Overcoming the Principal-Agent Problem in “Running” Venezuela
One of the primary questions in the wake of Operation Absolute Resolve—the unilateral American...
Read MorePatrick Sullivan | 01.07.26
One of the primary questions in the wake of Operation Absolute Resolve—the unilateral American...
Read MoreRecent rhetoric surrounding the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro has framed US policy primarily...
Read MoreMatthew Revels | 01.06.26
Despite a robust architecture of strategic documents, planning processes, and professional staff,...
Read MoreJoshua Koncar | 01.02.26
Eisenhower was right—wars are won or lost on logistics. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the...
Read MoreDarryl Scarborough | 12.31.25
My safety as a member of a liaison monitoring team for KFOR in the Balkans once depended on a...
Read MoreAntonio Salinas and David V. Gioe | 12.24.25
Some of military history’s most decisive victories didn’t come from perfect planning but from bold...
Read MoreHaleigh Bartos and Sydney Laite | 12.18.25
The United States has a new National Security Strategy (NSS), and for the first time in decades,...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 12.17.25
In 2010, as he watched the Medal of Honor being placed around the neck of Staff Sergeant Salvatore...
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