modern warfare
Executive Seminar: Conflict Beyond Evolving Warfare
From 31 January to 11 February 2022, the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA Center) hosted a virtual Executive Seminar on “Conflict Beyond Evolving Warfare.” Course Director NESA Center Associate Professor David Des Roches welcomed the group and started the seminar,...
German Higher Officer’s Seminar
On 1 March 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted a German Higher Officer’s Seminar in Washington D.C. This seminar continues the proud tradition of hosting Washington Study visits of the German Staff Officer’s Course, the German War Course, and the Higher...
The War for the Soul of Military Thought: Futurists, Traditionalists, Institutionalists and Conflict Realists
On 17 March 2023, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) published the article "The War for the Soul of Military Thought: Futurists, Traditionalists, Institutionalists and Conflict Realists" by LTC Amos C. Fox, U.S. Army. The publication discusses the four primary schools of thought...
Women’s secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan
"Women’s secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan" is an eye-opening account published on 22 May 2023 in The Conversation US that delves into the untold narrative of the U.S. military's deployment of female soldiers on...
Russia’s military is less than meets the eye
On 24 May 2023, The Hill published the article "Russia’s military is less than meets the eye" by Ilan Berman, who is the senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C. and a regular speaker for NESA Center programs. "For many years now, officials in Moscow...