Biography
Author Bibliography for Robert Martinage
Special Operations Forces: Challenges and Opportunities
March 3, 2009 • By Robert Martinage • Testimony
Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to share my views on the challenges and opportunities facing U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF).1 SOF have figured prominently…
Special Operation Forces: Future Challenges and Opportunities
November 17, 2008 • By Robert Martinage • Studies
Special Operations Forces (SOF) are elite, highly trained military units that conduct operations that typically exceed the capabilities of conventional forces. They have figured prominently in US military operations since…
The Challenges to U.S. National Security
August 21, 2008 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich, Robert Martinage, and Robert Work • Studies
The United States is currently in a situation comparable to the one it confronted in the early days of the Cold War, when US civilian and military leaders were faced…
Dissuasion Strategy
May 6, 2008 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich and Robert Martinage • Studies
In the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld introduced the concept of dissuasion, citing it as one of the “four key goals that will guide the…
The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment
February 23, 2008 • By Robert Martinage • Studies
Since September 2001, the United States and partner nations in the global war on terrorism have accomplished a great deal: eliminating the state-sponsored al Qaeda sanctuary in Afghanistan, capturing or…