http://www.infinityjournal.com/articles.php Sat, 07 Sep 2002 09:42:31 GMT 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... 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... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/33/Limitations_of_Strategic_Maneuver_The_Israeli_Case Written by Kobi Michael
]]>The state of Israel – since its independence in 1948 – continues to exist in a hostile environment. Such an environment has led Israel through years of strengthening military capabilities ... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/32/Why_China_Will_Not_Become_the_Next_Global_Power_But_It_Could Written by Edward N. Luttwak
]]>Paradox Each country and historical period is different at invalidating most analogies, but the paradoxical logic of strategy is always the same — hence the identical prescriptions of Carl von ... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/34/Future_Threats_and_Strategic_Thinking Written by Frank G. Hoffman
]]>This article explores the strategic utility of the hybrid threat construct. The original exploration of hybrid threats was developed after 9/11 by Marines at Quantico, Virginia, to examine how the cha... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/35/The_Second_Lebanon_War__A_Strategic_Reappraisal Written by Gur Laish
]]>In an article that appeared in Volume 1, Issue No. 3 of Infinity Journal, Martin van Creveld analyzes the Second Lebanon War (2006) five years after the war’s end. The analysis focuses on the ta... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/36/Explaining_Strategic_Theory Written by M.L.R. Smith and John Stone
]]>The term ‘strategy’ must be one of the most commonly used terms in public discourse. It is employed to refer to anything from state policy, business plans, to personal choices. Yet few app... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/37/Success_in_Libya_will_not_come_through_betraying_our_principles Written by Tom Wein
]]>Dear IJ Editor, I wish to offer a brief perspective on Olivier Schmitt’s recent IJ Exclusive, ‘France in Libya: A Strategic Perspective on Opération Harmattan’, which I belie... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/19/Limited_means_strategy__What_to_do_when_the_cupboard_is_bare Written by T.X. Hammes
]]>Professor Eliot Cohen has suggested that a strategy should include assumptions, ends, ways, means, priorities, sequencing and a theory of victory. This approach significantly expands on the normal &ld... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/18/The_Second_Lebanon_War_A_Reassessment Written by Martin van Creveld
]]>What were the origins of the so-called Second Lebanon War, how was it waged and fought, what lessons were drawn from it, and who won it? Looking back on these questions from the perspective of early 2... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/20/On_Paradigms Written by Justin Kelly
]]> At first sight nothing can appear more unpractical, less promising of useful result, than to approach the study of war with a theory. There seems indeed to be something essentially antagonistic ... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/21/The_Death_of_American_Strategy Written by Gian P. Gentile
]]>American strategy — strategy, the idea that in war the ways and means to carry it out should be employed considering alternatives and with the least cost of blood and treasure to achieve policy ... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/22/Isolationist_heresies_strategy_and_the_curse_of_slogans Written by Patrick Porter
]]>Over sixty years ago, the United States embarked on a grand strategy of primacy, euphemised often as ‘leadership.’ It fashioned itself as the guardian of world order through a global milit... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/23/Cyberwar_is_not_coming Written by David Betz
]]>The term cyberspace was coined by the science-fiction writer William Gibson in the 1982 short story ‘Burning Chrome’. Of his creation, Gibson later said “it seemed like an effective ... Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.infinityjournal.com/article/7/Reconsidering_Wars_Logic_and_Grammar Written by Antulio J. Echevarria II
]]>The re-emergence of counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine within the U.S. military and the apparent, if tentative, success of that doctrine thus far in Iraq and Afghanistan have given rise to an intense d...