*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. Real estate’s expensive these days. It doesn’t matter where you are. But if you happen to be in one of the thirty-eight countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, home prices surged nearly 7 percent from 2019 to 2020. It was the fastest year-over-year…
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. Deterrence smells like tank exhaust and feels like an earthquake. Hundreds of armored vehicles rumbled over streets, thousands of troops marched in formation, and dozens of planes flew overhead as Ukrainians cheered during their Independence Day parade on August 24. Kyiv’s main boulevard—Khreshchatyk—filled to…
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. Two centuries ago, Napoleon embodied warfare’s changing character. This conqueror of Europe took advantage of new ways of thinking about warfare and its organization to bend Europe to his will. Of course, it wasn’t just the French emperor driving these…
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. The current commander of US Army forces in Europe has a problem. How do you deter Russian aggression – achieve strategic deterrence – when you’ve had several cuts to your available forces? His self-prompted challenge: “We have to figure out…
Image was part of slide presentation at War Council on March 7, 2014. **NOTE: What follows are remarks from the War Council panel on the “Crisis in Crimea” on March 7, 2014. In 1939, Churchill quipped, “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston wouldn’t –…