U.S. Army War College

Postcommunist armed forces

December 19, 2011

Postcommunist armed forces are key actors in the process of democratic consolidation. The successful transition of post communist military institutions is essential to protecting the democratic gains achieved by society overall, and for ensuring that coercive force is not used to reverse them. —Marybeth Peterson Ulrich, Professor of Government at the U.S. Army War College in Democratizing [...]

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Russia’s destabilizing foreign policy in Latin America

September 20, 2011

Stephen Blank (professor of national security affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College) in an opinion piece entitled “Russia’s Second Wind in Latin America,” which was published last month, assesses Russia’s foreign policy in Latin America focused on profit, influence, destabilization and anti-Americanism: Russian policy is not driven by Latin America’s views, but by [...]

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Police training in stability ops

September 8, 2010

The U.S. Army War College‘s Strategic Studies Institute published last month a monograph authored by Colonel (Ret.) Dennis E Keller, entitled “U.S. Military Forces and Police Assistance in Stability Operations: The Least-Worst Option to Fill the U.S. Capacity Gap.” Col. Keller gives a historical overview of U.S. foreign police training, where the “U.S. government is poorly [...]

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2010 Key Strategic Issues

August 12, 2010

The U.S. Army War College‘s Strategic Studies Institute released its 2010 Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) in early July. The list encompasses strategic “items that senior Army and Department of Defense leaders should consider in providing military advice and formulating military strategy.” Section VII under Regional Strategic Issues of KSIL focuses on the “Evolving Regional [...]

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