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  • Implications Of Context In Understanding China’s “Mask Diplomacy”

    Since the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, 2020 China has been engaging in a foreign policy initiative. It has been labeled “Mask Diplomacy, a term that can be employed to describe its particular style of soft (e.g. cultural, symbolic, and discursive) and sharp (e.g. dispatched

  • After The Flag: Supporting Graduated Squadron Commanders

    “I am relieved.” The last words spoken by military commanders at multiple levels of leadership before they pass the guidon to their boss and step to the right, leaving space for the new commander to step forward and assume command. Upon completion of the ceremony, the now graduated commander

  • The New Containment

    In 1947, George F. Kennan famously outlined in the pages of Foreign Affairs what became the “containment strategy.” Kennan’s argument, that the West and its allies must confront aggressive Soviet expansion anywhere, set the stage for much of America’s foreign policy throughout the Cold War,

  • The United States Must Pursue Greater Nuclear Energy Power Generation

    For years, scientists have warned us that the world must pursue net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This effort must be global, with countries like China and Brazil participating. However, before the United States can compel other nations to make a good-faith effort to decarbonize by 2050, we must

  • Command and Control Terms of Reference

    Article updated on 16 August 2022. IntroductionThere’s never been a better time to be in the Command and Control (C2) business.  The Joint Staff is investing heavily in the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) program, which is designed to accelerate commanders’ decision cycles and close

  • Decision Advantage in Competition

    If decision advantage in conflict is closing our kill chains, then decision advantage in competition is keeping adversary kill chains open. In the 1950s, Col John Boyd embodied the concept of a decision cycle in conflict with his theory of the “OODA Loop.” He believed that the orient phase was key

  • HYPErsonic Missiles: The Path of Temptation

    During the Cold War, the United States (US) engaged in a nuclear arms race with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that led the world down a path toward global annihilation, but with relatively equal capabilities, fear of nuclear Armageddon created a tense homeostasis.1 However, the US’s

  • Three Broken Teacups: The Crisis of U.S.-UAE relations

    The United States’ strategic pivot to great power competition in Asia and Europe has led to declining U.S. attention in the Middle East. As a result, America’s reduced presence in the region and under-investment in maintaining key partnerships have plunged multiple relationships into crisis. This is


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