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Rethinking the Principles of War
By Rear Admiral John G. Morgan, USN, Dr. Anthony D. Mc Ivor, and the Secretary of the Navy's Action Team Copyrighted by the U.S. Naval Institute; reprinted from October 2003 Proceedings with permission.

Rethinking the Principles of War: The Future of Warfare An anthology intended as a useful tool for students of war and general readers alike, will be published in late September, 2005 by the US Naval Institute

Pentagon Kicks Off Effort To Re-Examine The Basic Principles Of War
July 1, 2004 by Keith Costa, copyrighted by Inside Washington Publishers and posted with permission. Inside the Pentagon is available by subscription at www.InsideDefense.com

The Joint Operational Environment—Into the Future Joint Forces Command, Draft White Paper January 2005 examines critical trends and issues
influencing the operational environment and threats of the future.

  • to identify potential implications for USJFCOM training, experimentation, and doctrinal development communities
  • to establish a framework for thinking about threat capabilities and environmental influences on modern conflict
  • to identify points of reference necessary for guiding the capabilities-based model for force development.

Articles, Speeches, Interviews, & Briefings from Series Speakers

Admiral Sir Ian Forbes

  • The Transformation of NATO Transcript of 25 May 2004 Oslo speech
  • Interview with the Summer 2003 NATO Review:
  • Minding the Gap March/April 2004 in Foreign Policy "The biggest obstacle to transforming NATO’s military is not technology or money—it’s psychology."

George Friedman

  • Multi-Modal, Multi-Level Conflict: The Permanent Paradigm Presentation at 72nd MORS Symposium.   "Planners must abandon simplistic models of future war. Since they cannot prepare for everything, they must prepare for anything." See: http://www.stratfor.com/

Dr. Mike Vlahos


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