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Future War Archive

  • America’s Shadow War on Terror

    America’s Shadow War on Terror

    Terrorists are fleeing to about a dozen states in Africa and Asia. The US should be careful about pursuing them.
  • Still Ready to Fight the Reds

    Still Ready to Fight the Reds

    While the Obama Administration is seeking to cut several billions in defense spending, an independent review panel last week determined that...
  • The Man Who Will Save UK Defense

    The Man Who Will Save UK Defense

    Like most world nations, faced with massive debt and unemployment, Great Britain is currently planning deep cuts in government expenditure to...
  • Preparing for Defeat in Afghanistan

    Preparing for Defeat in Afghanistan

    Things aren’t looking pretty in Afghanistan. The Taliban are getting stronger, winning support as Hamid Karzai’s government in Kabul remains ineffective...
  • A Change in Personnel, Not in Policy

    A Change in Personnel, Not in Policy

    General Stanley McChrystal’s replacement with David Petraeus reflects a “change in personnel,” according to the president, “not in policy.”
  • Is a Cyber Attack a Real Attack?

    Is a Cyber Attack a Real Attack?

    As the threat of cyber war and cyberterrorism is evermore real in this twenty-first century, traditional military powers and alliances have...
  • NATO After Afghanistan

    NATO After Afghanistan

    “NATO is much more than Afghanistan,” former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told the Atlantic Council on May 19. Supreme...
  • Kandahar Awaits ISAF Offensive

    Kandahar Awaits ISAF Offensive

    The Taliban claimed responsibility on Sunday for a nighttime assault on NATO’s largest base in southern Afghanistan. In the second such...
  • Gates Stuns Navy Establishment

    Gates Stuns Navy Establishment

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates isn’t one to shrink from challenging conventional wisdom. He previously took on both Congress and the Air...