With the adoption of multidomain operations (MDO) as its central operational concept, the US Army is modernizing its approach to more effectively compete against a variety of state and nonstate...
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With the adoption of multidomain operations (MDO) as its central operational concept, the US Army is modernizing its approach to more effectively compete against a variety of state and nonstate...
Editor's Note: Dr. Jessica Blankshain, MWI Research Fellow and Associate Professor in the National Security Affairs department at the Naval War College, recently published an article in the American...
Editor's Note: MWI's Chief Research Officer, Dr. Max Margulies, published an article on security force assistance and conscription in the Journal of Peace Research. In this article, Dr. Margulies...
Editor's note: MWI research fellow Tammy Palacios hosted a Nigerian Civil Society Working at the New Lines Institute, where she is a senior analyst, to develop recommendations for policymakers to...
Editor’s note: Dr. Max Margulies, MWI’s chief research officer, recently published an article with George Washington University’s Rachel Tecott in the Journal of Strategic Studies. In it, they...
Editor’s note: CPT Joe McGiffin, MWI’s Logistics Officer, recently published an article in Joint Forces Quarterly that examines how technological advances affect JADC2, as well as what...
How does the relationship between the US government and society influence decisions on when—and how—to use military force? How do the views of the voting public factor into decision-making about...
Editor’s note: Dr. Heather Venable, an MWI research fellow, recently published an article in Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower examining the trauma experienced by US bomber...
Editor’s note: This is the latest article in "Rethinking Civ-Mil," a series that endeavors to present expert commentary on diverse issues surrounding civil-military relations in the United States....
Editor’s note: This is the latest article in "Rethinking Civ-Mil," a series that endeavors to present expert commentary on diverse issues surrounding civil-military relations in the United States....
Editor’s note: This is the latest article in "Rethinking Civ-Mil," a series that endeavors to present expert commentary on diverse issues surrounding civil-military relations in the United States....
Editor’s note: This is the latest article in "Rethinking Civ-Mil," a series that endeavors to present expert commentary on diverse issues surrounding civil-military relations in the United States....
Editor’s note: This is the latest article in "Rethinking Civ-Mil," a series that endeavors to present expert commentary on diverse issues surrounding civil-military relations in the United States....
In an interview with Le Figaro in 2009, Afghan President Hamid Karzai lambasted the United States’ inapt military response—an airstrike—to a lone hijacked fuel tanker immobilized in a riverbed:...
Editor’s note: This is the latest article in "Rethinking Civ-Mil," a series that endeavors to present expert commentary on diverse issues surrounding civil-military relations in the United States....
Editor’s note: This is the first article in "Rethinking Civ-Mil," a series that endeavors to present expert commentary on diverse issues surrounding civil-military relations in the United States....
Editor’s note: Dr. Kerry Chávez, an MWI research fellow, and Dr. Ori Swed recently published an article in Armed Forces & Society examining the adoption of commercial drones...
Editor’s note: Dr. Kerry Chávez, an MWI research fellow, recently published an article in Arms Control Today examining the use of drones in the Russian-Ukrainian War, their impact on the balance of...
Editor’s note: Dr. Max Margulies, MWI’s director of research, recently published a coauthored article with Dr. Jessica Blankshain of the Naval War College in Dædalus. The article examines trust...
Editor’s note: MWI Research Fellow Brian C. Chao recently published a chapter in Security, Development and Sustainability in Asia: A World Scientific Reference on Major Policy and...
Much has been written about China’s recent advances in military prowess and proficiency. Whether it is at sea, in space, or conceptually with “Non-War Military Activities,” there is no doubt that...
On April 28, the United States Military Academy hosted its twenty-third annual Projects Day, which featured cadet-led research projects and theses across the academic departments. Cadets...
Today the Army is spending great time and energy to adapt and innovate in the context of great power competition. A significant portion of that emphasis is occurring at the upper tactical and...
The end of 2020 saw a number of important developments in the long-lasting Arab-Israeli conflict. These began in September 2020, with the signing in the White House of the Abraham Accords—formally...
Kashmir has been at the heart of one of the most intractable conflicts in modern history. Although progress may appear unlikely at first glance, there are three important reasons why Washington may...
Dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, armies have been using the “modern” staff ride, developed by the chief of staff of the Prussian Army, Helmuth von Moltke, to educate their officers. The...
Editor's note: This article introduces a full report based on a contemporary battlefield assessment conducted by the Modern War Institute. The authors of the report have led several such...
Editor’s note: In this article for Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek, Dr. Travis Robison, and Dr. Buddhika Jayamaha, identify how a weakening...
