Strategic Studies Institute: 9 books
Al-Qaeda & Islamic State: History, Doctrine, Modus Operandi and U.S. Strategy to Degrade and Defeat Terrorism Conducted in the Name of Sunni Islam
Sunni Islamic Orthodoxy, Salafism, Wahhabism, Muslim Brotherhood, Base of the Jihad, Bin Laden, From the Islamic State to the Caliphate, Recommendations for U.S. Government
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Dr. Kamolnick's book is a meticulously documented investigation and comparison of the al-Qaeda and the Islamic State across three key strategically relevant dimensions: essential doctrine, beliefs, and worldview; strategic concept, including terrorist modus operandi; and in the final chapter, specific...
Russian Cyber Attack - Grizzly Steppe Report & The Rules of Cyber Warfare
Hacking Techniques Used to Interfere the U.S. Election and to Exploit Government & Private Sectors, Recommended Mitigation Strategies and International Cyber-Conflict Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Cyber attacks are a real threat to our country. This report presents the opposed views of USA and Russia on cyber security and gives insight into the activities of the Russian civilian and military intelligence Services (RIS) conducted during the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign. The Grizzly...
by Andrew Scobell, John M. Sanford, Daniel A. Pinkston
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
North Korea is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. Although it remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world's largest armed forces. Whether measured in terms of the total number of personnel in uniform, numbers of special...
The Rise of Russia - The Turning Point for Russian Foreign Policy
Russia's Military Interventions in Ukraine and Syria, Interference With the U.S. Presidential Elections, Engagement With Latin America & Interests in Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
This book gives a detailed and precise analysis of the rise of Russian foreign policy in this decade. Russia's military interventions in Ukraine from 2014, and Syria from 2015, caused widespread surprise among Western policy communities including the United States. However, these interventions represented...
International Conflicts in Cyberspace - Battlefield of the 21st Century
Cyber Attacks at State Level, Legislation of Cyber Conflicts, Opposite Views by Different Countries on Cyber Security Control & Report on the Latest Case of Russian Hacking of Government Sectors
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Conflict in cyberspace is not a new phenomenon, but the legality of hostile cyber activity at a state level remains imperfectly defined. While the United States and its allies are in general agreement on the legal status of conflict in cyberspace, China, Russia, and a number of like-minded nations...
What Should the U.S. Army Learn From History? - Determining the Strategy of the Future through Understanding the Past
Persisting Concerns and Threats, Parallels and Analogies With the Present Days (What Changes and What Does Not), Recommendations for the U.S. Army…
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This monograph examines the potential utility of history as a source of education and possible guidance for the U.S. Army. The author considers the worth in the claim that since history (more accurately termed the past) is all done and gone, it can have no value for today as we try to look forward....
by Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University of People's Liberation Army
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
The international strategic relations have been undergoing great turbulence, readjustment and reformation since the financial crisis in 2008. This round of transition is mainly driven by economic competition instead of wars. International competition, crises and collisions will ebb and flow and happen...
International Strategic Relations and China's National Security
World at the Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
The world was standing at the crossroads in 2015 as globalization propelled human beings into an increasingly integrated community of common destiny. In the meantime, the world witnessed the strategic competition among major powers. This annual publication offers views, opinions and predictions on...
by Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University of People's Liberation Army
China
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
In 2016, economic globalization suffered a severe crisis after over half a century of smooth development, and deglobalization was running mountains high. Not only did it trigger domestic political discord in major countries like the United States, Britain, France and Germany, but also led to international...