http://www.infinityjournal.com/articles.php Sat, 07 Sep 2002 09:42:31 GMT Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/52/Strategy_Some_Notes_for_a_Users_Guide Written by Colin S. Gray
]]>[I]t is more important to make correct decisions at the political and strategic level than it is at the operational and tactical level. Mistakes in operations and tactics can be corrected but politica... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/53/Offshore_Control_A_Proposed_Strategy Written by T.X. Hammes
]]>In November of 2011, President Obama announced his intent “to make our presence and mission in the Asia Pacific a top priority.”[i] As the United States executes this “pivot to Asia,... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/54/The_Myth_of_the_PostPower_Projection_Era Written by Frank G. Hoffman
]]>“We may in fact be entering what could be called the post-power projection era in which traditional modes of power projection may no longer be as viable as they’ve been in the recent past.... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/55/The_Amorites_Iniquity__A_Comparative_Analysis_of_Israeli_and_Hamas_Strategies_in_Gaza Written by Gur Laish
]]>Introduction The aim of this essay is to look at the opposing strategies of Israel and Hamas. To this end, we will attempt to define “rational” and “irrational” strategies and... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/56/Why_Hybrid_Warfare_is_Tactics_Not_Strategy__A_Rejoinder_to_Future_Threats_and_Strategic_Thinking Written by Dan G. Cox, Thomas Bruscino & Alex Ryan
]]>Introduction The Fall 2011 issue of Infinity Journal included an article called “Future Threats and Strategic Thinking,” which argued that the construct of “hybrid threats” is... Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/57/Military_SelfDefinition_as_Strategy Written by Bruce E. Fleming
]]>Most military strategy discussions, devoted to choosing actions meant to achieve ends efficiently, presuppose the actors that undertake the actions. That the actor is a military is taken for granted, ... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/38/Strategy_Resources_and_Reality Written by Anthony H. Cordesman
]]>During the next year, the US is going to get a grim lesson in the need to tie strategy to reality, and the limits of trying to shape US national security on the basis of prophecies about a distant fut... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/39/The_Futile_Decade_The_US_Failure_in_Afghanistan_and_Its_Lessons Written by C. Dale Walton
]]>Although American leaders have not quite yet admitted it publicly — or, apparently, even privately — the US war in Afghanistan has been a strategic failure. After nearly ten years of frust... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/40/Covert_Operations_and_Policy Written by Adam Elkus
]]>Nonstop covert operations against America’s enemies occur simultaneously in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. But as the counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan give way to a wor... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/41/Is_There_a_Future_For_Targeted_Killing Written by Danny Steed
]]>Targeted killing today is a rich avenue of analysis, due to its increased exposure in the media and subsequent policy discussions. The focus of this exposure has not yet, however, penetrated the core ... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/42/Transforming_Counterinsurgent_Strategy_Using_the_Topography_of_Intelligence Written by Lukas Milevski
]]>“The ultimate determinant in war is the man on the scene with the gun. This man is the final power in war. He is control. He determines who wins.”[i] This is just as true in counterinsurge... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/43/Covert_Operations_and_Strategy Written by Simon Anglim
]]>Covert operations provide a cost-effective method for pursuing policy aims internationally with reduced risk. 2011 has provided strong evidence in support of this proposition. March brought allegation... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/45/Clausewitzs_Center_of_Gravity_Legacy Written by Antulio J. Echevarria II
]]>If history is any guide, Clausewitz’s theory of the center of gravity will remain a contested concept. Decades of research and debate have clarified some of its finer points, but consensus on th... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/46/Clausewitz_and_the_First_World_War Written by David Kaiser
]]>Carl von Clausewitz’s On War — a book that belongs on any list of the great intellectual achievements of Western civilization — surveyed his subject theoretically and generally, base... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/47/Clausewitz_as_Sociologist Written by Hugh Smith
]]>Clausewitz, of course, was not a sociologist (and perhaps not a strategist either – but that is another question). At the time of his death in 1831 the scientific study of society was in its inf... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/48/Ends_Ways_Means_Clausewitz_and_Other_Prophets Written by Beatrice Heuser
]]> The world is a bewildering place. In trying to make sense of it, humans have always sought teachers or prophets who can explain everything to lesser mortals. Many humans never seem to get beyond... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/49/To_Be_Clausewitzian Written by William F. Owen
]]>While “Clausewitzian” is neither really a noun nor an adjective, there has to be some word to describe those who adhere to the writings of Carl von Clausewitz. Accepting that to be the cas... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/50/The_PolicyStrategy_Distinction_Clausewitz_and_The_Chimera_of_Modern_Strategic_Thought Written by Adam Elkus
]]>The policy-strategy distinction is one of the most important issues in the neo-Clausewitzian canon.[i] “The political object is the goal,” Clausewitz notes, and “war is the means of ... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/51/An_Introduction_to_Clausewitz_and_Contemporary_Conflict Written by A.E. Stahl
]]>As a Co-Founder and the Publisher of Infinity Journal, it is my pleasure to present you with an Infinity Journal Special Edition: Clausewitz and Contemporary Conflict. In this edition, you will find s... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/30/Another_Bloody_Century Written by Colin S. Gray
]]>Introduction: Time Marches On It can be a humbling experience, even revelation, to read over work you have written some years ago! Very recently, I have had students tell me what they believe I belie...