An Introduction to Theater Strategy and Regional Security
Lt. Col. Clarence J. Bouchat. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, 16 August 2007.

2007 Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
Edited by Antulio J. Echevarria, II. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, 18 July 2007.

Strategic Competition and Resistance in the 21st Century: Irregular, Catastrophic, Traditional, and Hybrid Challenges in Context
LTC Nathan P. Freier. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, 24 May 2007.

The U.S. Military's Growing Role in Foreign Policy
Gordon Adams. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 02 April 2007.

Extremism, Terror and the Future of Conflict
Michael J. Mazarr. Policy Review, 09 September 2006. Posted on the Open Sources Info website.

U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Policy and Strategy
J. Boone Bartholomees, Jr. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, June 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Addicted to Oil: Strategic Implications of American Oil Policy
Thomas D. Kraemer. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, May 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Shaping the Choices of Countries at Strategic Cross-roads
Adam Ward. International Institute for Strategic Studies, 16 March 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Irregular Enemies and the Essence of Strategy:  Can the American Way of War Adapt?
Colin S. Gray. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, March 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Net Assessment: A Practical Guide
Paul Bracken. Parameters, Spring 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Pentagon Hones Its Strategy on Terrorism
Thom Shanker. The New York Times, 05 February 2006.

Strategic Theory for the 21st Century:  The little book on big strategy
Harry R Yarger. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, February 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Strategy, Security and War in Iraq: The United States and the Gulf in the 21st Century
James A. Russell. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, July 2005 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
edited by Antulio J. Echevarria, II. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, July 2005 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

American Grand Strategy After 9/11: An Assessment
Stephen D. Biddle. Army War College, April 2005. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (printable .pdf file).

Dissuasion and Allies
David Yost. Strategic Insights, February 2005.

National Military Strategy
Jeff Hesterman. presentation to the Precision Strike Association, January 2005. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (large PowerPoint file).

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: Reconceputalizing Threat and Response
Steven Metz and Raymond A. Millen. Army War College, November 2004. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (printable .pdf file).

Dissuasion in U.S. Defense Strategy
Workshop hosted by Center for Contemporary Conflict, 22 September 2004.

Global Networks: Emerging Constraints on Strategy
Bob Fonow. Defense Horizons #43, July 2004. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (printable .pdf file).

United States Nuclear Strategy in the 21st Century
James A. Russell and James J. Wirtz. Contemporary Security Policy, April 2004 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Why a World State is Inevitable
Alexander Wendt. European Journal of International Relations, 9:4, December 2003 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Prophets or Praetorians? The Uptonian Paradox and the Powell Corollary
Robert M. Cassidy. Parameters, Autumn 2003 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Chairmen Joint Chiefs of Staff's Leadership Using the Joint Strategic Planning System in the 1990s:  Recommendations for Strategic Leaders
Richard M. Meinhart. Carlisle, PA: Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, June 2003 (.pdf file).

The Evolution of Strategic Influence
Susan L. Gough. U.S. Army War College, 7 April 2003 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

U.S. Policy on Preventive War and Preemption
James J. Wirtz and James A. Russell. Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate School The Nonproliferation Review, Spring 2003 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy
edited by Lynn E. Davis and Jeremy Shapiro. RAND corp., 2003 (printable .pdf files).

In Search of U.S. Grand Strategy:  National Security Strategy since Goldwater-Nichols
Matthew Baldwin. Duke University, 2003 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

War is Politics:  Offensive Realism, Domestic Politics, and Security Strategies
Steven E. Lobell. Security Studies, 12:2, pp.165-95, Winter 2002/3 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

U.S. National Security Policy:  In Search of Balance
Carl Kaysen, John D. Steinbruner, and Martin B. Malin. in War with Iraq:  Costs,Consequences,and Alternatives, Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, December 2002 (.pdf file).

The 'Core' And The 'Gap': Defining rules in a dangerous world
Thomas P.M. Barnett. Providence Journal-Bulletin (07 November 2002). Posted on ThomasPMBarnett.com.

