*Note: This essay was published at From the Green Notebook on May 1, 2018. It can also be found online here. Whether I was with cadets or Koreans, I had a problem. As a military officer assigned to teach military strategy at West Point, and then on a staff alongside officers from the Republic of Korea, I…
On April 24, 2018, I was honored to speak at the US Army War College’s 29th Annual Strategy Conference. This year’s subject was future leadership, and my panel in specific looked ahead to what strategic leaders would look like in 2030. The full video can be seen here, and my remarks are available at Lawfire…
*Note: This essay was published in the Wall Street Journal print edition on April 16, 2018. It can also be found online here. More than 3,000 Google employees have signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai, saying that the company “should not be in the business of war.” Specifically, they object to Project Maven, Google’s partnership…
On April 9, 2018, I was privileged to be a panelist at the New America Foundation/Arizona State University Future of War Conference in Washington. Video from the event is available here, and my remarks were subsequently published at JustSecurity.org on April 30, 2018, a selection of which follows and the rest can be read at…
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. “Row well and live” is a perfect slogan if you happen to work at the DMV. But that saying has no place in a modern military headquarters, and to suggest it as guidance to young military officers is inaccurate and…
On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, I spoke at the Hinckley Institute (University of Utah) for the first book talk on Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict. To view the talk, click here!
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 10, 2018. It can also be found online here. Want to fix the USOC? Draft a general. “Why is he sad?” my 6-year-old asked about the young man walking out of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s entrance, whose downward, despondent gaze was as identifiable…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on March 5, 2018. It can also be found online here. I have a confession to make. When I drop my daughter off at school, I break the law. Not always. But sometimes. In my defense, like all parents, I know kids are our future.…
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. He’s turning ninety, so he’s seen a lot of war. Even at thirteen and a half inches tall, with a golden body weighing only eight and a half pounds—Oscar’s been around and has some stories to tell. The little statuette,…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on February 19, 2018. It can also be found online here. I love the Olympics, in part because they seem to defy reality as a place where dreams really do come true. But geopolitics doesn’t stop while the Olympics are on – countries always use…