Parameters articles

Recent articles from Parameters

In this issue ...(From the Editor)
December 22, 2008... As we usher in a new year we begin a new era in America's defense and policy arenas. With the seating of President Obama and his administration the American people are certain to witness change in the manner in which their nation's leadership directs the military's role in national defense....

Preserving infrastructure: a 21st Century challenge.
December 22, 2008... As the United States marked the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), one of the most urgent tasks remained the continued protection of the nation's critical infrastructure. Since its principal function...

The 21st Century security environment and the future of war.
December 22, 2008... Some commentators and observers of international affairs--including the author--claim to have a unified theory of strategy, a unified theory of war, and a cunningly connected meta-narrative for the twenty-first century, indeed for all of history. They exult in being reductionists (in the good...

Crafting strategy in an age of transition.
December 22, 2008... The United States is at a transition point nearly unparalleled in its history. Years of war abroad have severely strained America's military, and the ongoing economic crisis will force ever-greater constraints on all forms of discretionary spending. Rising regional powers, energy scarcity,...

COIN in the real world.
December 22, 2008... The nations most likely to be affected by insurgencies, those without extensive resources, refined organization, or a responsible political environment, need a more realistic counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy than that articulated in classic and contemporary counterinsurgency theory. The...