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The Transformation of Strategic-Strike Operations

March 1, 2001 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich and Robert Martinage

The US military is currently investing billions of dollars annually in developing and deploying a broad range of new precision-guided and electronic-strike weapons. These weapons are revolutionizing the way military…

The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment

February 1, 2001 • By Barry Watts

The principal aim of this report is to assess the evolving capabilities of nations and other actors to exploit near-earth space for military purposes over the next 20-25 years. The…

A Strategy for a Long Peace

January 12, 2001 • By Steven Kosiak, Andrew F. Krepinevich, and Michael Vickers

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has enjoyed a period of military dominance that, with the exception of the brief period at the end of World…

Transforming America’s Alliances

February 1, 2000 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich

If the United States hopes to preserve its vital security interests at home and abroad beyond the near term, it will almost certainly find itself relying more on allies than…

Innovation, Element of Power

July 1, 1998 • By Elizabeth Heeter

Introduction According to historian and military analyst Martin van Creveld, military technology and infrastructure, logistics and communications “dictate for the most part the major characteristics of organization, training, strategy, even…