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The articles fall within three categories: Iran, the Arab World,
and Afghanistan and Pakistan. Within each category, the topics
range from macro to micro. Some pieces are current and indeed
forward-looking while others deal with past events that continue to
have links to issues of strategic and tactical concern today. The
Review also informs readers of MES activities and of selected
engagements by MES staff during 2012 and 2013.
Since the September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon, the United States has been at war with Al-Qaida. Over the
past 10 years, counterterrorism efforts have disrupted its main
training facilities and eliminated much of the core leadership
structure, including the mastermind Usama Bin Ladin. Despite this,
Al-Qaida has proved resilient. While the core leadership has been
compromised, regional Al-Qaida offshoots and affiliated Islamist
terrorist groups have formed, developed, and become prominent in
their own right. To aid in examining and explaining Al-Qaida's
trajectory, the Minerva Initiative at Marine Corps University
hosted a conference in the spring of 2011, just days before Bin
Ladin's demise. The panels at this conference addressed diverse
issues such as Al-Qaida's overarching strategy; the degree of
control that central Al-Qaida leadership maintains over regional
franchises; and the strategies, tactics, successes, and failures in
each theater of operation. The resulting papers in Al-Qaida after
Ten Years of War contribute to the ongoing and ever-evolving net
assessment of Al-Qaida and its future prospects, and they help
inform the crafting of a war termination phase with Al-Qaida.
Since the September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon, the United States has been at war with Al-Qaida. Over the
past 10 years, counterterrorism efforts have disrupted its main
training facilities and eliminated much of the core leadership
structure, including the mastermind Usama Bin Ladin. Despite this,
Al-Qaida has proved resilient. While the core leadership has been
compromised, regional Al-Qaida offshoots and affiliated Islamist
terrorist groups have formed, developed, and become prominent in
their own right. To aid in examining and explaining Al-Qaida's
trajectory, the Minerva Initiative at Marine Corps University
hosted a conference in the spring of 2011, just days before Bin
Ladin's demise. The panels at this conference addressed diverse
issues such as Al-Qaida's overarching strategy; the degree of
control that central Al-Qaida leadership maintains over regional
franchises; and the strategies, tactics, successes, and failures in
each theater of operation. The resulting papers in Al-Qaida after
Ten Years of War contribute to the ongoing and ever-evolving net
assessment of Al-Qaida and its future prospects, and they help
inform the crafting of a war termination phase with Al-Qaida.
The study of leadership is broad, complex, and multidisciplinary in
nature. Aspects of Leadership brings together scholars from
different disciplines and practitioners from a broad variety of
backgrounds to address three key areas: Ethics, Law, and
Spirituality. The essays in this book are intended to inform
leaders, and the general public, about the challenges of ethical
decision making, the application of the law of war, and the
important role of spirituality. Aspects of Leadership will educate
readers and generate important questions that leaders should ask
themselves, encouraging them to reflect upon their pivotal roles in
these three areas.
The Marine Corps University symposium, "Counterinsurgency
Leadership in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond" held on September 23,
2009 at the National Press Club, Washington, DC explored ways to
improve counterinsurgency leadership, with particular attention to
the leaders of American, Afghan, and Iraqi forces.
The Symposium was sponsored by Marine Corps University and the
Marine Corps University Foundation.
The study of leadership is broad, complex, and multidisciplinary in
nature. Aspects of Leadership brings together scholars from
different disciplines and practitioners from a broad variety of
backgrounds to address three key areas: Ethics, Law, and
Spirituality. The essays in this book are intended to inform
leaders, and the general public, about the challenges of ethical
decision making, the application of the law of war, and the
important role of spirituality. Aspects of Leadership will educate
readers and generate important questions that leaders should ask
themselves, encouraging them to reflect upon their pivotal roles in
these three areas.
Full color publication. Includes maps and photographs.
Provides papers from a symposium that was held on September 1,
2010. Sponsors were the Marine Corps University, the Korea Economic
Institute, and the Marine Corps University Foundation. Presents the
opinions from experts on the subject matter from the policy,
military, and academic communities. Drawn from talks at a
conference in September 2010 at Marine Corps University, the papers
explore the enduring security challenges, the state of existing
political and military relationships, the economic implications of
unification, and the human rights concerns within North and South
Korea. They also reiterate the importance for the broader East Asia
region of peaceful resolution of the Korean issues.
Edited by Bruse E. Bechtol, Jr. Provides papers from a symposium
that was held on September 1, 2010. Sponsors were the Marine Corps
University, the Korea Economic Institute, and the Marine Corps
University Foundation.
Featuring 4 reports and 25 personal essays from diverse voices-both
straight and gay-representing U.S. Marine Corps, Army, Navy, and
Air Force veterans and service members, this anthology examines the
impact of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and its repeal on 20 September
2011 in order to benefit policy makers, historians, researchers,
and general readers. Topics include lessons from foreign
militaries, serving while openly gay, women at war, returning to
duty, marching forward after repeal, and support for the committed
same-sex partners and families of gay service members.
Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One: Maslow is Non-Deployable:
Modifying Maslow's Hierarchy for Contemporary Counterinsurgency;
Chapter Two: The Use of Cultural Studies in Military Operations: A
Model for Assessing Values-Based Differences; Chapter Three:
Developing the Iraqi Army: The Long Fight in the Long War; Chapter
Four: The Way Ahead: Reclaiming the Pashtun Tribes through
JointTribal Engagement; Chapter Five: The Application of Cultural
Military Education for 2025; Chapter Six: Operational Culture: Is
the Australian Army Driving the Train or Left Standing at the
Station ? Conclusions. Appendixes. Photos. Maps.
International symposium hosted by the Marine Corps University (MCU)
and the Marine Corps University Foundation to enhance the overall
understanding of Iran, exploring its internal dynamics, regional
perspectives, and extra-regional factors and examining its
near-term political and strategic options and their potential
impact on the course of action of the United States and the USMC.
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