October 06, 2016
American Strategy and the Six Phases of Grief
From Chinese expansion in the South China Sea, to Russian aggression in the Ukraine, to Iranian activities across the Middle East, many of the U.S. military’s toughest challenges today are not “war” as we traditionally define it. They aren’t peace either. They lie in a “gray zone,” as many have called these situations, somewhere in between.
To read the full op-ed, visit the War on the Rocks website.
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