Updated Landpower: Lead Article & Topic Area
This year will be a year of transitions within the Joint Force. With the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) looming in midst of continuing fiscal pressures, many experts anticipate significant reductions in the capacity or size of American Landpower.
Our new Landpower lead article “What the QDR Ought to Say about Landpower” by Francis G. Hoffman makes a case for the retention of sufficient American Landpower capability and capacity.
New Landpower Topic Area
We have added a new Landpower Topic area “Financial War” with three new articles:
- Waging Financial War by David J, Katz.
Has the emergence of global financial markets brought with it global financial warfare? This article discusses the canon of financial warfare and how one might wage it across levels of war.
- The Coming Financial Wars by Juan Zarate.
Since 9/11, the United States has waged a new brand of financial war against rogue regimes, terrorist groups, and criminal syndicates. By leveraging American global economic predominance, the US has isolated such actors from the financial system. The domain of financial warfare, however, is now no longer the sole province of the US and presents challenges from enemies and competitors.
- Economic Statecraft: China in Africa by Douglas W. Winston.
China’s investment in Africa is a deliberate policy choice to secure Beijing’s economic and political objectives. Chinese policies may undermine or discourage US efforts to create better governance and improved standards of living in Africa, but these effects are incidental and do not threaten vital American interests. The United States should encourage Beijing’s participation in international economic institutions, and thereby facilitate US economic strength and promote African development.
We hope you will enjoy these articles and bookmark our new Home webpage for Landpower.
Scott