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Summer 2004
Robert S. Bolia |
Overreliance on Technology in Warfare: The Yom Kippur War as a Case Study Using the Yom Kipper War as an example, this article describes the consequences of overreliance on technologically advanced systems over the course of a single war.   |
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Winter 2004/2005
Doron Almog |
Cumulative Deterrence and the War on Terrorism A cumulative deterrence strategy designed for the war on terrorism would build on victories achieved over the short, medium, and long terms that gradually wear down the enemy. |
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Winter 2003/2004
Donald Chisholm |
The Risk of Optimism in the Conduct of War The Rapid Dominance approach to warfare can be appealing to a country like the U.S. that has technological advantages, but it requires an optimistic view on one's ability to manipulate the will of adversaries. |
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Spring 2007
Louis Rene Beres |
Israel's Uncertain Strategic Future An assessment of current threats to Israel's survival along with recommendations for an end to its policy of nuclear ambiguity. |
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Autumn 2007
Christopher M. Schnaubelt |
Whither the RMA? The present Department of Defense (DOD) focus on technological solutions to increase capabilities may be misguided by a vision of a high-tech Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). |
Salon.com
August 28, 2002
Aluf Benn |
Israel's Iraq dilemma Israeli leaders are overjoyed at the prospect of a U.S. invasion -- but it isn't good politics to admit it. |
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Summer 2008
Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. |
Making Revolutionary Change: Airpower in COIN Today The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are air wars as well as ground wars. Airpower has played a critical role in counterinsurgency combat. |
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Summer 2004
Gordon & Sollinger |
The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it. |
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Autumn 2007
William K. Mooney, Jr. |
Stabilizing Lebanon: Peacekeeping or Nation-Building While outside actors have played a major role, the weakness of the Lebanese government lies at the foundation of conflicts within the region. |
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006 |
Urban Combat -- The Israeli Experience Recent conflicts are challenging the world's military powers with urban low-intensity conflict (urban-LIC) warfare... Stealth operations in LIC... New equipment fielded by israeli forces... Subterranean warfare... Rocket and mortar (RAM) attacks... etc. |
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Autumn 2008 |
Commentary & Reply Dispute over using airpower in counterinsurgency (COIN)... Waging the communication war... |
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Autumn 2004
Sergio Catignani |
Motivating Soldiers: The Example of the Israeli Defense Forces Combat motivation is a key factor in enabling conventional armies to win conflicts; in Israel's case, it has been referred to as the `secret weapon' of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). |
Salon.com
June 6, 2001
Flore de Preneuf |
Brinkmanship of blood Pushed to the edge by rage and revenge, Palestinians and Israelis stare into the abyss of war... |
Popular Mechanics
December 31, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Israel and Hamas: A War Primer Israeli forces, after days of heavy air strikes, are on the verge of a significant ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Military analysts help explain where the conflict now stands and where it could be moving in the very near future. |
Salon.com
November 27, 2000
Flore de Preneuf |
Middle East meets Wild West With the crisis simmering and the death toll mounting in Israel, vigilante movements are brewing among Israelis and Palestinians alike... |
National Defense
February 2004
Rand H. Fishbein |
Legendary Israeli Tank Threatened With Extinction If Israel's Finance Ministry ultimately has its way, the famed Merkava Mk. 4 tank may soon be a thing of the past. |
Parameters
Spring 2007 |
From the Editor While we are mentally and emotionally captured by the political side-bar related to the President's announced "surge" strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan we have forgotten the reality of the Long War. |
National Defense
September 2015
Jon Harper |
Counter-ISIL Campaign Tops $3 Billion A year into the conflict, U.S. military operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have cost the Defense Department more than $3.2 billion, according to the Pentagon. |
National Defense
August 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Israeli Defense Forces Trying to Perfect Urban Combat Tactics, Techniques Israel Defense Forces have been working to perfect their urban warfare tactics, in an effort to eliminate militant cells in the disputed zones of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. |
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Spring 2006 |
Book Reviews Soldiering: Observations from Korea, Vietnam, and Safe Places. By Henry G. Gole... New Glory: Expanding America's Global Supremacy. By Ralph Peters... Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition. By Robert W. Merry... etc. |
National Defense
May 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
In Today's Wars, Air Strikes Under Fire The Air Force and the Army feud over who gets to be in charge of the "big guns" on the battlefield. The rivalry has become irrelevant in current wars, where one doesn't win by killing, but by gaining the trust of the population. |
National Defense
March 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Urban Wars Fuel Demand for More Accurate Sensors Suppliers of high-tech military hardware are developing new sensors that could help troops identify the enemy in close urban quarters. |
