JFQ Dialogue
From the Chairman
Letters to the Editor Forum
6 Executive Summary
8 Conceptualizing Victory Anew: Revisiting U.S. Law, Doctrine, and Policy for War and Its Aftermath
By Stephen L. Melton
14 An Actor-centric Theory of War: Understanding the Difference Between COIN and Counterinsurgency
By Sebastian L.v. Gorka and David Kilcullen
19 Whose COIN?
By Amitai Etzioni
26 Private Contractors in Conflict Zones: The Good, the Bad, and the Strategic Impact
By T.X. Hammes
38 Silent Kingmaker: The Need for a Unified Wartime Contracting Strategy
By Jonathan Pan Special Feature
42 Spacepower and Warfare
By M.V. Smith
46 Airpower, Spacepower, and Cyberpower
By Benjamin S. Lambeth
54 An Allard Commission Postmortem and the Need for a National Space Council
By Joan Johnson-Freese
61 Defense Planning Paradigms and the Global Commons
By Mark E. Redden and Michael P. Hughes Commentary
67 A Philosophical Case for OPCON Transition on the Korean Peninsula
By John W. Bauer
73 Mastering the Art of Wiki: Understanding Social Networking and National Security
By James Jay Carafano
79 A Commander’s Strategy for Social Media
By Thomas D. Mayfield III Features
85 Chinese Soft Power in Latin America: A Case Study
By R. Evan Ellis
92 Chinese Views on Deterrence
By Dean Cheng Features
95 Red Wings Ascendant: The Chinese Air Force Contribution to Antiaccess
By Michael P. Flaherty
102 Long-range Conventional Strike: A Joint Family of Systems
By Robert P. Haffa, Jr., and Michael W. Isherwood Book Reviews
108 Theodore Roosevelt’s Naval Diplomacy: The U.S. Navy and the Birth of the American Century Reviewed
by Thomas Bruscino
109 Wanting War: Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq Reviewed
by Joseph J. Collins
110 Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security— From World War II to the War on Terrorism Reviewed
by Jordan Michael Smith
111 Endless War: Middle Eastern Islam vs. Western Civilization Reviewed
by Sam J. Tangredi
112 WMD Proliferation: Reforming the Security Sector to Meet the Threat Reviewed
by Jeffrey L. Caton Joint Doctrine
113 Joint Chiefs of Staff J7, Joint Education and Doctrine Division
By Edward L. Pearce
115 The Joker is Wild: Managing Assumptions in Planning and Execution
By Jeffery E. Marshall
120 Centers of Gravity from the “Inside Out”
By Jan L. Rueschhoff and Jonathan P. Dunne
126 Evidentiary Validation of FM 3–24: Counterinsurgency Worldwide, 1978–2008
By Christopher Paul and Colin P. Clarke