defense strategy

Are The Lamps About To Go Out Across The World Again?

June 18, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. In early August 1914, as the world rushed pell-mell towards war, then British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked to a friend that, “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our [Read More...]

Why Is The Army Planning To Fight In Megacities?

May 14, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. The world is becoming more urbanized. Continuing a process that began 200 years ago at the start of the Industrial Revolution, people are flocking to the city. This has led to the creation of so-called megacities, conurbations with at least [Read More...]

General Dempsey’s “Two, Two, Two, One” Strategy

May 13, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. How much conventional military power, of what kind and for what purposes does the United States need? National leaders and military planners have been struggling to answer these questions ever since the end of World War Two. Following the Cold [Read More...]