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HOW TRUMP IS CHANGING US FOREIGN POLICY POWER ARCHITECTURE

12/29/2018

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NATIONAL INTEREST
ALAN TOLENSON 
Trump's Strategic Vision Is More Coherent Than His Critics Imagine
By Loren Thompson, Forbes: “ ... even a cursory review of the Trump record before and during his presidency reveals a stable foundation of beliefs—beliefs that earlier generations of Republicans and even Democrats would have had little trouble embracing.” 
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WAR ON THE ROCKS:  RE-EXAMINING NUCLEAR DETERRENCE

12/29/2018

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WAR ON THE ROCKS
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A LOOK AT CHINA'S S400 MISSILE INTERCEPTER

12/29/2018

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THE DIPLOMAT
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THE WILL TO FIGHT, THE FATE OF NATIONS & REAGAN'S LONG FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS IN LATIN AMERICA

12/21/2018

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The Will to Fight and the Fate of Nations by Ben Connable and Michael McNerney

The Enduring Legacy of Reagan's Drug War in Latin America by Michelle Getchell
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THE ROLE OF SPECIAL OPS IN A WORLD OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION

12/19/2018

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How Special Ops Can Step It Up by Jonathan Schroden
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ARMY'S MULTI-DOMAIN BATTLE GETS COMPLICATED & HOW TO PREVENT A CHINA DOMINATED ASIA

12/7/2018

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Army Multi-Domain Update: New HQs, Grey Zones, & The Art of The Unfeasible
How the U.S. Can Prevent a China-Dominated Asia
By Brendan Taylor, the interpreter: “The prospect of America maintaining its asymmetric advantages is increasingly fanciful.” 

My Way or the Huawei: U.S.–China Competition Steps up a Gear
By Michael Shoebridge, RealClearDefense: “‘For a considerable period of time, negotiating while at “war” will be the normal state of China–US relations, and we need to get used to this new reality.’"
Questions remain over Pentagon’s strategy to pivot towards a large-scale conventional conflict
(IHS Jane’s 360) When Pentagon leaders defend their fiscal year 2020 budget request early next year, there could be mounting pressure to detail precise plans for how they are prioritising spending and shifting towards a 'great power competition' with China and Russia. 

The Army’s updated warfighting concept will drive its formations, planning and experimentation
(Army Times) The way the Army fights its future battles will require formations geared toward multi-domain operations and driven by real-world threats to U.S. global military superiority, according to an updated version of Army warfighting called Multi-Domain Operations 2028.

 Lt. Gen. Kelly: Future fights will see “exponentiated chaos”
(Air Force Magazine) The shift from near-peer to real-peer global military competition is forcing the US Air Force to rethink how it trains, deploys, and ultimately fights—and it will put extreme emphasis on the ability to maintain command, control, and situational awareness in a contested information environment, said Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, USAF deputy chief of staff for operations, on Wednesday. 
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MAGA = THE JONES ACT, SOLIDIFYING TTP AGAINST CHINA

12/7/2018

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Trump’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy’ should include Jones Act repeal
Vincent H. Smith and Philip Hoxie | AEIdeas 
If President Trump is serious about the Free and Open Indo-Pacific plan, one way to show his commitment would be to repeal the Jones Act.
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FORGET THE INF TREATY; HOW MANY NUKES DOES CHINA HAVE?

12/7/2018

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HOW INDIA SUPERSEDES CHINA

12/6/2018

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Why India will supersede China – Part 1
Why India will supersede China – Part 2
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BEYOND THE INF:  NEW FORMS OF TRENCH WARFARE & A REVIEW OF THE DEMON CALLED GEOPOLITICS

12/6/2018

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Beyond INF: Missiles, Networks, & The New Trench Warfare
Five academics who unleashed the ‘demon’ of geopolitical power
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THE ROLE OF SPECIAL OPERATORS CHANGES WITH GREAT POWER COMPETITION

12/5/2018

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Lawmakers Probe Role of Special Operations in Great Power Competition
 
// Katie Bo Williams
The two four-stars up to lead CENTCOM and SOCOM faced questions about how their commands will change under the National Defense Strategy. 
Comprehending the Mission to Advise Foreign Forces
By Edward E. Brown, Small Wars Journal: “The mission to advise has existed for many years. In fact, some could argue that the United States owes its existence at least in part to an advisor named Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian military expert employed by the fledgling Continental Army to train military maneuver.” ​
Special ops may pass more missions to conventional forces, nominee says
(Military.com) The nominee to lead U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) told lawmakers Tuesday that the unrelenting pace of operations may force the elite organization to pass some missions off to conventional combat units.
DoD Reviewing SOCOM After Series of Scandals
By Meghann Myers, Military Times: “ ... after U.S. Special Operations Command has been entrenched in the Global War on Terror for going on two decades, Congress is calling on a Defense Department review of the entire organization, from its operational load to ― notably ― the state of its professionalism and ethics programs. ”
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THE STRATEGY OF TAMING INTRASTATE VIOLENCE

