RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in U.S. defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future U.S. national security policy. Finally, it identified implications these conclusions have for military planners and policymakers as they prepare to deal with national security threats in the next decade.

Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Engineering & Transportation

Mueller, Karl P.

Engineering

RAND Corporation

History shows that an afflicted nation must itself defeat an insurgency politically and militarily, and the best way to help is to offer advice, training, and equipment.

Air Power in the New counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions

History

Grill, Beth

Rosenau, William

Vick, Alan J.

Grissom, Adam

Americas

A team of U.S. and international experts assesses the impact of various nations’ airpower efforts during the 2011 conflict in Libya, including NATO allies and non-NATO partners, and how their experiences offer guidance for future conflicts. In addition to the roles played by the United States, Britain and France, it examines the efforts of Italy, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Qatar, the UAE, and the Libyan rebels.

Precision and Purpose: Airpower in the Libyan Civil War

Africa

This report assesses historical cases of U.S. Air Force innovation or apparent failure to innovate: innovations in strategic reconnaissance, nuclear survivability, suppression of enemy air defenses, and precision strategic attack; and apparent failures to innovate in close air support after World War II, early efforts to defeat Soviet integrated air defenses, and airborne high-value targeting in the post–Cold War era.

Innovation in the United States Air Force: Evidence from Six Cases

Lee, Caitlin

Grissom, Adam R.

Military

Airpower played a pivotal role in the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State from 2014 to 2019. This report sheds light on debates about the impact of air operations and how airpower was applied. The authors find that airpower was essential, but it alone would not have been likely to defeat the militant group. Instead, the combination of airpower and partner-led ground forces was needed to destroy the Islamic State as a territorial entity.

The Air War Against The Islamic State: The Role of Airpower in Operation Inherent Resolve

Martini, Jeffrey

Pettyjohn, Stacie L.

Edenfield, Nathaniel

Haberman, Ryan

Zeman, Jalen

Wasser, Becca

Tarini, Gabrielle

Evans, Alexandra T.

Middle East

Alternative Futures Following a Great Power War: Volume 1, Scenarios, Findings, and Recommendations

Computers & Technology

Priebe, Miranda

Frederick, Bryan

Binnendijk, Anika

Clark, Asha

Pillion, Stephanie Anne

Cooper III, Cortez A.

Benkowski, James

Networking & Cloud Computing

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