Jan. 27, 2025

Celtic Security in the Atlantic: How Does Ireland Secure Europe’s Western Flank?

In a moving speech to the Finnish parliament last summer, Speaker Matti Vanhanen warned that Russia will continue using “brutal military power on a large scale to pursue its own illusory goals.”

Jan. 27, 2025

The Art of Campaigning: Joint Planners Working at the Intersections of Everything

Understandably, there is quite a bit of confusion about the correct use of the military term campaigning.

Jan. 27, 2025

Adopting a Data-Centric Mindset for Operational Planning

The Department of Defense (DOD) and its Service components are investing in advanced technologies to gain and maintain a competitive advantage over adversaries and pacing threats such as China and Russia.

Jan. 27, 2025

Executive Summary

As we go to press with this issue, Bashar al-Asad, one of the long-time dictators in the Middle East, has fled to Russia, and the Syrian people have risen to make that happen.

Jan. 27, 2025

Joint Force Quarterly 116 (1st Quarter 2025)

As we go to press with this issue, Bashar al-Asad, one of the longtime dictators in the Middle East, has fled to Russia, and the Syrian people have risen to make that happen.

Oct. 22, 2024

The Joint Functions: Theory, Doctrine, and Practice

Conflict may be defined as “a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.”

Oct. 22, 2024

The Fragile Balance of Terror: Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age

In his seminal 1958 paper The Delicate Balance of Terror, political scientist Albert Wohlstetter famously argued that nuclear deterrence was far less intrinsically stable than was commonly supposed.

Oct. 22, 2024

The Military Legacy of Alexander the Great: Lessons for the Information Age

The Military Legacy of Alexander the Great: Lessons for the Information Age offers readers a unique perspective on the relevance of Alexander’s aspirations, battles, campaigns, and leadership for the 21st century.

Oct. 22, 2024

Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945–49

As an idea that is teeming with clichés, recent examples of catastrophic failure, and an apparent lack of any institutionalization of lessons, “winning the peace” is an element that must be grappled with in modern strategy.

Oct. 22, 2024

From Sparta to Hostomel: The Enduring Role of Joint Forcible Entry Operations

With few exceptions since World War II, the U.S. military possessed global access to intermediate staging bases that enabled it to mass combat power in an uncontested manner prior to war.