Volume 1, Issue 1
Winter 2010
Assumptions – A Fatal Oversight
T. X. Hammes
Former Marine Colonel T.X. Hammes holds that without knowing the underlying assumptions, decision makers cannot evaluate proposed strategies. As assumptions are rarely mentioned, decision makers must demand they be clearly stated as part of any discussion.
ReadThe End of a Strategy-free Decision Making Environment?
John Mackinlay
Have Europeans lost the habit of thinking strategically? John Mackinlay thinks they have, but their increasing disinclination to act in concert with the U.S. may force them to regain it.
ReadTargeted Killings Work
A.E. Stahl & William F. Owen
Precisely what are targeted killings and are they effective? In this article, A.E. Stahl and William F. Owen argue that in the right context and with a coherent policy in play, there is plenty of room for success for this strategy.
ReadIsrael’s Strategy (or Lack of) Towards Iran’s Forward Rocket Deployments in Lebanon and Gaza
Ron Tira
In this article, Ron Tira questions if Israel has a strategy and how to confront one of its main challenges: the build-up of Iranian proxy missile forces on Israel’s northern and southern borders. Tira suggests that the answer is negative, but then again that Israel’s realistic options are limited anyway.
ReadLynchpin: The U.S.-ROK Alliance after the Cheonan
Abraham M. Denmark & Zachary M. Hosford
After a North Korean naval attack killed 46 South Korean sailors, where does the U.S.-ROK alliance go from here? Abe Denmark and Zack Hosford see a new era unfolding, but both Washington and Seoul have their work cut out for them.
ReadStrategic Culture: A Look at Europe
Jonathan Dowdall
Does strategic thinking have a universal logic, or is it culturally defined? Jonathan Dowdall explores the concept of “strategic culture” in Europe, and argues that when it comes to strategy, history is everything.
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