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Russian President Vladimir Putin is escorted by Chinese President Xi Jinping during honor guard review at formal arrival ceremony outside Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

The Future of Great Power Competition: Trajectories, Transitions, and Prospects for Catastrophic War

The dominant geostrategic framework of international relations today is that of a Great Power competition (GPC) among three rivalrous, globally dominant states: the United States, Russia, and China.

U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Joshua Henneberg, rifleman assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to launch Skydio X2D small unmanned aerial system during integrated training alongside Philippine marines during exercise Balikatan 24 on Balabac Island

Deviance and Innovation: Change in a “Society of Saints”

Μilitary innovation and adaptation studies are a growth industry.

Sailors conduct helicopter in-flight refueling with MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 79 from flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Carney, operating in Eastern Mediterranean Sea

The Chairman on Trust

Taken from a President’s Lecture Series speech delivered at National Defense University on April 24, 2024

Newly commissioned Navy ensigns take oath of office during Naval Academy’s Class of 2023 graduation ceremony at Navy–Marine Corps
Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland.

Was 50 Years Long Enough? The All-Volunteer Force in an Era of Large-Scale Combat Operations

Ιn an era of geopolitical competition among major powers, a large-scale war could last longer and result in more casualties than anything the United States has experienced since World War II.

Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit CH-53E Super Stallion attached to
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, for amphibious landing during exercise Tiger Triumph at Kakinada Beach, India.

The Marine Corps the United States Needs

The U.S. Marine Corps is in the process of a bold modernization initiative known as Force Design, and Congress has called for an independent review, assessment, and analysis of this initiative.

Naval War College holds commencement ceremony for College of Naval Command and Staff and College of Naval Warfare 2023 graduating
classes, June 16, 2023, on board Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.

Joint Force Quarterly 114 | July 29, 2024

Jointness as Virtue: Increasing the Value of Joint Qualification to the Joint Force and Services

Thomas D. Crimmins, Eric S. Fowler, and Daryl A. Chamberlain

Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jackson Wilkie, defensive cyberspace warfare operator with Delta Company, 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine
Expeditionary Force Information Group, monitors enterprise network for digital threats, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Joint Force Quarterly 114 | July 29, 2024

Cognitive Warfare The Fight for Gray Matter in the Digital Gray Zone

Michael J. Cheatham, Angelique M. Geyer, Priscella A. Nohle, and Jonathan E. Vazquez

United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali peacekeepers conduct operation dubbed “Frelana” to protect civilians and their property southwest of Gao, Mali

Joint Force Quarterly 114 | July 29, 2024

Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response The Imperative of an All-Domain Approach

Alexus G. Grynkewich, Thomas R. Burks, Alex B. Coberly, and Samantha A. McClure

Eleven Mi-17 helicopters from 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Tucson, Arizona, are placed on flight line in preparation for transport to Ukraine.

Joint Force Quarterly 114 | July 29, 2024

Engines of Chaos: Counterlogistics in Competition

the 2023-A Class of the Advanced Logistics Readiness Officer Course

Recent Publications

Marine Corporal Thomas Lord, air support operations operator with Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, communicates critical information during Northern Lightning 23, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 16, 2023 (U.S. Marine Corps)

Joint Force Quarterly 114 (3rd Quarter 2024)

PRISM Vol. 10, No. 4 (June 2024)

Navy Sailors participate in mass casualty drill on flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, South China Sea

Joint Force Quarterly 113 (2nd Quarter 2024)

Lessons and Legacies of the War in Ukraine: Conference Report

Jeffrey Mankoff

Joint Force Quarterly 112 (1st Quarter 2024)

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Solarium at 70: Project Solarium’s Influence on Eisenhower Historiography and National Security Strategy

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Jointness as Virtue: Increasing the Value of Joint Qualification to the Joint Force and Services

Cognitive Warfare The Fight for Gray Matter in the Digital Gray Zone

Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response The Imperative of an All-Domain Approach

Engines of Chaos: Counterlogistics in Competition

Recent Publications

Joint Force Quarterly 114 (3rd Quarter 2024)

PRISM Vol. 10, No. 4 (June 2024)

Joint Force Quarterly 113 (2nd Quarter 2024)

Lessons and Legacies of the War in Ukraine: Conference Report

Joint Force Quarterly 112 (1st Quarter 2024)

Solarium at 70: Project Solarium’s Influence on Eisenhower Historiography and National Security Strategy