national security http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en The Covid-19 Crisis and Future US National Security http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/covid-19-crisis-and-future-us-national-security <span>The Covid-19 Crisis and Future US National Security </span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Thu, 04/16/2020 - 6:23pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">In the last 20 years, we have twice suffered strategic surprise attacks. In each case, we were unprepared for what was an entirely foreseeable attack on the homeland. In each case, the national security bureaucracy --- Defense, State, Intelligence, and various homeland security entities --- paid inadequate attention to preparing for an event that its own Cassandras had declared as probable.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/covid-19-crisis-and-future-us-national-security" rel="tag" title="The Covid-19 Crisis and Future US National Security " hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Covid-19 Crisis and Future US National Security </span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/jrnl/art/covid-19-crisis-and-future-us-national-security#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">1 comment</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/taxonomy/term/205/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1632405325" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:23:48 +0000 SWJED 137960 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com A Memo for the President: The Path 2000 to 2060 http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/memo-president-path-2000-2060 <article data-history-node-id="122108" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/memo-president-path-2000-2060" rel="bookmark"><span>A Memo for the President: The Path 2000 to 2060</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Tue, 06/18/2019 - 11:58am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">This essay is a fictional memo set in the year 2060 written by a future U.S. national security advisor to a future president that recounts the preceding four decades of U.S. military involvement. The memo follows the post-mortem assessment used by LTC Matt Cavanaugh, itself an homage to retired Major General Dunlap’s essay. Unlike those pieces, however, this essay presents a more optimistic view based on a defense &amp; intelligence community that made hard decisions and difficult investments in the 2020s which allowed the U.S. armed forces to prevail in contested conflicts throughout the rest of the century.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/memo-president-path-2000-2060" rel="tag" title="A Memo for the President: The Path 2000 to 2060" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about A Memo for the President: The Path 2000 to 2060</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Tue, 18 Jun 2019 15:58:50 +0000 SWJED 122108 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com National Security Today Through 2028: Women Leading the Next Decade http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/national-security-today-through-2028-women-leading-next-decade <article data-history-node-id="121024" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/national-security-today-through-2028-women-leading-next-decade" rel="bookmark"><span>National Security Today Through 2028: Women Leading the Next Decade</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Wed, 05/29/2019 - 11:58am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">The Second Annual National Security Conference, “National Security Today Through 2028: Women Leading the Next Decade,” was held on Thursday, April 4, 2019 to discuss the future national security environment with some of the nation’s top leaders. Continue on for a conference report.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/national-security-today-through-2028-women-leading-next-decade" rel="tag" title="National Security Today Through 2028: Women Leading the Next Decade" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about National Security Today Through 2028: Women Leading the Next Decade</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Wed, 29 May 2019 15:58:30 +0000 SWJED 121024 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Lethality http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/towards-more-comprehensive-understanding-lethality <article data-history-node-id="114728" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/towards-more-comprehensive-understanding-lethality" rel="bookmark"><span>Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Lethality</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Mon, 02/11/2019 - 5:41am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">This article argues that a more comprehensive understanding of lethality is necessary to improve US strategic performance in present and future wars. We argue that central to lethality at the strategic level is influence. LtGen (ret) James Dubik emphasized foreign influence operations as the #1 strategic-level preparation civilian and military leaders must make for the next war. To view lethality only through a physical lens limits its full potential. Take the example of the Vietnam War.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/towards-more-comprehensive-understanding-lethality" rel="tag" title="Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Lethality" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Lethality</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:41:44 +0000 SWJED 114728 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com The Crisis State: A Critical Juncture in American History http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/crisis-state-critical-juncture-american-history <span>The Crisis State: A Critical Juncture in American History</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Mon, 01/28/2019 - 1:04am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">What America is experiencing today is a perfect storm: the convergence of a domestic political environment that is motivated by self-interest, revenge, and sabotage; a national media that is more concerned with sensationalizing crises than reporting facts or helping solve problems; the awakening and empowerment of underrepresented and otherwise traditionally marginalized peoples; and the interference of adversarial agents who aim to not only discredit democracy, but ultimately destroy America. It is becoming increasingly apparent that American policy makers are either unaware of this crisis or more concerned with their own political agendas, either way, this political and social division represents a fundamental crisis that threatens to rip the country apart. If recent failures to identify problems and generate bi-partisan solutions are indicative of the future, this crisis will continue unimpeded.