The War Council Series is made possible by the gracious contributions of the Class of 1992 to the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point. MWI’s mission is promoting informed debate and discussion among military and national security professionals, policymakers, and academics to prepare the Army, as part of the joint, combined, and interagency team, to win tomorrow, by shaping the Army today. MWI War Councils provide a valuable opportunity to broaden Cadet education by bringing in leading experts from around the country to discuss current national security problems as they relate to strategic studies theories. These valuable engagements also attract an audience from other faculty and students and are published later via the MWI website. MWI continuously generates new knowledge and adapts extant theories about the study of war, which it then integrates across the United States Military Academy (USMA), the Army, and the joint, combined, and interagency partners.
On 24 April 2024, West Point hosted a War Council featuring members of Ukraine’s National Defense University for a panel discussion on lessons learned from the Russia-Ukraine war. The panel featured Ukrainian field grade officers and non-commissioned officers from Ukraine’s air, ground, and sea forces. The event was well-attended by both cadets and faculty, and included a lengthy question and answer period. Discussion topics included the following:
- ground war in defense
- unmanned aerial systems
- fire support
- NCO small unit leadership
- unmanned aerial systemts
- air defense