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Tag: CivMil

Post-CHAOS Homework on Civil-Military Relations

February 22, 2019
Loren DeJonge Schulman
Post-CHAOS Homework on Civil-Military Relations

Technology and Future War Will Test U.S. Civil-Military Relations

November 26, 2018
Risa Brooks
Technology and Future War Will Test U.S. Civil-Military Relations

McRaven’s Message, Leadership, and the Profession of Arms

August 27, 2018
Carrie Lee
McRaven’s Message, Leadership, and the Profession of Arms

Danger Close: Military Politicization and Elite Credibility    

August 21, 2018
Michael A. Robinson
Danger Close: Military Politicization and Elite Credibility    

McRaven’s Rousing Protest: Are Civil-Military and Democratic Norms in Tension?

August 18, 2018
Kori Schake
McRaven’s Rousing Protest: Are Civil-Military and Democratic Norms in Tension?

Brazil’s Simmering Democratic Demise

July 4, 2018
Katie Hillegass
Brazil’s Simmering Democratic Demise

Just Say No? Military Dissent From Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to the Trump Era

May 3, 2018
Rosa Brooks
Just Say No? Military Dissent From Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to the Trump Era

Looking Beyond the Generals in the Room: The Real Cause of America’s Civil-Military Malaise

March 29, 2018
Raphael S. Cohen
Looking Beyond the Generals in the Room: The Real Cause of America’s Civil-Military Malaise

The Precarious State of Civil-Military Relations in the Age of Trump

March 28, 2018
Lindsey P. Cohn
The Precarious State of Civil-Military Relations in the Age of Trump

Clausewitz as The Last Jedi? Culminating Points of Victory, Civil-Military Relations, and Strategy in Star Wars

December 25, 2017
Theo Milonopoulos
Clausewitz as The Last Jedi? Culminating Points of Victory, Civil-Military Relations, and Strategy in Star Wars

Why No General Should Serve as White House Chief of Staff

September 12, 2017
David Barno and Nora Bensahel
Why No General Should Serve as White House Chief of Staff

Maj. Smith Goes to Washington: In Defense of Citizen-Soldiers in Congress

June 8, 2017
John Amble
Maj. Smith Goes to Washington: In Defense of Citizen-Soldiers in Congress

An Honorable Man at the Heart of Civil-Military Turmoil

May 22, 2017
Kori Schake
An Honorable Man at the Heart of Civil-Military Turmoil

Dereliction of Duty Reconsidered: The Book that Made the National Security Advisor

March 28, 2017
Kori Schake
Dereliction of Duty Reconsidered: The Book that Made the National Security Advisor

The Mike Flynn Problem is Actually a Profession of Arms Problem

March 16, 2017
ML Cavanaugh
The Mike Flynn Problem is Actually a Profession of Arms Problem

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