An Interview with Gen Mark A. Welsh III Twentieth USAF Chief of Staff

Although the US military must prepare to operate in every domain on, under, or above our planet, I believe the air, space, and cyber domains are likely to be those most contested in the future.

Industry's Vital Role in National Cyber Security

James P. Farwell

The competing demands of economic recovery and protecting critical cyber infrastructure (CI) have heightened the need for stronger partnerships between the US government (USG) and private industry. Developing new technologies, strategies, plans, operations, tools, and techniques are essential to protect cyber security. How we meet this challenge has opened an important philosophical debate in the United States about the role of government and its relationship to private industry.

Crisis Management and the Anti-Access/Area Denial Problem

Col Vincent Alcazar, USAF

America’s political and military leaders rely on unimpeded US force movements across strategic distances to stabilize regions and deter threatening regimes. That reliance depends on assured air and naval superiority as a precondition. US leaders assume that with air and naval superiority during wartime, the United States can secure its interests and attain its objectives through robust military intelligence, logistics, maneuver, and firepower.

Technology, Qualitative Superiority, and the Overstretched American Military

Daniel R. Lake

The strain on the US military is the direct result of focusing on technological solutions to tactical and strategic problems. This practice is rooted in American culture, which is particularly prone to technological optimism.

Virtual Patriots and a New American Cyber Strategy: Changing the Zero-Sum Game

Matthew Crosston

The cyber philosophy of China might offer theUnited States some useful insights. China’s approach is more effective in ways that, for now, are apparently antithetical to the United States—amoral, overt, and proactive.

Deterring North Korea from Using WMD in Future

Bruce W. Bennett

Having invested so much of their limited resources in WMD, North Korea’s leaders are likely to use these weapons in conflicts or further crises…causing immense damage to the populations and economies in northeast Asia, potentially destabilizing the region for many years.