North Korea Archives - International Center for Security and Leadership

Paper #38. What “Talk-Fight” Ideologues Understand About Warfare: All-Domain, All-Effects in the Information Environment.

April 19, 2021
Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
Leadership, Security, Strategy
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Prevailing in an operational environment does not matter if one loses in the information environment. Vietnam Workers Party nationalists understood this. Taliban religious fundamentalists understand this. Why do we not, and what to do about it?

Paper #34. Cyber Security-Resilience: Compliance & Competitiveness in the Information Environment

November 22, 2020
Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
Commercial, Cyber, Security, Strategy
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Manipulating information over cyber networks has become a societal weapon of choice. Compared to traditional military, diplomatic and economic instruments of state power, cyber information power has competitive advantages.

Note #18. a Veterans Day Sequel to “Planning-to-Win”

November 11, 2020
Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
Security, Strategy
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Plan with a winning strategy. Follow through with activities to bring about superior effects. Anticipate what competitors will do. Reimagine and repeat.

Paper #8. How to Integrate National Defense & Security Strategies: A Detailed Analysis

August 16, 2019
Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
Americas, Commercial, Leadership, Security, Strategy
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As a detailed follow-on to The US National Security Strategy Needs Combined Effects, this paper integrates combined effects with the US National Defense Strategy (NDS), too.

Note #3. North Korean Missile Firings-Time for Smart Pressure

May 9, 2019
Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D., Brig Gen USAF ret.
Asia-Pacific, Strategy
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Pyongyang’s firing off of two more short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, and the seizure of the Wise Honest vessel, beg a strategic question.