Future Issues
A 21st. Century Security Architecture for the Americas: Multilateral Cooperation, Liberal Peace and Soft Power.
A paper showing a response to the question of "How can the United States best develop security cooperation within the Americas?" by Col. Joseph R. Nunez. Strategic Studie…
A Military for the 21st Century: Lessons from the Recent Past
A study about the required post-Cold War military transformation which takes into account the changing nature of war and the experiences of past conflicts. By Anthony C. Zinni, Str…
A Warning from Clausewitz on 4GW
William S. Lind alerts about the dangers for USA of being the only superpower. CounterPunch, March 2003.
All Possible Wars? Towards a Consensus View of the Future Security Environment, 2001-2025
Sam Tangredi presents a set of assumptions and possible scenarios about the future security environment for the next 25 years. National Defense University, USA. McNair Paper No. 63…
Battlefield of the Future - 21st Century Warfare Issues
Study on future principles of war, military affairs, air power, plus information and biological war. From the U.S. Air Force.
Beyond vom Kriege: The Character and Conduct of Modern War
An effort to understand war and the role of armed forces in modern societies, based on the last years experiences and the classic theories. Author: R.D.Hooker Jr., Parameters, US A…
Bury Cold War Mindset: Fourth Generation Warfare Rewrites Military Strategy
Article by Jack Shanahan, Chet Richards and Franklin Spinney, 2002. Describes fourth-generation warfare that pits nations against non-national organizations or networks that includ…
Changing the Paradigm of the War
A paper about the nature of fourth generation warfare and the form it may take in Middle East. By Steve Daskal, November 2003.
Chemical and Biological Warfare in the 21st Century
The zigzag evolution of chemical and biological weapons in the 20th century give causes for both optimism and pessimism in the course it will take in the 21st, by Greg Goebel, Jun …
Chinese Views of Future Warfare
Collection of articles about doctrine of future types and causes of warfare, future threats of security environment, short-term future challenges for possible local war, and long-t…
Conflict in a Changing World: Looking Two Decades Forward
A view of conflict and its strategic environment two decades ahead. Author: C.J. Dick. Published by The Conflict Studies Research Centre, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK, 2002…
Evolution of War
A slide presentation showing the past, present and future of the war.
Fighting in the Gray Zone. A Strategy to Close the Preemption Gap.
The US 2002 National Security Strategy (NSS) identified the proliferation, privatization, and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist groups and rogue states as the…
Fourth Generation Warfare
Slide show that summarizes the key aspects of asymmetric conflicts, by Greg Wilcox and G.I. Wilson for Boyd Comference, 2002.
Fourth Generation Warfare and the Information Arrow
States the importance the information in the new way of fighting wars. By Greg Wilcox, July 2005.
Fourth Generation Warfare Is Here!
Harold A. Gould and Franklin C. Spinney review the changes after September 11th attacks. University of Virginia, USA, Fall, 2001.
Fourth Generation Warfare: How Tactics of the Weak Confound the Strong
Postulates that today's global environment is defined by the 4th Generation War reality, with nation-states confronting criminal enterprises, fanatical opportunists, and terrorists…
From Kadesh to Kandahar: Military Theory and the Future of War.
The challenges of post-modern war from a multidimensional point of view, by Michael Evans, Naval War College Review, Summer 2003.
From The Military: Applying 4GW Theory to The Intelligence Community
The article states that the intelligence community is key to the 4th generation warfare, so it's important that they understand what they're looking for. By Myke Cole.
Future War: What Trends in the America Post-Cold War Tell Us About Early 21st Century Warfare
Examines the performance of U.S. forces in three major post-Cold War military conflicts to identify commonalities and trends that may have implications for the conduct of warfare i…
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