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Aug. 27, 2025
Closing the Deterrence Gap in the Taiwan Strait

“Experts” insist that the risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is low, while “Catastrophizers” warn of imminent conflict. These conflicting assessments result in contrasting recommendations. Whereas Experts recommend Taiwan focus on long-term resilience, Catastrophizers
Dec. 5, 2023
Cracking the Code: War’s Hidden Methodology

In this extensive endeavor to formulate a general theory of war, Major General Yacov Bengo (Israeli Defense Forces) provides his unique perspective, deftly weaving industrial revolutions, the domains of war, the major conflicts of the last two centuries, and the works of both classical and modern
Sept. 15, 2023
Operation Inherent Resolve

While not a sortie-by-sortie account of Operation Inherent Resolve, the coalition air campaign to defeat the nascent Islamic caliphate known as ISIS, this book offers relevant perspectives and insights on a range of political, diplomatic, and military aspects of the campaign. In addition, this book
March 31, 2020
Two Centuries of US Military Operations in Liberia: Challenges of Resistance and Compliance

Liberia is the country in Africa where the United States has the most extended history of military engagement, and each intervention is layered on the experience of previous interventions. Over the years, the interventions have become more comprehensive and sophisticated, and Liberia can be
Feb. 1, 2017
Adapt or Fail: The USAF’s Role in Reconstituting the Iraqi Air Force, 2004–2007

The US Air Force has not had much experience in helping to create an air force for a partner nation. Usually the partner nation would already have an air force and the requisite infrastructure, only needing better airplanes, more training, or additional spare parts for the equipment already on hand.
June 1, 2014
An Approach toward an Asia-Pacific Strategy, 2012 to 2020

This regionally focused study is written at the strategic level to inform and guide US Air Force leadership over the next eight years. Further, the study is designed to provide an overarching strategy for the service as the nation rebalances from Europe and Southwest Asia to the Asia-Pacific region.
June 1, 2014
Interagency Regional Foreign Policy Implementation

This is a must read for those involved in developing foreign policy or directing contingency and/or peacekeeping operations in the field. Colonel Pope applies his experience with the CIA and USCENTCOM, among other assignments, to enlighten his examination of the multiagency structure that plans,
May 1, 2013
The Asia-Pacific Century

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published “America’s Pacific Century” in Foreign Policy magazine in November 2011, the administration was clearly indicating to domestic and international audiences that the United States is beginning a pivot toward the Asia-Pacific.
Aug. 1, 2007
Divining Victory: Airpower in the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War

The 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War may well be a paradigm for twenty-first century warfare. The technically sophisticated Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were confronted by a much smaller but well-armed and highly unconventional “state within a state” opponent. Israel launched an intensive
March 1, 2007
Middle East Security Issues

The ten authors of the essays in this study examine issues that the US must address if its national security policy in the Middle East is to be well informed. In "NBC and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East," Lawrence Scheinman summarizes the nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons