thesis is to take the first steps toward a military space power theory. It begi
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Foreign Policy and a State's Hierarchy of Needs
The last 60 years saw a great change in United States involvement in the world. From an isolationis
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Understanding the Form, Function, and Logic of Clandestine Cellular Networks
Since the events of September 11, 2001 the United States military counternetwork operations, theory
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Public Diplomacy
This paper details the campaign that Saddam executed in 2000 and impresses upon the reader that var
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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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Defending the Homeland
Fall of 2009 five Al Qa'ida operatives were arrested by federal authorities while in the final stag
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NATO Enlargement
This paper analyzes NATO enlargement and explores the dichotomy between Articles 5 and 10 of the Wa
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Humanitarian Intervention in Kosovo
During 1999, NATO instituted a bombing campaign and other military operations against the former Yu
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The United States and ASEAN-China Relations
While the overall security situation in Southeast Asia is something of a mixed bag, with grounds fo
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Denting the Hub, or Strengthening the Spokes?
In March 2007, Japan and Australia signed a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JADSC)--Japa
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Economic Sanctions
Economic sanctions are a form of non-violent warfare that has been used more frequently over the pa
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Vetting the Forces We Train
The trainers and advisors of foreign forces routinely face the infiltration of insurgents and terro
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Engaging African Sub-Regional Organizations to Improve Continental Stability and Security
Abstract The United States has been engaged on the African continent for one reason or another for
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Emerging China and the Japan U.S. Alliance
Emerging China is undoubtedly one of the biggest future security concerns for both Japan and the Un
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Information As Power
The U.S. Army War College is pleased to present this anthology of selected student work from Academ
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Ignoring the Present
Combat is no longer an idea of massed armies marching off to face a fielded foe. This conclusion ca
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China's Grand Strategy From Confucius to Contemporary
Analysts and policy makers articulate growing concerns on whether China's rapid rise will remain pe
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From Islands to Networks
From Islands to Networks A Blueprint for a Comprehensive US Security Strategy in the Asia-Pacific R
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A Resurgent Russia in 2030? A Study of the Past, Present, and Possible Future Political Situation With the Russian Federation
Mark Twain once said, "The art of prophecy is very difficult - especially with respect to the futur
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Assessing SOUTHCOM's Role in US Foreign Policy in Latin America
The last decade has experienced an increased role of the military in shaping and implementing US fo
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No Fly Zones
This study attempts to determine if no-fly zones are effective tools of US foreign policy. In doing
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Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law
The 2009 Failed States Index identifies many nations as being in danger of becoming failed states-i
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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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China's Military Modernization
As China's power rises and its national interests expand, China will seek to maintain its own "free
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The China Syndrome in Latin America
Since the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, the US has regarded the Western Hemisphere as its own domain. Un
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Saudi Arabian Reactions to a Nuclear Iran
An Iran with nuclear weapons would greatly increase the risk of other nations in the Middle East fo
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The End of Hegemony
The era of US global hegemony is drawing to a close. Within the next quarter century, revolutionary
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Japan's New National Defense Program Guideline
This paper analyzes Japan's National Defense Program Guideline (NDPG), which was approved by the Se
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Loose Words, Not Nukes
America appears poised to redefine its extended deterrent commitment to NATO. This paper evaluates
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Countering Asymmetric Strategies
"This paper examines diversity as it relates to countering asymmetric security threats. It views di