Network engagement—whether targeting adversaries or strengthening partners—is central to military operations. Assessing whether networks can endure disruption or collapse under pressure is vital for...
The U.S. Department of War’s Joint Planning Process (JPP), optimized for tame, geographically bounded, and domain-specific problems, repeatedly falters against today’s wicked security challenges....
This paper posits that norm entrepreneurship is a critical component of building partner capacity in fragile states because, without the adoption of U.S. military...
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📄 Download PDF Version Robert M. Mitchell, Joint Special Operations University, Tampa, Florida, USA ABSTRACTThe article considers the process of ethical decision-making in the...
📄 Download PDF Version Thomas R. Searle, Joint Special Operations University, Tampa, Florida, USA ABSTRACTThe Trump and Biden administrations loudly proclaimed the end of...
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