The Army has new operational warfighting guidance. General Christopher LaNeve’s How the Army Fights organizes landpower ...

The United States is actively losing a war it barely acknowledges. Recognizing America’s overwhelming conventional military ...

The Modern War Institute2027 Call for FellowsDeterrence in the Indo-Pacific The Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point is pleased to invite applications for our Research Fellows Program. MWI ...

During my time in Ukraine I saw more than a country at war. I saw a defense innovation ecosystem in which the daily ...

We are not going to get involved militarily in any way on the Island of Formosa,” announced Secretary of State Dean Acheson ...

Israel’s renewed military presence in southern Lebanon puts an old military problem back in view: Where should a force establish bases? No matter the operational context—years-long counterinsurgency ...

Throughout the sanguine annals of military history, very few truths have endured. However, one comes close: Advances in offensive technology eventually demand corresponding innovations in defense.

Inside a bunker, a pilot operates a first-person-view drone, unable to see the aircraft directly. A navigator plots a grid and helps search a degraded video feed. Somewhere in the cluttered ...

General George S. Patton reminds us that a good plan, violently executed today is better than a perfect plan next week. Doctrine agrees. Field Manual 5-0, Planning and Orders Production clearly states ...

The US military is set to change how it selects general and flag officers. Going forward, it will incorporate a “Joint Warfighter Evaluation (JWE)” into the selection process. Each service will ...

A specter looms over the US Army: the threat of positional warfare. For four years, we have watched with growing concern as the Ukraine conflict—our clearest lens into future interstate combat—has ...

In this episode, Colonel Mike Rosol joins MWI’s Charlie Faint in the West Point Class of 1974 Recording Studio to reflect on a career spanning armored warfare, multiple deployments to Iraq and ...