Military Strategy

Today in Ukraine, the Russian military is pursuing a strategy remarkably similar to that of the past—using its overwhelming numerical superiority in men and weapon systems to achieve goals on...

The character of warfare has changed over millennia, but it has always remained a fundamentally human endeavor. What will happen when artificial intelligence commands it? The Department of the Air...

Control represents the prime goal of military strategy, and air bombardment—no matter how relentless—cannot replace the power of boots on the ground.

A measured, relentless advance applies political pressure. The more destruction looms, the more intense the pressure.

Even though the Russian forces lack the necessary sophistication to be considered a true near-peer adversary for the U.S. military and NATO, their “antiquated” attritional strategy gets the work done. 

The Russian military, paramilitary units, and pro-Russian separatist forces average 1,500 losses every day. In exchange for those casualties, though, they gain Ukrainian territory.

The Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army are unquestionably guilty of self-defeating behavior. But American military planners should not push their upbeat assessment too far.

Analogies and other symbols can be helpful to reduce and simplify more complex ideas. Along these lines, Singapore’s defense policy and its Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have been likened to...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Given that Taiwan is roughly one hundred miles from the coast of mainland China, it would not be difficult for the 320-ship-strong PLA Navy to maintain a large, concentrated naval force around...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: This is how China’s armed forces intend to put the Maoist “military strategic guideline of active defense”—the “essence” of Communist China’s way of warmaking—into practice. So “systems...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Let’s dust off the Cold War playbook—and be candid about it. Lord Ismay would smile.  China grumps that the Quad, a league of like-minded Indo-Pacific...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In short, the defenders of the status quo must think in shades of gray and must accustom themselves to acting in the twilight between peace...