Salon.com
April 19, 2001
Ben Barber |
Dragged back into the fight As the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians threatens to engulf the region, how long can the Bush administration stay out of the fray? |
Salon.com
February 16, 2001
Ben Barber |
Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate. |
Salon.com
October 1, 2002
Aluf Benn |
Sharon's miscalculation The Israeli leader has defied President Bush before and gotten away with it -- but not this time. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2002
Suzy Hansen |
Six days that shook the world An Israeli historian talks about the weeklong war that shaped the modern Middle East and still fuels the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
Salon.com
September 21, 2001
Paul Wachter |
The view from Beirut An American in Lebanon warns that despite Bush's efforts, Arabs will likely view an attack on terrorism as a war on Islam... |
Salon.com
June 13, 2000
Flore de Preneuf |
Is Syria's next president a geek? He loves technology. He wants to bring the Internet to Damascus. But can the Israelis learn to love him? |
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Power: Where's the Love? Why is air power being blamed for the lack of progress in Afghanistan? |
Salon.com
January 4, 2001
Michael Adams |
The fraud of American "peacemaking" Clinton is just the latest U.S. leader whose one-sided support for Israel has doomed the region to bloodshed... |
Salon.com
October 15, 2002
Aluf Benn |
When friends collide With Israeli and American interests diverging, stakes will be high and negotiations tricky when President Bush and Ariel Sharon meet this week. |
Defense Update
Issue 2, 2006 |
Israel Refine R&D to Support Asymmetric Warfare Resulting from lessons learned during years of low intensity conflict in an urban environment, the Israel Defense Forces is expanding its capabilities and autonomy at tactical levels. |
Salon.com
October 10, 2000
Flore de Preneuf |
Appetite for destruction Ehud Barak's ultimatum passes and violence continues to mount between Israelis and Palestinians... |
Salon.com
April 5, 2002
Flore de Preneuf |
"My son was killed because of the occupation" Israel's Women in Black say the blood of their children is on Sharon's hands... |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
The assault on the USS Liberty Experts respond to new evidence that the deadly 1967 attack on a U.S. spy ship by Israeli forces was deliberate... |
Salon.com
May 22, 2001
Ben Barber |
Is Powell's peace plan a pipe dream? With the abandonment of settlement construction and calls for a "total end of violence" at its core, the U.S. roadmap to Mideast peace may be doomed from Day 1... |
Salon.com
October 23, 2000
Flore de Preneuf |
Peace? Please hold As the bloodbath rages in the Middle East, Ehud Barak calls for a "timeout" in the peace process... |
Salon.com
May 4, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
Is the honeymoon over? A historian says that American Jews are increasingly disenchanted with Israel and its policies, and more wrapped up in their own concerns... |
Salon.com
December 8, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
Beyond tribalism Controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev says a new generation of Israelis is moving beyond Zionism -- but there will be no peace until old warriors Sharon and Arafat are gone... |
Salon.com
November 6, 2001
Gary Kamiya |
It's time for U.S. to broker Mideast peace, says Palestinian leader Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi tells Osama bin Laden he does "not have the right to use" the Palestinian plight "for your ends"... |
Defense Update
Issue 2, 2006 |
Israeli Systems Extend the Reach of Rocket Artillery Several new systems, recently developed in Israel, reflect a potential change and could lead to re-allocation of responsibilities between the Israel Air Force (IAF) and Land Forces. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2000
Samuel G. Freedman |
The sound of silence Heartsick over the bloodshed in Israel, liberal American Jews are so far paralyzed by a conflict in which Palestinians are aggressors as well as victims... |
Salon.com
October 30, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
A Jew in the mosque A self-described "average Israeli" talks about his daring journey to pray with the Holy Land's Muslims and Christians -- and why Arafat cannot head a Palestinian state... |
Salon.com
October 25, 2000
Flore de Preneuf |
Living under siege Meet the residents of two Middle East cities -- one Palestinian, the other Israeli. Both share the same concerns about violence and security -- from opposite sides of the conflict... |
Salon.com
October 3, 2000
Flore de Preneuf |
Violence erupts in the Holy Land Desperation fuels an ominous round of fighting in the Holy Land. Has the Mideast peace process finally blown apart? |
Salon.com
May 28, 2002
Marcy Spiegel Oster |
A settler's story My husband, children and I moved from Cleveland to the West Bank just before the latest intifada. We're told that we're the obstacle to peace -- but we don't see it that way... |
Salon.com
November 3, 2000
Flore de Preneuf |
Israel's apartheid Fed up with restrictions and discrimination, last month Israeli Arabs joined their Palestinian brethren in the battle against Israeli Jews... |
Reason
February 2004
Cathy Young |
Hating Jews When do anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism overlap? |
Defense Update
Issue 4, 2004 |
Infantry Combat Suits Particularly advanced infantry combat suits, are currently under development and should be fielded within the next five years, improving the capabilities of dismounted infantry in urban warfare. |
Chemistry World
December 2, 2013
Maria Burke |
Compromise puts Israel on course to join Europe's science program Israel and the EU have resolved the diplomatic dispute that looked set to shut out Israeli research universities and technology companies from Europe's flagship science program. |
