How will the US and the Allies Meet the Challenge of Shifting from Slow-Mo to High Intensity Combat Operations?

The 100th Anniversary of the End of World War I

By Robbin Laird

A review of Peter Jacksons new movie on World War I.

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Pulling the Plug on the Endless War

By Ed Timperlake

We have major challenges competing with Russia and China, and the later certainly are not investing in forever wars to the neglect of their core capabilities to support peer warfighting capabilities.

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Trident Juncture 2018 in Strategic Perspective

By The SLD Team

Trident Juncture 2018 is a major NATO exercise which is focused on Northern Tier defense.

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Norway and Trident Juncture 2018

By The SLD Team

Recently, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence created a web page and posted a video explaining to the Norwegian population about the coming Trident Juncture exercise and what the core focus of Norwegian defense unfolding in the current period.

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German Ministry of Defence Looks at Germany’s Strategic Future

By J. Paul de B. Taillon

In response to the ongoing political, financial and economic uncertainty and instability, strategists at Germany’s Ministry of Defence developed six possible scenarios and the potential cascading political consequences.

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Navy “Thinkers” Versus The Fighting Navy

By Ed Timperlake

This story was first published on July 27, 2011 but we are republishing because it is central to any rethink about reshaping US and allied forces for high intensity conflict. In a July 11, 2011 story about the improving military …

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