James Kraska is Charles H. Stockton professor of international law and chair of the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College and John Harvey Gregory lecturer on world ...

Whether the United States defines China as a global threat or a predominantly regional one will have pervasive implications for U.S. alliance and deterrence strategy in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

What follows from such a shift is far from predetermined. One possibility is that the shock of American disengagement catalyzes greater European unity and strategic coherence. Another is that the loss ...

But wargaming is not a relic. It’s a research method with a specific purpose: to explore human decision-making under stress, in competition, and with incomplete information. That doesn’t mean it’s ...

For centuries, infantry attacks have begun with a cacophony of eardrum-splitting gunfire. However, today, many engagements are initiated by the unflinching eyes of drones. Now the ability of infantry ...

History helps shed light on the relationship between intelligence, strategy, and clandestine diplomacy. In 1967, Israeli officials approached the White House in search of material support in advance ...

The September 1846 Battle of Monterrey, long a hallmark of Zachary Taylor’s northern campaign, was a U.S. victory of strategy, operations, and tactics. Remembered in the historical literature as a ...

In 2022, Luis Simón wrote “America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Runs Through Ukraine” where he argued that a decisive defeat of Russia in Europe would ultimately strengthen America’s ability to compete ...

This is good, but examining this history cuts two directions. On the one hand, policymakers should be clear-eyed and avoid popular nostalgia. The strategic, economic, and industrial conditions that ...

Seven years ago, the Marine Corps had no organic “group 5” (operating above 18,000 feet) unmanned aircraft. Today, MQ-9As are flying from forward bases, tasked and maintained by marines. But ...

General-Special Purpose Forces: A Delicately Balanced Middle Ground Service Culture Building on its legacy from the two world wars, the wars in Korea and Vietnam, and a range of smaller but ...

Although Western attention has focused on the rapid expansion of China’s nuclear and conventional warfighting capabilities, one ought to expect equal analysis of China’s biological warfare potential.