https://www.dni.gov/files/images/globalTrends/documents/GT-Full-Report.pdf Paradox of Progress “The achievements of the industrial and information ages are shaping a world to come that is both more dangerous and richer with opportunity than ever before. Whether promise or peril prevails will turn on the choices of humankind.” “Every four years since 1997, the National Intelligence…
I https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/JAR_16-20296.pdf “Today, I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian government’s aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election. These actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have issued to the Russian government, and are a necessary and appropriate…
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/22/presidential-memorandum-supporting-new-american-service-members-veterans New Obama Administration Executive Action: “New American service members are undoubtedly a critical element of our national security. They risk their lives all over the world in the name of the United States, securing shipping lanes, protecting bases and embassies, providing medical assistance, and conducting humanitarian missions. Tens of…
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“CNN’s Jim Scuitto takes you inside the most classified US operations centers to discover the devastating impact of the space war.” CNN Special Report: War in Space: The Next Battlefield” aired on November 29 at 9 P.M. ET/PT. Source: CNN See: https://youtu.be/j-ZBLFhb_lg and see: http://www.mpil.de/files/pdf3/04_schmittii1.pdf http://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/Law-of-War-Manual-June-2015.pdf https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=469027001114070021104116071070124018103005090054068023064126004110067084100071066124042114059014058028043065112118111080070065050058063013093099103026125112015001052093081001007089100111015126095104073003095025020098003102000019103087024086090023097&EXT=pdf http://harvardnsj.org/2012/11/targeting-in-outer-space-legal-aspects-of-operational-military-actions-in-space/ http://warontherocks.com/2016/08/space-warfare-deterrence-dissuasion-and-the-law-of-armed-conflict/ http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/ourwork/spacelaw/…
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) defines gray zone challenges as “competitive interactions among and within state and non-state actors that fall between the traditional war and peace duality.” In the words of GEN Joe Votel et. al., “[t]he Gray Zone is characterized by intense political, economic, informational, and…
U.S. Cybersecurity Gets a New Cyber Warrior General. MWI Contributor Robert Potter argues a turn for the positive in U.S. cybersecuirty with the recent appointment of Brigadier General (retired) Gregory J. Touhil as the first ever U.S. Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). http://mwi.usma.edu/u-s-cybersecurity-gets-a-new-cyber-warrior-general/ and see also: http://militarylegitimacyreview.com/?s=Cyber and please…
http://mwi.usma.edu/adding-rigor-to-stability-and-reconstruction-operations/ MAJ Bates explores an essential component of stability and reconstruction operations. For more background, see also: https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/guiding_principles_full.pdf https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32862.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_07.pdf http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG852.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/concepts/joint_concepts/joc_sstro.pdf
http://thesimonscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IAJ-7-2-Summer2016-34-43.pdf The most recent edition of the Simons Center Interagency Journal examines US Africa Command’s innovative interagency structure. It highlights some recent challenges, particularly between DoD and State coordination in regional policy and security cooperation. The authors conclude that despite these challenges AFRICOM is equipped to counter these challenges by…
http://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/918383/louisiana-national-guard-continues-flood-response-missions Photo: Louisiana National Guardsmen convoy to a boat launch to conduct search-and-rescue missions near Maurepas, La., Aug. 17, 2016. The Louisiana National Guard has been conducting flood response and recovery missions, as directed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, since Aug. 12. Louisiana Army National Guard photo by 1st Sgt….
