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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
Attrition and the Will to Fight a Great Power WarA nation’s capability and will to fight are interdependent critical factors in determining military operational success in conflict. The possibility of a kinetic war, however ...
By Emma Moore
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
Rethinking How and Who to Recruit: Disrupting Talent ManagementThis is the written version of a speech delivered at the Royal United Services 2019 Land Warfare Conference in June 2019. In order to remain competitive in a new strategic env...
By Emma Moore
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
End harassment at VA hospitalsWhen I ran the VA’s Center for Women Veterans, one of my highest priorities was changing the culture throughout the organization to be more welcoming of women veterans, who ma...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital / Transatlantic Security
3 winners and 3 losers from a melting ArcticThe Arctic Ocean is projected to have its first ice-free summer by 2050.While most would justifiably consider this a tragic consequence of climate change, some countries and i...
By Brent Peabody
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
The Army may have hit this year's recruiting goal, but the service still has a long way to goA year after missing its recruitment goals for the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. Army announced on Sept. 17 that it will meet its target of 68,000 new soldiers fo...
By Emma Moore
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital
How to Make the U.S. Military Weak AgainNo-first-use, or the idea that the United States should not use nuclear weapons unless first attacked with them, has gained traction everywhere from the House Armed Services C...
By Brent Peabody
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
The U.S. Military is Not, and Can Never Be, Afghanistan’s PoliceIn 1829, the father of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, established “Peel’s Principles” to describe the role of police at large. Almost 200 years later, policing has changed ...
By COL Sarah Albrycht
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
Every Marine a Blue-Haired Quasi-Rifleperson?All the U.S. military services suffer a shortage of competent and experienced cyber talent. But with a tiny pool of eligible candidates willing to do work for the Department o...
By Emma Moore & Nina Kollars
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
TAP for Reservists Needs to ChangeThe VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 was touted as a major accomplishment to help reduce unemployment among military veterans. It expanded educati...
By Annie Kleiman
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
A Looming Retention CrisisSome of the most significant retention challenges the military faces are choices related to military families and how cultural shifts in family dynamics shape the decisions of...
By LtCol Colin Smith
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
Implementing new PT standards may hurt Army readiness. The service should learn from how US allies pulled it offAfter nearly two decades of grinding low-intensity conflict, the U.S. military is shifting to focus on near-peer competition — and tailoring its physical fitness requirements ...
By Emma Moore
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
The Necessary Impact of Captain Marvel on the Military"Captain Marvel" is behind the times for the military and for superheroes; and it is the movie we deserve. It tells us what we already knew: that women serve (admirably, succe...
By Emma Moore
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Podcast
Defense / National Security Human Capital
WOTR Podcast: Civil-Military Relations Gone Wild?Debates over civil-military relations have reached a fever pitch since the 2016 presidential campaign and the beginning of the Trump administration. Many have focused on the t...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Steven Foster, Alice Hunt Friend & Ryan Evans
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
Time for the U.S. to Learn Its Lessons from AfghanistanThe United States failed in Afghanistan. The only points of debate left for analysts and historians are by how much and who is to blame. With negotiations and withdrawal plans...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
VA continues to fail male victims of military sexual traumaThe problem of sexual harassment and assault in the United States military has been widely reported, often — though not always — framed as predominantly women’s issue. However...
By Kayla M. Williams
