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Arms Control and European Security (Enlarged Edition)

By: Stephen J. Blank Investigation,Louis H. Jordan, Jr.,Strategic Studies Institute

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Arms Control and European Security (Enlarged Edition)

By: Stephen J. Blank Investigation,Louis H. Jordan, Jr.,Strategic Studies Institute

The following three papers comprise one of the panels form a conference on U.S.-Russia relations that SSI co-sponsored with the Carnegie Council at Pocantico, NY, from June 1-3, 2011, Carnegie Council's Program on "U.S. Global Engagement: A Two-Year Retrospective." The papers offer three contrasting looks at one of the major issues in today's arms control agenda, namely the future of the Conventional forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). The three papers are by leading experts in the field from the United States, United Kingdom, and Russia and provide a revealing glimpse into the very different assessments that are being made by those three governments and the difficult issues involved in attempting to regenerate the process that led to the original treaty in 1990. They also implicitly contribute to a better understanding of the intractabilities facing the major players in any effort to advance not only arms control but also European stability.

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1304052591

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Arms for Uncertainty

Nuclear Weapons in US and Russian Security Policy

By: Stephen J. Cimbala

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Nuclear Weapons in US and Russian Security Policy

By: Stephen J. Cimbala

Nuclear weapons are here to stay. They have survived into the twenty-first century as instruments of influence for the US, Russia, and other major military powers. But, unlike the Cold War era, future nuclear forces will be developed and deployed within a digital-driven world of enhanced conventional weapons. As such, established nuclear powers will have smaller numbers of nuclear weapons for the purpose of deterrence working in parallel with smarter conventional weapons and elite military personnel. The challenge is to agree proportional reductions in nuclear inventories or abstinence requiring an effective nonproliferation regime to contain aspiring or threshold nuclear weapons states. This is the most comprehensive view of nuclear weapons policy and strategy currently available. The author’s division of the nuclear issue into the three ages is a never seen before analytical construct. With President Obama reelected, the reduction and even elimination of nuclear weapons will now rise to the top of the agenda once more. Moreover, given the likelihood of reductions in US defense spending, the subject of the triad, which is covered in Chapter One, will no doubt be an important subject of debate, as will the issue of missile defense, covered in Chapter 10. This book provides an excellent analysis of the spread of nuclear weapons in Asia and the Middle East and the potential dangers of a North Korean or Iranian breakout, subjects that dominate current policy debates.

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Routledge

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1317178505

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Perspectives on Russian Foreign Policy (Enlarged Edition)

By: Stephen J. Blank,Strategic Studies Institute,U.S. Army War College

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Perspectives on Russian Foreign Policy (Enlarged Edition)

By: Stephen J. Blank,Strategic Studies Institute,U.S. Army War College

The essays gathered here represent a panel at SSI's annual Russia conference in 2011. They focus on the analysis of Russian foreign policy both on its material side or actual conduct as well as on the cognitive bases of Russian thinking about international affairs and Russian national security. They span much of the gamut of that foreign policy and also show its strong linkages to the Russian historical tradition and to the imperatives of Russian domestic development.

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1304056570

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9781304056573

Operational And Strategic Lessons Of The War In Afghanistan, 1979-1990

By: Dr Stephen J. Blank

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Operational And Strategic Lessons Of The War In Afghanistan, 1979-1990

By: Dr Stephen J. Blank

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan at the end of 1979 was, in many respects, a milestone in Soviet history. On the one hand it represented the high-water mark of Soviet intervention in Third World states and thus served as the archetypical example and justification for the intensification of the cold war in the early 1980s. On the other hand, the ultimate defeat and poor performance by this military in Afghanistan was one of the key forces that triggered the drive for a comprehensive reform of the entire Soviet national security system and its decision-making structures. Thus this war had profound domestic and foreign repercussions. This analysis focuses on the purely operational and strategic lessons of the war. It insists that lessons of these kinds were present and that they offer significant insights both for such wars in general and for the course of Soviet military developments in the 1980s and 1990s. These lessons also offer important clues concerning the reforms required in order to preserve democratic civilian control over the military. It should also alert analysts everywhere as to the nature of local wars in the Third World in the 1990s, a phenomenon that shows little sign of abating. Though in many ways like all wars, this war was unique; it was not merely a series of random tactical exercises that were ultimately futile. Rather, like all wars, it shows us something of the shape of our present and future, if we are only insightful enough to understand it correctly.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1782896635

