The differences in how the law of targeting applies on land and at sea are relatively unknown, as the principles of distinction and proportionality are domain-specific. U.S. forces are not well ...

Al-Shabaab’s territorial gains come as Somalia is entering a period of profound political and institutional transition. With elections looming and international donor support wavering, the state is ...

Of course, calling for an end to counterforce targeting requires articulating an alternative. I advocate CMI targeting, which is an acronym I came up with to describe holding C onventional M ilitary ...

In response to the Trump administration, the European Commission has launched the ambitious ReArm Europe Plan / Readiness 2030, which was unveiled in March 2025 and aims to mobilize 800 billion euros ...

In recent years, the geography of U.S. defense spending has been undergoing a subtle shift. That has been driven by a mix of major programmatic trends, changes in Department of Defense acquisition ...

At a minimum, the executive branch and Congress should actively pursue a more proactive approach. The National Security Council should take the lead on mobilization exercises. Congress should also get ...

The Strategic Importance of the Arctic The Arctic has become a unique arena of global competition. It is the sole area of the world where both Russia and China operate in close proximity to North ...

In a protracted global war against multiple adversaries, the fact that the U.S. military has been sized to fight a single war means that it may need to expand by hundreds of thousands, if not millions ...

Instead, it represents the latest symptom of Israel’s lack of a coherent post-war plan for the territory. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has repeatedly refused to articulate a “ day ...

The all-volunteer force created 50 years ago didn’t consider the challenges that would be presented by evolving family forms, which include “the growing presence of married men and women in the ...

David Johnson is a retired Army colonel. He is a principal researcher at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and an adjunct scholar at the Modern War Institute at West Point. He is the author ...

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