The End of the West
Charles A. Kupchan. The Atlantic Monthly, November 2002. Posted on the Council on Foreign Relations Website.

Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare:  Implications for Army and Defense Policy
Stephen Biddle. Carlisle, PA: Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, November 2002 (.pdf file).

National Interests:  Grand Purposes or Catchphrases?
James F. Miskel. Naval War College Review, Autumn 2002.

Thinking Out of the Box:  Reading Military Texts from a Different Perspective
Phillip J. Ridderhof. Naval War College Review, Autumn 2002.

Transforming US Overseas Military Presence:  Evidence and Options for DoD
James Thomason, et al. Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses, July 2002 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

The Pentagon's New Budget, New Strategy, and New War
Cambridge, MA: Commonwealth Institute Project on Defense Alternatives, 25 June 2002.

Empty Promises:  Why the Bush Administration's Half-Hearted Attempts at Defense Reform Have Failed
David Isenberg and Ivan Eland. Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 11 June 2002.

Goldwater-Nichols:  Fighting the Decisive Battle
James R. Locher III. Joint Force Quarterly, Summer 2002 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Defining and Achieving Decisive Victory
Colin S. Gray. Carlisle, PA: Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, April 2002 (.pdf file).

Offshore Balancing Revisited
Christopher Layne. Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

American Primacy:  Its Prospects and Pitfalls
Stephen M. Walt. Naval War College Review, Spring 2002 (.pdf file). Posted on the Kennedy School of Government Website.

Naval Power for a New American Century
Roger W. Barnett. Naval War College Review, Winter 2002.

Beyond bin Laden:  Reshaping U.S.Foreign Policy
Stephen M. Walt. International Security, Winter 2001-02 (.pdf file). Posted on the Kennedy School of Government Website.

The Trouble with Strategy:  Bridging Policy and Operations
Richard K. Betts. Joint Force Quarterly, Autumn/Winter 2001-02 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Terrorism:  Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2001
Kenneth Katzman. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 10 September 2001, (.pdf file).
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
Cambridge, MA: Commonwealth Institute, The Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) Debate Page.

Future Warfare Anthology
Robert H. Scales, Jr. Carlisle, PA: Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, June 2001.

The Emerging Nuclear Posture
William M. Arkin. washingtonpost.com, 30 June 2001.

Re-evaluating the 2 Major Theater War Strategy.
Michele A. Flournoy. Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic & International Studies, 20 June 2001.

The Bush Administration's Call for Defense Transformation:  A Congressional Guide (highlight)
Andrew Krepinevich. Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis, 16 June 2001.

Navy Network-Centric Warfare Concept:  Key Programs and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 6 June 2001, (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

The Matrix of Deterrence:  U.S. Strategic Command Force Structure Studies
Hans M. Kristensen. Berkley, CA: The Nautilus Institute, May 2001.

Technological Sources of War and Peace:  Why Structural Change Ended the Cold War Peacefully
Robert A. Pape. Summary of seminar presentation at the Security Studies Program at M.I.T., 11 April 2001.

Assuring Access and Projecting Power
Owen R. Cote, Jr. Cambridge, MA: MIT Security Studies Program, April 2001.

Political Control Over the Use of Force:  A Clausewitzian Perspective
Suzanne C. Nielsen. Carlisle, PA: US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, April 2001.

Revising the Two-Major Theater War Standard
Hans Binnendijk and Richard L. Kugler. Washington, DC: National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies, April 2001.

Training Superiority and Training Surprise
Ralph Chatham and Joe Braddock, co-chairs. Defense Science Board Task Force, January 2001(.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

The Beginning of History:
Remembering and Forgetting as Strategic Issues
Gerrit W. Gong. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2001 (.pdf file).

The myth of the reactive public:
American public attitudes on military fatalities in the post-Cold War period
Steven Kull and Clay Ramsay. College Park, MD: Program on International Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland, March 2001. (.pdf file)

Leadership and Strategy
Carnes Lord. Naval War College Review, Winter 2001.

Preparing the U.S. Army for Homeland Security:
Concepts, Issues, and Options
Eric V. Larson and John E. Peters. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2001.

