The Case against a No-Fly Zone in Syria
In this War on the Rocks essay, MWI’s Lionel Beehner argues that installing a no-fly-zone in Syria would neither end the war nor alleviate the suffering of displaced Syrians.
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Author: Lionel Beehner
MWI Hosts Inaugural Sandhurst Conference
In addition to this week’s Sandhurst Competition at West Point, on Monday, April 4, the Department of Military Instruction (DMI) held its inaugural Sandhurst Conference, drawing hundreds of cadets and officers from across the globe.
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Max Brooks Talks Future Warfare
Max Brooks, the author of World War Z, addressed over 150 cadets, staff, and faculty, as part of a MWI Speaker Series titled: Imagining Future War.
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The Futility of Buffer Zones in International Politics
In this article, Lionel Beehner and Gustav Meibauer survey buffer zones, their conceptual roots and characteristics, and illustrate our theoretical findings with an array of different examples—predominantly from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In so doing, we make three fundamental arguments about buffer zones.
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West Point and Other International Teams Wage War Against ISIS Online
University teams from across the globe, including West Point, competed in an inter-agency contest to find innovative ways to combat online extremism.
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