12/5/2018

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Taming State Violence Against Citizens: A New Perspective on Intrastate Conflict
 ​by Tammy S. Schultz
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THE US REBALANCE WITH MINIMUM BUDGET

12/5/2018

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Mattis Vs. Mulvaney: The Coming Budget Clash & The Reagan Legacy
How to Rebalance US Global Security Cheaply and Easily
by Stephen Blank and Peter Huessy  •  December 5, 2018 at 5:00 am
        
  • Russia, evidently not restrained by the agreement, is already building missiles outside the INF treaty, according to an October 29, 2018 report from the Congressional Research Service. The bottom line is: If the Russians do not comply with the INF arms control treaty, there is no treaty to be saved.
  • Worse, as China was never a party to the INF treaty, it is deploying thousands of such INF range missiles in the Pacific, thereby putting the USA and its allies at a serious military disadvantage.
  • To counter such threats effectively and stand up to the culture of intimidation and threats of both Russia and China, the US needs create a conventional missile and nuclear deterrent capability that is at least on a par with those of Moscow and Beijing. Such deployments, rather than undermining arms control, might even induce Russia and China to negotiate any future arms negotiations with the US in better faith, while simultaneously strengthening US security.
  • If created with US allies in the Pacific, such relatively inexpensive and easily produced conventionally armed missiles would, in short order, rebalance the Pacific security situation in the favor of the US and its Indo-Pacific alliances.

The reason the Soviets eventually signed the INF treaty in 1987 was because the US and NATO deployment of hundreds of Pershing and ground launched cruise missiles in Western Europe exemplified NATO solidarity and vitiated the coercive threat that the earlier Soviet SS-20 missile deployments had hoped to secure to prevent a NATO response to potential Soviet aggression. Pictured: Pershing II missiles at Fort Bliss McGregor Range. (Image source: US Dept. of Defense)
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NEW US WAR PLANS FOR FLYING THE PACIFIC AGAINST CHINA & STRATFOR PROVIDES 2019 FORECAST

12/4/2018

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The U.S. Air Force Has a New War Plan
(War Is Boring) The U.S. Air Force is rewriting its war plan for the Pacific, the flying branch’s new commander for the region told reporters at the Pentagon in late November 2018. 

2019 Annual Forecast
From Stratfor Worldview: “The Great Power Competition Intensifies. The United States will escalate its strategic offensive against China with tariffs, sanctions, regulatory buffers around emerging technologies, stronger backing for Taiwan and a more assertive posture in the South China Sea. At the same time, failing arms control pacts will accelerate an arms race among the United States, Russia and China ... ” ​
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THE LIPPMANN GAP FOR STRATEGISTS, TACKLING ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM & CONSERVATIVE INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY AFTER TRUMP

12/4/2018

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The ‘Lippmann Gap’ in Asia: Four Challenges to a Credible U.S. Strategy by Lindsey Ford

Climate Change as a National Security Threat and What to Do About It by Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia

Between Populism and Internationalism: Conservative Foreign Policy After Trump by Colin Dueck
A Commanding Problem: Historical Insights for Military Organizational Reform by Celeste Ward Gventer

Change the Subject: U.S.-China Relations After Buenos Aires by Job C. Henning
 
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5 LESSONS FROM THE GREAT WAR

12/2/2018

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LOGISTICS, INDIAN WAR PROCUREMENT, THE QUAD, ARMY CHALLENGES IN NEW BATTLEFIELDS & CHINA'S IMPERIAL ARMY ABROAD FOR BELT AND ROAD

12/1/2018

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The Forces Needed to Protect the Belt and Road
By David Brewster, the interpreter: "The protection of BRI projects and Chinese nationals will likely become an increasingly important factor in China’s engagement in the region."
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4 Logistics Dilemmas Facing the Army on the Modern Battlefield
By Fred Brown, Modern War Institute: “Before taking command of an airborne infantry battalion’s forward support company, the company’s second-in-command revealed its soldiers had not qualified on their weapons systems in over a year.”

The Quad As a Caucus for Cooperation
By Akiko Fukushima, The Strategist (ASPI): “First and foremost, the four members are not in sync on the conception of the global order they wish to pursue. India, as reflected in the ‘Nonalignment 2.0’ policy paper, is keen to pursue multipolarity, with India as one major pole.” ​
 India’s MoD approves procurements worth USD427 million
(IHS Jane’s 360) India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved INR30 billion (USD427 million) worth of procurements of locally made equipment for the Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Army (IA) on 1 December. 
INDIA:
India to Add 56 Warships, Six Submarines to Naval Fleet

By Elizabeth Shim, UPI: “ India is planning to introduce a fleet of 56 warships and six submarines as part of a larger effort to strengthen its naval fleet in the face of an expansionist China.”
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