CIAO DATE: 04/2013
Volume: 0, Issue: 23
Fall/Winter 2012
Editor's Note
Ilan Berman
Preparing Special Operations Forces for the Future
Adm. William H. McRaven
How America's elite warriors are adapting to new battlefields and new challenges.
Toward an Integrated Joint Force
General Norton Schwartz, USAF (ret.)
Today's complex global security environment requires a new kind of jointness.
The Triad's Uncertain Future
Mark B. Schneider
Strategic cuts and disarmament efforts have put American nuclear primacy in peril.
Ceding the Next Battlefield
Eric R. Sterner
Space is increasingly critical to our security and prosperity. Yet America still needs a strategy to compete there.
Getting Serious About Cyberwarfare
Frank J. Cilluffo, J. Richard Knop
When it comes to cybersecurity, the United States is still at the starting line. It shouldn't be.
Misreading the Muslim World
Jeffrey Gedmin
Waging the battle of ideas requires an understanding of culture and an appreciation of values. Both are currently missing in U.S. outreach.
Cold War Nuclear Redux
Jamie M. Fly, Evan D. Moore
President Obama has reverted to old thinking about arms control and nuclear security.
Cruise Control in the War on Terror
Thomas Joscelyn
Tactical successes and strategic failures typify the White House's approach to counterterrorism.
The Sorry State of U.S. Economic Statecraft
Andrew K. Davenport
Currently, America isn't seriously using economic warfare against our enemies. Here's how we can.
A False Start With Russia
Herman Pirchner, Jr.
Obama's vaunted "reset" with Russia rests on exceedingly shaky foundations.
Reading China Wrong
Michael Pillsbury
The misguided objective of "building trust" continues to warp Washington's policy toward Beijing.
Obama's European Failure
Luke Coffey
How the current Administration has abandoned its Continental allies-and why that's a mistake.
The Cost of Misunderstanding Iran
Ilan Berman
The Obama administration's Iran policy is driven by dangerous misconceptions about the nature of the regime in Tehran.
America's Shifting Defense Priorities
An interview with Dr. William Schneider, Jr.
CHILE: Iran's Latin American Adventure
Ivan Witker
TURKEY: Anatomy of a Power Struggle
Claire Berlinski
PAKISTAN: The Real Crisis in Pakistan-U.S. Relations
Sohail Mahmood
How Israel Thinks About Iran
Kenneth Katzman
From Yaakov Katz and Yoaz Hendel, an inside look at the coming conflict between Tehran and Jerusalem.
World Upside Down
Elan Journo
Peter Berkowitz explains how international law is being wielded as a weapon against Israel.
A Spy's World
Malcolm Forbes
An elite peek into the post-9/11 counterterrorism effort, coutesy of Henry Crumpton.
The Interpreter
Winfield Myers
Bernard Lewis looks back at his lifelong love affair with the Muslim World.