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/crisis-state-critical-juncture-american-history" rel="tag" title="The Crisis State: A Critical Juncture in American History" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Crisis State: A Critical Juncture in American History</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 28 Jan 2019 06:04:09 +0000 SWJED 113817 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Building Partner Capability and Capacity Post-NDAA 2017: A Practical Approach http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/building-partner-capability-and-capacity-post-ndaa-2017-practical-approach <article data-history-node-id="113462" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/building-partner-capability-and-capacity-post-ndaa-2017-practical-approach" rel="bookmark"><span>Building Partner Capability and Capacity Post-NDAA 2017: A Practical Approach</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Tue, 01/22/2019 - 11:17am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">If DoD is serious about building viable partners, it must step back and reevaluate how it is currently viewing the future state of those partners and developing plans to move that partner towards the desired future state. SC is no longer a side mission, the mission in-between wars to shape, it has moved to the steady-state across the Range of Military Operations and is now a critical strategic tool that can provide us advantages over our adversaries if applied correctly. </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/building-partner-capability-and-capacity-post-ndaa-2017-practical-approach" rel="tag" title="Building Partner Capability and Capacity Post-NDAA 2017: A Practical Approach" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Building Partner Capability and Capacity Post-NDAA 2017: A Practical Approach</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:17:33 +0000 SWJED 113462 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Illegal Foreign Mining and US Military Strategic Interests http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/illegal-foreign-mining-and-us-military-strategic-interests <article data-history-node-id="106803" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/illegal-foreign-mining-and-us-military-strategic-interests" rel="bookmark"><span>Illegal Foreign Mining and US Military Strategic Interests</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Fri, 10/05/2018 - 1:08am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">This is a commentary on the strategic implications for the United States of foreign illegal mining. The article also touches on challenges and possibilities the phenomenon poses for police and military operations.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/illegal-foreign-mining-and-us-military-strategic-interests" rel="tag" title="Illegal Foreign Mining and US Military Strategic Interests" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Illegal Foreign Mining and US Military Strategic Interests</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Fri, 05 Oct 2018 05:08:16 +0000 SWJED 106803 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com National Security Implications of Unresolved Grievances http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/national-security-implications-unresolved-grievances <article data-history-node-id="103346" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/national-security-implications-unresolved-grievances" rel="bookmark"><span>National Security Implications of Unresolved Grievances</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Sat, 09/01/2018 - 9:16am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Today, the single greatest challenge to the United States national security is the growing threat posed by people that are being forced to join factions that align, if only loosely, with their beliefs, creating deep fractures and eroding the internal cohesion of the country.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/national-security-implications-unresolved-grievances" rel="tag" title="National Security Implications of Unresolved Grievances" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about National Security Implications of Unresolved Grievances</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Sat, 01 Sep 2018 13:16:54 +0000 SWJED 103346 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Threat Multipliers and the Need for a Comprehensive Climate Change Strategy http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/threat-multipliers-and-need-comprehensive-climate-change-strategy <article data-history-node-id="97813" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/threat-multipliers-and-need-comprehensive-climate-change-strategy" rel="bookmark"><span>Threat Multipliers and the Need for a Comprehensive Climate Change Strategy</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Mon, 07/02/2018 - 3:20am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">As the U.S. faces an increasingly complex and perilous security environment, it must be careful not to become too fixated on traditional threats like state actors, WMDs, and terrorism, while failing to acknowledge the dangers posed by global climate change.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/threat-multipliers-and-need-comprehensive-climate-change-strategy" rel="tag" title="Threat Multipliers and the Need for a Comprehensive Climate Change Strategy" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Threat Multipliers and the Need for a Comprehensive Climate Change Strategy</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Mon, 02 Jul 2018 07:20:39 +0000 SWJED 97813 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia? http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/las-pandillas-en-el-salvador-%C2%BFun-nuevo-tipo-de-insurgencia <span>Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia?</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Mon, 09/04/2017 - 11:19am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> La investigación sostiene que las principales pandillas en El Salvador (MS-13 y Barrio 18) han evolucionado hasta constituirse en un nuevo tipo de insurgencia.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/las-pandillas-en-el-salvador-%C2%BFun-nuevo-tipo-de-insurgencia" rel="tag" title="Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Las Pandillas en El Salvador: ¿Un Nuevo Tipo de Insurgencia?</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:19:37 +0000 SWJED 74666 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com