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This AY-10 USAWC resident student paper argues that the citizen-soldiers of the Army National Guard have lost their focus and original purpose as a State Militia available for disaster recovery operations, assisting law enforcement, and defending the homeland. The author believes that the pressure felt by the current operations tempo to use the Army National Guard as an operational reserve can only be alleviated by moving the Army National Gua...

This Ay 2009 USWAC resident student paper explores the U.S. and Mexico relationship. The author argues that while that relationship has significantly improved over the past few years, the U.S. still neglects Mexico -- choosing to put a higher priority on addressing other issues outside of North America. He believes Mexico is a first line of defense for the U.S. against crime, drugs, terrorism, arms trafficking, and human trafficking. Yet, in t...

This AY2010 U.S. Army War College student author analyzes two cases of purported cyberattacks by Russia in 2007 and 2008. Although subsequent investigations were inconclusive, the cyberattacks were widely believed at the time to have been instigated by the Russian government. Based on his analysis of the two case studies, the author concludes that Russia has made cyberspaceattack a major factor in its military strategy, useful to coerce "near ...

The United States has maintained a stockpile of strategic and critical materials, primarily ores and minerals, since 1939. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States government has determined that most of the materials in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) were excess to defense, industrial, and essential civilian needs, and has begun selling and otherwise disposing of most of the stockpiled materials. Recent concerns regarding the glo...

In an environment in which the United States is the dominant conventional military power, many theorists argue that future wars will be unbalanced or asymmetrical. This USAWC AY-10 resident student author argues that in that circumstance, Sun Tzu's indirect or battle avoidance theory is relevant to United States war strategy in the twenty-first century. Colonel Wilcoxon elaborates on Sun Tzu's theories and explains why they are so viable and a...

This USAWC AY09 resident course Strategy Research Project (SRP) paper examines the successes and failures of U.S. strategy and policy as related to the changing global and regional context of Afghanistan from the Cold War to the end of the George W. Bush administration. Issues investigated particularly focus on the changing levels of interest in Afghanistan and the consequences of the United States government actions or inactions as associated...

A AY-10 USAWC resident course student author argues that after more than eight years in combat, the Army has come to rely too heavily on operational experience as the predominate driver of leader development and selection. He examines current leader development doctrine, and makes recommendations on how to improve the self-development learning domain to meet the demands of the future.

The U.S. Army heavy conventional ground capability that crushed Iraqi forces in 1991 and 2003 no longer exists, and further reduction of Heavy Brigade Combat Teams are proposed based upon assumptions that there are no enemies willing to challenge alleged U.S. conventional warfare supremacy, or that if challengers arise, precision long range fires will neutralize them. A US Army War College student argues in this research paper that recent exam...

During the past sixty years, the People's Republic of China has watched the pendulum of post-communist victory swing from a period marked by extreme hardship to a period marked by tremendous economic development, growth, and prosperity. Indeed, prosperity over the past thirty years has propelled China up the ladder of financial wealth while also funding a sustained and extensive military transformation and modernization program. The combinatio...

The State Partnership Program, a National Guard supported initiative, is one of the many Theater Security Cooperation programs available that the six Geographic Combatant Commanders use to meet their objectives. This AY-10 USAWC Resident Student author presents the foundations of the State Partnership Program to include its history, goals and objectives, and benefits achieved by using the program.

Dr. Jim Hartman's chapter, extracted from a newly published book of the same name, examines the evolution of the Army's sustainability program and its contributions to the national strategic security objectives. Growing world population and an imbalance of natural resources are expected to affect U.S., as well as Army, interests. Dr. Hartman asserts sustainability is the nexus to ensure future security, which can only be achieved through the d...

The 2010 National Security Strategy of the United States identified the global security threat posed by failing states. The USG response for these threats in the past has vacillated between diplomacy and military intervention, with less than optimum results. Recognition of the need for a Whole-of-Government response led to the formation of the State Department Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stability to "promote the security of the United ...

The concept of the responsibility to protect not only the peoples of one's own state but also those people of another sovereign state should that state fail to protect its people has emerged into the national and international debate. Many states, multinational organizations and the UN have adopted this concept to varying degrees. The U.S. has increasingly incorporated this concept into its political rhetoric. Military guidance, the QDR, along...

For decades the United States organized, equipped and trained its military forces to defeat the conventional military forces of the Soviet Union. The world changed overnight with the fall of the Soviet Union and so did the United States' adversaries. Terrorists and religious extremists are the new threat to the United States. The Department of Defense continues to evaluate the type of military forces required to combat this emerging global thr...

This AY-10 USAWC Resident Student paper reviews the importance of war termination in a post 9/11 global environment using a historical analysis as a baseline. Levels of analysis of international relations are applied to patterns of war termination. These levels consist of the balance of power in international, domestic and individual level activities as they are influenced by national security policies, and civilian and military relations.

What is a sufficient U.S. military force structure for ground forces in Europe given the current strategic environment? A plan to draw forces down to only two ground brigades has been put on at least temporary hold based on the request of the U.S. European Command Commander. How do the U.S. European Commander's strategic vision and force requirements compare with potential future U.S. National strategies? How does the global and domestic finan...

In February 2009, the Obama Administration commissioned a 60-day review of the United States' cyber security. A near-term action recommended by the 60-day review was to prepare an updated national strategy to secure information and communications infrastructure.

This US Army War College student author examines General Abrams' ethical leadership at all levels of the Army. He concludes that Abrams' ethical leadership was instrumental in the Army's successful handling of racial issues during the 1960's, in enabling the military to conduct an orderly withdrawal from Vietnam, in rebuilding the Army after the Vietnam War, and is still evident in Army organization and leadership today.

This AY-10 student research paper discusses the strategic significance of dealing effectively with the American debt and deficit, by first describing the background of our current government approach to the economy, then examining the current projections for United States' spending from 2009 through 2019 and examining what the future might bring given anticipated American demographic changes. The author describes the economic labyrinth in deta...

This AY2010 USAWC student research paper explores the impact of ongoing deficit spending in terms of future defense budgets, investor confidence and interest rates, the economic impact of competition for financing, implications for international influence and potential financial leverage of creditors, and our ethical responsibility to future generations. The views expressed in the document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect...