About the Initiative

For the third year in a row, the French École de Guerre has had the great opportunity to work in close cooperation with PRISM. Six École de Guerre students completed research papers with the support of PRISM. The partnership has enhanced the ability of the officers in École de Guerre to understand key global issues and has further strengthened their ability to interact with American partners. 

 

Two B-1B Lancers assigned to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, fly in formation above Gulf of Mexico, February 7, 2021 (U.S. Air Force/ Ryan C. Grossklag)

| Jan. 27, 2025

Updating the TACS/AAGS for Large-Scale Combat Operations

Matthew Neuenswander

The Theater Air Control System (TACS)/Army Air-Ground System (AAGS) has been a staple of joint air-ground doctrine since May 1966, when General William Westmoreland, commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, integrated the air and ground systems into the first joint air-ground operations system.

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Chinese soldiers browse news on desktop computers at People’s Liberation Army garrison in Chongqing, China, November 14, 2013.

| Jan. 27, 2025

Is the PLA Overestimating the Potential of Artificial Intelligence?

Koichiro Takagi

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to build a world-class military.

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Live fire exercise conducted by Irish Defence Forces Artillery School at Glen of Imaal range in County Wicklow, Ireland, March 15, 2023.

| Jan. 27, 2025

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

Patrick J. Smith

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.”

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General CQ Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts Service Chiefs and Combatant Commanders for Strategic Seminar Series held at Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters.

| Jan. 27, 2025

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

Mary Bell, Edgar M. Hollandsworth, Thomas J. Snukis, Jeffrey Turner, Luke P. Bellocchi, Nicholas Anthony, Steve Tribble, Chris Botterbusch, and Justin D. Harper

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

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Sgt. Maj. Gregory Byrd, the operations sergeant major for the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, conducts mission analysis with a group of staff officers during annual training at Camp Ripley on April 12th, 2022. During their annual training period these staff officers are conducting mission analysis and course of action development to assist in the creation of a training plan and to form the required training itself. Their courses of action will supply subordinate battalions with the necessary information to create their own training plans, giving Soldiers at the lowest level a degree of predictability and stability in what to expect in the coming years.

| Jan. 27, 2025

Adopting a Data-Centric Mindset for Operational Planning

Jeremiah Hurley and Morgan Greene

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.

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MH-60S Seahawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 picks up nets from flight deck during vertical replenishment aboard aircraft carrier USS George Washington while underway in Pacific Ocean, June 14, 2024 (U.S. Navy/Nicholas Russell)

| Jan. 27, 2025

Joint Force Quarterly 116 (1st Quarter 2025)

NDU Press

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.

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General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, President-elect of the United States, 1952 (Library of Congress/ Fabian Bachrach)

JFQ 115 | Oct. 22, 2024

One Hundredth Anniversary of the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy: A Tribute in Three Verses

Gregory D. Foster

The year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. E

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Recruits call home during scheduled divisional phone calls at Navy’s Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, December 9, 2023 (U.S. Navy/Stuart Posada)

JFQ 115 | Oct. 22, 2024

Stop Talking to Yourself Military Recruiting in the Modern Age

Richard R. Bell, Elizabeth Goldsmith, Robert Martinez, and Donghyun Lee

The decision to join the military is profoundly influenced by how individuals perceive military service. Recent evidence indicates that young people tend to have a negative view of the military, and the Department of Defense (DOD) has struggled to effectively communicate with the youth market.

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Cartoon map of Union General Winfield Scott’s proposed Anaconda Plan to cut off Confederacy from external markets and sources of materiel and blockade Southern coasts and secure control of Mississippi River, December 1861 (Library of Congress/J.B. Elliott)

JFQ 115 | Oct. 22, 2024

Considering the Utility of Modern Blockade in a Protracted Conflict With China

Thomas A. Krasnicki

The January 2023 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) publication The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan is a thorough and sobering report detailing 24 hypothetical scenarios in which China takes military action to unify Taiwan with its mainland.

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U.S. Marines with 2nd Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct tactical vehicle onload after exercise Native Fury 24 at a port in the United Arab Emirates, May 28, 2024. Exercise Native Fury 24 is a key multi-lateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Central Command and executed by U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command in collaboration with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. This iteration emphasizes the strategic use of logistics and leverage the extensive network of roads and infrastructure across the Arabian Peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton)

JFQ 115 | Oct. 22, 2024

Giving Our “Paper Tiger” Real Teeth: Fixing the U.S. Military’s Plans for Contested Logistics Against China

Zachary S. Hughes

There is growing concern that the U.S. military is unable to deter or win a conflict with China in the Western Pacific.

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