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  Letter from the Editor
  Laura M. Thurston Goodroe

  Introductory letter for the Fall 2022 issue of Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower.

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  Deter-Defend-Defeat: Succeed in 3D
  General Stéphane Mille

  Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower is pleased and honored to feature the French Air and Space Force Strategic Vision for 2022 by General Stèphane Mille, Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Forces.

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  Military Necessity: Policy-Capability Tensions
  Thomas R. Burks

  Conducting cyberspace operations outside of armed conflict but consistent with LOAC principles limits USCYBERCOM to a best-tool approach to national security. Reframing conflict as strategic competition restores military necessity’s flexibility.

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  Persian Gulf War: A Type I Approach to Conflicts
  David J. Lorenzo

  The Bush administration pursued an approach to Iraq in the lead up to the Persian Gulf War that included offering coercive alternatives, refusing to facilitate a compromise, and identifying a favorable resolution as a matter of urgency. Future administrations could take the same path under similar circumstances.

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  The National Security Strategy as a Genre: Dynamic and Adaptable or Constraining Creativity?
  Philip Hayek

  An analysis of the national security strategy as genre using theories from the field rhetorical genre studies, reveals the strategy reflects the individual worldview and priorities of its presidential author, as a genre, the national security strategy is directly responsive to and constructive of our recurring national security.

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  Studying Airpower: Eight Essential Themes for Practitioners
  Heather P. Venable

  Eight integral themes are essential to the study of airpower. A strong intellectual grounding in these areas will prepare future Air Force leaders for strategic and operational success.

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  Clausewitz in Space: Friction in Space Strategy and Operations
  Randall E. Carlson and Ron Gurantz

  Clausewitz’s concept of friction has not been explicitly applied to military space strategy or operations. The military must take four potential sources of space friction into account when making decisions to avoid frictional tradeoffs.

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  Port in the Desert: Djibouti as International Lessor
  Jessica Borowicz and Trish Basile

  With increasing global competition, it is expected the US would consider its options with regard to foreign basing in Djibouti. But with its location and relative stability, Djibouti will remain strategically important for the United States in the years to come.

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