Aug 17, 2025 · RAND research on military strategy has ranged from issues related to the tactics that lead to success in armed engagements, to work that describes how the size and deployment of one …

Mar 25, 2025 · However, risk management of strategic readiness is ultimately a civil-military dialogue balancing interests, threats, strategic objectives, and capabilities across time. Figure 3 depicts this …

A new approach to a military strategy for the nation. Kugler argues that the Regional Strategy, even if modified to reflect the priorities of the current administration, can endure only if the international …

As powerful as the United States is as a nation, its allies and partners around the world are critical elements of its national security strategy. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)’s own 2018 …

Mar 25, 2025 · The authors approached these questions by reviewing DoD's policies, strategic guidance documents, and risk and readiness assessments. They conducted a literature review of RAND, …

Jan 30, 2025 · In this report, the authors analyze China's current population dynamics to consider how demographic changes will affect the People's Liberation Army and China's broader society and to …

Mar 27, 2025 · Russia prioritizes the development and use of asymmetric capabilities, Russian intelligence, security, and military special services; private military companies and other irregular …

Military Trends The 2018 National Defense Strategy proclaims that the Department of Defense (DoD) is at a critical juncture.

Jan 9, 2025 · This brief summarizes ideas that have led to support for a U.S. grand strategy of restraint, which involves using diplomacy to settle differences, reducing forward presence, downgrading or …

All of these approaches begin with national-level strategic guidance: the National Security Strategy (NSS), the National Defense Strategy (NDS), and the National Military Strategy (NMS). At the …