The Future of War
We must begin to envisage and develop the next “interim” force to implement the requirements for change.
Frederick W. Kagan is a senior fellow and the director of the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He edits CTP’s and the Institute for the Study of War’s (ISW) daily updates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He and Kimberly Kagan, ISW’s founder and president, authored the report Ukraine and the Problem of Restoring Maneuver in Contemporary War, which explained how the war in Ukraine is transforming war-fighting in ways that will affect all future conflicts. Previously an associate professor of military history at West Point, he earned the Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest honor presented to civilians who do not work for the Department of Defense, for his volunteer service in Afghanistan. Dr. Kagan coauthored the report Defining Success in Afghanistan and is the author of the “Choosing Victory” report series, which recommended and monitored the US military surge in Iraq.
We must begin to envisage and develop the next “interim” force to implement the requirements for change.