NATO Enlargement, 2000-2015:
Determinants and Implications for Defense Planning and Shaping
Thomas S. Szayna. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2001.

U.S. Army War College Guide to Strategy
edited by Joseph R. Cerami and James F. Holcomb. U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, 2001 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Transformation and the Illusion of Change
Douglas A. Macgregor. National Security Studies Quarterly (Autumn 2000) (.pdf file).
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Failed States and Casualty Phobia:
Implications for Force Structure and Technology Choices
Jeffrey Record. Occassional Paper No. 18. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Center for Strategy and Technology, September 2000.

Strategic Implications of the Expeditionary Aerospace Force
Donald G. Cook, Robert Allardice, and Raymond D. Michael Jr. Aerospace Power Journal, Winter 2000.

Strategic Knowledgecraft:
Operational Art for the 21st Century
Roc A. Meyers. Cambridge, MA: Center for Information Policy Research, Harvard University, September 2000 (.pdf file).

USAF Aerospace-Power Doctrine:
Decisive or Coercive?
Paul C. Strickland. Aerospace Power Journal, Fall 2000.

The Global Role of the US and Implications for the PRC:
A Dialogue Between the New Generation of International Relations' Analysts in the PRC and the US
Andrew Krepinevich. Seattle, WA: Emerging from Conflict Conference, 21-23 June 2000.

Comparative Approaches to Interwar Innovation
Williamson Murray. Joint Force Quarterly, Summer 2000 (.pdf file).

Building and Commanding Expeditionary Units:
Lessons from Kosovo
Roger A. Brady. Aerospace Power Journal, Spring 2000.

An Inherent Lesson in Arms Control
Stephen Cambone. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2000 (.pdf file).

Military Experimentation -- Time To Get Serious
Andrew Krepinevich. Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 31 March 2000.

The Asia-Pacific in the U.S. National Security Calculus for a New Millennium
Andrew Scobell and Larry M Wortzel. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, March 2000 (.pdf file).

The Worldwide Threat in 2000:
Global Realities of Our National Security
George J. Tenet. Statement by the Director of Central Intelligence before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 3 February 2000.

Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age
Ashley J Tellis, Janice Bially, Christopher Layne, and Melissa McPherson. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2000 (.pdf files).

Lightning Over Water:
Assessing Options for Future Light Forces
Santa Monica, CA: Rearch Brief, RAND Corporation, 2000.

The Growing Imperative to Adopt "Flexibility" as an American Principle of War
Robert S. Frost. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 15 October 1999 (.pdf file).

Fusing Airpower and Land Power in the Twenty-First Century:
Insights from the Army after Next
Antulio J. Echevarria. Aerospace Power Journal, Fall 1999.

Why Strategy is Difficult
Colin S. Gray. Joint Force Quarterly, Summer 1999 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Strategic Appraisal:
The Changing Role of Information in Warfare
Zalmay Khalilzad, John P. White, and Andrew W. Marshall. Santa Monica CA: RAND Corporation, 1999.

The Creeping Irrelevance of U.S. Force Planning
Jeffrey Record. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 19 May 1998 (.pdf file).

World View:
The 1998 Strategic Assessment from the Strategic Studies Institute
Earl H. Tilford, Jr., ed. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 26 February 1998 (.pdf file).

Capturing the Essential Factors in Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force Sizing and Mix
David Vaughan, et al. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation Project Air Force Documented Briefing, 1998 (.pdf file).

A Tool for Evaluating Force Modernization Options
Timothy M. Bonds, et al. Santa Monica CA: RAND Corporation, 1998 (.pdf file).

Changes Ahead:
Future Directions for the U.S. Overseas Military Presence
Richard L. Kugler. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1998 (.pdf file).

Keeping the Strategic Flame
Carl H. Builder. Joint Force Quarterly, Winter 1996-97 (.pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

The National Security Strategy:
Documenting Strategic Vision
Don M. Snider. Carlisle, PA: Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, 15 March 1995.

Redefining Land Power for the 21st Century
William T. Johnson. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 12 March 1996 (.pdf file).