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JFQ Dialogue

From the Chairman

Letters to the Editor Forum

Executive Summary

An Interview with General James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Developing an Operational Reserve: A Policy and Historical Context and the Way Forward

By John D. Winkler

Operational for What? The Future of the Guard and Reserves

By John A. Nagl and Travis Sharp

Senior Officer Professional Military Education as an Equalizer

By James T. Currie Special Feature

The Security Trinity: Understanding the Role of Security Forces in COIN

By Eric E. Greek

Understanding Sri Lanka’s Defeat of the Tamil Tigers

By Niel A. Smith

ISAF and Afghanistan: The Impact of Failure on NATO’s Future

By Tarn D. Warren

A QDR for All Seasons? The Pentagon Is Not Preparing for the Most Likely Conflicts

By Roy Godson and Richard H. Shultz, Jr.

Is the Conduct of War a Business?

By Milan Vego Essay Contests

Winners of the 2010 Writing Competitions

Harmonious Ocean? Chinese Aircraft Carriers and the Australia-U.S. Alliance

By John Frewen

U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Flawed Assumptions Will Lead to Ultimate Failure

By Mark Schrecker

Information Strategy: The Missing Link

By Hans F. Palaoro Commentary

Ike Warned Us About This: The MICC Stranglehold on Responsible Procurement

By Eric A. Hollister

Redress of Professional Military Education: The Clarion Call

By Charles D. Allen

Breaking Ranks: Dissent and the Military Professional

By Andrew R. Milburn

Building a Potemkin Village: A Taliban Strategy to Reclaim the Homeland

By Jeff Donnithorne

Strategic Communication in the New Media Sphere

By Timothy Cunningham Features

What U.S. Cyber Command Must Do

By Wesley R. Andrues

China’s Ace in the Hole: Rare Earth Elements

By Cindy A. Hurst

Responsible Drawdown: Synchronizing the Joint Vision

By Paul C. Hurley and John J. Abbatiello

Force Planning in the 2010 QDR

By Kathleen H. Hicks and Samuel J. Brannen Force of Law

A Patchwork Strategy of Consensus: Establishing Rule of Law in Afghanistan

By Mark R. Hagerott, Thomas J. Umberg, and Joseph A. Jackson Recall

Operation Albion and Joint Amphibious Doctrine

By Gregory A. Thiele Book Reviews

The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell Reviewed

by Rizwan Ali

Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? Reviewed

by John D. Becker

Intelligence for an Age of Terror Reviewed

by Clark Capshaw

Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces Reviewed

by Todd M. Manyx Joint Doctrine

Redefining the Center of Gravity

By Dale C. Eikmeier

ALSA: Increasing Warfighter Interoperability

By Ray A. Zuniga

Joint Doctrine Update