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Turkey's Strategic Position at the Crossroads of World Affairs

By: Stephen J. Blank,William T. Johnsen,Stephen C. Pelletiere

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Turkey's Strategic Position at the Crossroads of World Affairs

By: Stephen J. Blank,William T. Johnsen,Stephen C. Pelletiere

By virtue of its strategic location at the intersection of Europe and Asia, Turkey plays a pivotal role in the post-cold war system of states. It lies, one could say, at the epicenter of a series of conflicts, real and potential, in both continents. It also has enjoyed noticeable growth in both economic prosperity and democracy since 1980. And because Turkey has been, and remains, a faithful U.S. ally, Washington has called upon it to play a role in the Balkans, Near East, and former Soviet empire commensurate with its new-found political and economic development. "This report analyzes the implications of Turkey's policies and the reactions of Turkey's neighbors in three discrete chapters. The authors focus their conclusions and options for U.S. policymakers on the effect of Turkish policies in Europe, the Middle East, and the former Soviet republics The final chapter summarizes their conclusions with respect to the three regions that are so important in the search for peace and stability in these regions. "John W. MountcastleColonel, United States ArmyDirector, Strategic Studies Institute

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The Minerva Group, Inc.

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0898758904

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9780898758900

Afghanistan And Beyond: Reflections On The Future Of Warfare

By: Dr Stephen J. Blank

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Afghanistan And Beyond: Reflections On The Future Of Warfare

By: Dr Stephen J. Blank

Many military analysts believe or fear that the wars of the 1990s will be akin to the wars in the former Yugoslavia: small-scale but long-lasting and recurrent ethnic wars that also elude easy international resolution. There are consequently well-founded concerns about prospects for deployment of U.S. forces there in a unilateral or U.N. capacity. Some of the lessons of this kind of war were already apparent in the wars of the 1980s. They were known then as low-intensity conflicts and now as operations other than, or short of, war. This report focuses mainly on lessons from one of the most crucial of these wars, i.e., in Afghanistan as a result of the Soviet invasion in 1979, and attempts to draw lessons that are relevant for current wars, like those in Yugoslavia or the ex-Soviet Union. The purpose is to stimulate analysis and reflection on the strategic and operational, if not also tactical nature of these wars by both analysts and policymakers so that all interested groups can more easily come to terms with a form of warfare that promises to be both deeply destructive and deeply rooted in longstanding political and social antagonisms that cannot be easily or quickly resolved. Naturally some of the lessons drawn from Afghanistan and other wars may either only apply to Russian and Soviet forces or conversely may apply to war in general. But our primary intention is to make a contribution to the study of future wars particularly of the ethnic and small-scale type that promise to continue in many parts of the globe lest we devise better ways for averting and then resolving them.

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Book's by Stephen J. Blank Investigation

Arms Control and European Security (Enlarged Edition)

Arms Control and European Security (Enlarged Edition)

Arms for Uncertainty

Arms for Uncertainty

Perspectives on Russian Foreign Policy (Enlarged Edition)

Perspectives on Russian Foreign Policy (Enlarged Edition)

Operational And Strategic Lessons Of The War In Afghanistan, 1979-1990

Operational And Strategic Lessons Of The War In Afghanistan, 1979-1990

Turkey's Strategic Position at the Crossroads of World Affairs

Turkey's Strategic Position at the Crossroads of World Affairs

Afghanistan And Beyond: Reflections On The Future Of Warfare

Afghanistan And Beyond: Reflections On The Future Of Warfare

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