When NATO took charge of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan in 2003, ISAF conceptualized its mission largely as a stabilization

A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the sh

Addresses how military organizations confront the problem of adapting under the trying, terrifying conditions of war.

During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Iraq plunged into a com

The defense debate tends to treat Afghanistan as either a revolution or a fluke: either the "Afghan Model" of special operations forces (SOF) plus precision mun