By Adam Wunische, Strategy Bridge: "Reorganizing the military for great power competition and then selecting yet another conflict that requires counterinsurgency and stability operations will leave warfighters unprepared and dangerously exposed, as has happened repeatedly in the 70 years since World War II. Poor political decisions have the potential to undermine any advantageous reorganizing of the military ..."
By Gil Barndollar, RealClearDefense: "Though Trump appears to have left the Kurds in a particularly peremptory and callous manner, the real issue is the way in which America habitually acquires, arms, and then abandons partners of convenience"
Reimagining World Politics: The Longer View of an American 'Victory'
By Louis René Beres, Small Wars Journal: "Everyone knows that the world-situation in which we live is not a final one."-- Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age (1951); At first glance, the main argument here may appear counter-intuitive. It suggests that the United States should become less concerned about achieving any future military victories than optimizing its overall national security. Such a sensible argument would already have appeared orthodox to Carl von Clausewitz."
Military Involvement in Post-Conflict Peace Negotiations
By Miranda Melcher, Defence-in-Depth: " There is a wealth of literature on the best methods to achieve buy-in among key stakeholders in post-civil conflict peace negotiations. To date, however, little academic research has focused specifically on the role that military officers can play in peace negotiations."