Editor’s note: In this article for Marine Corps University Journal, MWI Non-Resident Fellows Dr. Ryan Burke and Dr. Jahara Matisek identify weak US polar military capabilities relative to China and...
Editor’s note: In this article for the RUSI journal, Emily Knowles and MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek identify how security force assistance is failing due to its technical focus on...
In 2016, Colombia achieved a remarkable success by seemingly bringing to an end the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running insurgency. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has been at war...
Editor’s note: In this article for the US Army War College journal Parameters, Dr. Buddhika Jayamaha and MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek, demonstrate how adversaries have turned Western...
Editor’s note: In this article for the Journal of Diplomacy, MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek, MWI Adjunct Scholar Will Reno, Dr. Buddhika Jayamaha, and Dr. Molly Jahn show how changing...
Editor’s note: In this article in the journal African Security, MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek shows how the “weak” Senegalese state has created an “effective” military that can be a...
That war and psychological trauma go together has always been known but not always well understood or popularly accepted. More accepted, at least in US history, has been the notion that military...
Editor’s note: In this article in the journal Defense & Security Analysis, MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek considers the way in which the US government conducted military assistance...
To the extent that China has both actively and passively challenged international norms and sovereignty claims in its neighborhood, it represents one of the most real and persistent challenges to...
Editor’s note: In this article in the journal Civil Wars, MWI Adjunct Scholar Professor Will Reno and MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Jahara Matisek examine current and past trends in insurgent...
The destruction of Iraq in 2003 left the Middle East an unbalanced system. In a region previously marked by peer competition between Iraq and Iran, many Sunni Arab states have since relied on the...
The United States National Security Strategy and Department of Defense joint doctrine recognizes that the complexity of the contemporary operational environment requires the United States to pursue...
Editor’s note: This report is an MWI Contemporary Battlefield Assessment, a collaborative effort by United States Military Academy cadets and MWI faculty based on field research conducted on the...
Editor’s note: This MWI Report analyzes the cyber dimension of the 2008 Russia-Georgia War. Read the full report here. Research was conducted in conjunction with an MWI Contemporary Battlefield...
Editor's note: In this article in the journal Security Studies, MWI Director of Research Dr. Lionel Beehner examines the role of "hot pursuit"—actions taken by states against violent nonstate actors...
Editor's note: In this article in the journal Democracy and Security, MWI Director of Research Dr. Lionel Beehner posits that efforts to counter insurgent or terrorist threats that rely on robust...
Nearly seven decades after its founding, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is far from “obsolete.” This MWI Report examines how global institutions like NATO stay relevant, unified, and...
Editor's note: This report is an MWI Contemporary Battlefield Assessment, a collaborative effort by United States Military Academy cadets and MWI faculty based on field research conducted in Sri...
Insider attacks—attacks by insurgents posing as Afghan police or military personnel against local or international forces—have become an important threat to the American and NATO personnel in...
Editor's note: In this article in the journal Survival, MWI non-resident fellow Nina Kollars explores the drivers of military innovation in times of war and peace. When it comes to creating...
Can collaboration with civilian populations be built by the effective use of violence? What are the limits of military force in counterinsurgency? These are among the questions this MWI report,...
In this article in the journal Asian Security, MWI non-resident fellow Nori Katagiri explores US–China ties at a pivotal time in the relationship between the two countries.
In this article in the RUSI Journal, Alexander Lanoszka and MWI non-resident fellow Michael Hunzeker argue that the current NATO strategy to deter a Russian threat to the Baltic States is not sufficient to counter Russia’s anti-access/area denial or precision-strike capabilities.
In a new MWI Report, Capt. John Chambers examines hybrid threats and what the US Army needs to do in order to counter them.
MWI Non-Resident Fellow Douglas Pryer writes in this new report that since the human dynamics underlying all group competitions are similar, all leaders can benefit from applying COIN theory to achieve significant organizational change.
In a new MWI Report, Jonathan Bate argues that economic interventions during stability and reconstruction operations should utilize evidence-based ‘tactical economics.’
MWI Adjunct Scholar Manos Karagiannis argues that the defenses being built by the Baltic States will prove largely ineffective and possibly counterproductive against Russia.
The Modern War Institute takes a team of faculty and cadets to Sri Lanka to study the final operations of its decades-long civil war.
In this Democracy and Security Journal article, Nelly Lahoud and MWI Director Liam Collins argue that the counterterrorism (CT) community failed to anticipate the Islamic State.
In this new report, MAJ Michael Jackson finds that the positional warfare of the siege of Sarajevo in the mid-1990s resembled the trench warfare aspects of World War I far more than the dynamic urban warfare American forces faced in Baghdad in 2003.