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Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Area of Nuclear Deterrence
Get PDFOn 19 November 2024, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving the revised Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Area of Nuclear Deterrence. This version supersedes the one published in 2020 and includes several changes to the State Policy.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/rmsi_research/1006/thumbnail.jp
Episode 2: The Edge of Tomorrow: Analyzing Emerging IW Trends
No full textGuests LTG David Barno and Dr. Nora Bensahel join host Col. Dave Brown and co-host Dr. Timothy Hoyt to analyze emerging trends in the character of Irregular Warfare (IW), as seen in the on-going conflicts in both Ukraine and Gaza.
Article: Learning from Real Wars: Gaza and Ukraine - War on the Rocks, D. Barno & N. Bensahel, War on the Rocks, Dec 6, 2023.
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Guests:
Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Retired): Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is also a contributing editor and columnist for War on the Rocks, and adjunct researcher at the Institute for Defense Analyses. General Barno completed a thirty-year active-duty Army career where he commanded at every level, culminating as the overall U.S. and coalition commander in Afghanistan from 2003-2005.
Nora Bensahel, Ph.D.: Professor of Practice at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and contributing editor and columnist for War on the Rocks. She is an expert on U.S. defense policy, military operations, and the future of warfare. She and her co-author, retired Army Lieutenant General David Barno, have written over 100 articles on the changing character of war and contemporary challenges facing the US military; also, Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/the-trident/1001/thumbnail.jp
China Maritime Report No. 42: Invasion Plans: Operation Causeway and Taiwan\u27s Defense in World War II
Get PDFMain Findings During World War II, the United States and the Empire of Japan each developed plans and marshaled forces for a climactic battle over Taiwan. Both sides regarded the island as an area of strategic consequence. Code-named Operation CAUSEWAY, the American invasion of Taiwan would have been the largest amphibious campaign in the Pacific Theater and the largest sea-air-land engagement in world history. Strategists in Japan believed the attack was coming and designed a blueprint for the defense of Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands called SHO-GO(捷 2 号作戦, or “Operation Victory No. 2”), which envisioned a bloody campaign of annihilation. Japanese camouflage, concealment, and deception efforts in Taiwan were effective at hiding many capabilities from American intelligence. In recent years, Taiwanese military officers have drawn lessons from Taiwan’s wartime history to improve their defense plans. They highlight the need to stockpile, update beach defenses, mobilize whole-of-society support, expand underground bunker complexes, and prepare for a long fight and layered defense campaign. One important lesson of this history for the U.S. Navy and Joint Force is that deterrence worked before. It can work again. Under certain circumstances, the United States and Taiwan may be capable of preventing a PRC invasion of the island. But a tremendous amount of hard work will be needed to realize that goal. By revisiting the history of Taiwan-focused war plans, we may better assess current challenges and develop insights that could inform future strategic, operational, and tactical decisions.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-maritime-reports/1042/thumbnail.jp
Fighting to Supply the Fight—Assessing Approaches for Overcoming Contested Logistics
Get PDFA potential conflict in the western Pacific would entail the most challenging logistics and resupply task the U.S. Navy has faced in decades, possibly ever. Three possible approaches, making innovative use of new data and artificial intelligence tools, can guide investments and doctrine to prepare the joint force for that potential fight
Protecting the Free Flow of Commerce from Houthi Attacks off the Arabian Peninsula
Get PDFThis article reviews recent maritime incidents involving Houthi missile and drone attacks on commercial shipping and foreign warships off the Arabian Peninsula, purportedly in response to the Israeli military operations in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed over 1,300 Israeli civilians. The article discusses the legality of the U.S. response to those incidents, including U.S. counter-piracy operations and the right of unit and collective self-defense. The article also discusses whether the United States should consider conducting land-based attacks on Houthi missile and drone sites in Yemen under the principle of self-help to preempt further attacks on U.S. and foreign-flagged ships operating in the region
Episode 13: Always Above: Space Force and the New Frontiers of an Increasingly Contested Warfighting Domain
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The Space Force is the United States’s newest military service branch, established in 2019 to secure the nation’s interests in space. Organized within the Department of the Air Force, the Space Force joins a number of organizations within the Department of Defense operating within what is an increasingly contested warfighting domain. Joining The Debrief to help navigate the changes to the United States’s posture toward this new frontier is Dr. David Burbach, associate professor of national security affairs and the inaugural director of the Space Studies Group at the U.S. Naval War College.
About the Speaker:
Professor Burbach teaches the politics of U.S. foreign policy, space security and international relations. His scholarly interests include civil-military relations, defense planning and the relationship between international security and technology, particularly space and nuclear
policy. Before joining the Naval War College faculty in 2007, he taught at the Army\u27s School of Advanced Military Studies and also worked for several policy analysis and information technology organizations.
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Chapter 3: Protection of Persons and Property at Sea and Maritime Law Enforcement
Get PDFThe Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations is used in the United States and throughout the world as a restatement of U.S. doctrinal law positions on matters affecting the operations of the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Judge advocates and legal advisers have occasion to conduct deeper research to identify the context and source of the rules reflected in the Commander’s Handbook. Responding to this need, an Annotated Supplement to The Commander’s Handbook was produced in 1997 and published as volume 73 of International Law Studies. In the intervening decades, international law has evolved, and the underlying sources and context have grown considerably. Judge advocates have long used the Annotated Supplement as a resource alongside the Commander’s Handbook and as a point of departure for further inquiry. This 2024 updated Annotated Supplement excerpts numerous U.S. government sources to provide clarity and fidelity to the text of the Handbook, including U.S. legislation and executive branch policy proclamations and the Department of Defense Law of War Manual