Defense and the National Interest

A greatly expanded version (95 pp. / 2.5 MB PDF) is now available from our 4GW Manuals page.
Written by the 4GW Seminar at Quantico, this edition also includes Red Team games and potential solutions to problems.
As an aside, and perhaps someone with experience could comment, but after editing this manual, I feel like I’m gaining [...]

For the occasional visitor to DNI who isn’t also reading Fabius Maximus, I suggest a quick trip over to “The Last Opportunity for Effective Action Before Disaster Strikes.” As he points out, the government has tried at least 15 initiatives to contain the escalating financial crisis since it began in December 2006. You [...]

John has most kindly agreed to keynote the 2008 Boyd Conference, December 6 and 7, at the University of Prince Edward Island. As most visitors to this site are well aware, John is the author of the acclaimed book, Brave New War, which makes a compelling case for increasing resilience at the local level. [...]

By William S. Lind
September 30, 2008
One way to look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is to see them as one war with two fronts.  Germany fought two-front wars twice in the 20th century, and it was almost able to prevail because it had the advantage of interior lines.  The German Army could quickly [...]