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Stick & Rudder #5. A Basic Strategy Toward China: Rules-based Competition that Cooperates & Confronts

June 26, 2020
Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
Asia-Pacific, Commercial, Security, Strategy
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Competing effectively with the authoritarian regime in Beijing requires a superior blend of cooperation and confrontation.

Stick & Rudder #4. A Basic US Strategy Toward Russia: more than Deter & Defend

June 4, 2020
Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
Americas, Eurasia, Security, Strategy
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If strategy means anything, it should have definition and purpose. US strategy toward the current Russia regime, and just about any competitor, continues to be described simplistically as deter and defend.

Paper # 7. Intelligence Analytic Insufficiency: Fixing the Cognitive Problem

August 1, 2019
Michael D. Phillips, Col USAF ret.
Americas, Leadership, Security, Strategy
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In response to chronic shortcomings, the President, Congress, and senior leaders of our intelligence agencies and service components demand original, prescient and accurate analyses.