Author Archives: Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

February 13, 2003Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

The U.S. Army Meets Star Wars Issue Brief The United States Army is preparing to propel itself forward on beams of energy into a new realm of warfare. Already, the Army has made great strides in bringing directed energy weapons to the battlefield. The Army, in [Read More...]

February 1, 2003Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

Directed-Energy Weapons: Technologies, Applications and Implications Research Study After decades of research and development, directed-energy weapons are becoming an operational reality. Such weapons generate streams of electromagnetic energy that can be precisely aimed over long distances to disable or destroy targets. Two types of devices are [Read More...]

January 10, 2003Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

Renaming The Stryker Issue Brief Remember the legend of the Phoenix, the mythical creature that is consumed on its own funeral pyre only to be born anew and rise again from the ashes? A new Phoenix has arisen in the Bush Administration’s Fiscal [Read More...]

October 21, 2002Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

Stryker Drives to the Future: Opponents Fail to Grasp New Strategic Challenges Article published in Defense News A new century requires a new military. This is what the transformation of the U.S. Army is about. Within a few decades, the U.S. Army will be almost unrecognizable. The key first step in this [Read More...]

October 1, 2002Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

Strategic Nuclear Forces in U.S. National Security in the 21st Century Research Study The end of the Cold War brought with it a reduction in the size of strategic nuclear arsenals but not a diminution in the importance of nuclear forces in U.S. national security. The balance of terror has been [Read More...]

January 30, 2002Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

The War in Afghanistan: The Importance of Ground Power Issue Brief Even relatively small conflicts can provide lessons for the future development of the U.S. military. The war in Afghanistan is no exception. Although only four months old, this war has verified some long-standing truths about the conduct of [Read More...]

December 6, 2001Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

Homeland Defense: Back to the Future for the U.S. Air Force Issue Brief Since the invention of the airplane, a mission of air forces worldwide has been the protection of the homeland against air attack. During the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force invested heavily in defense of the North American [Read More...]

September 30, 2001Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

The Script of War Article Published in The San Diego Union-Tribune President Bush has said that this will be a war like no other in U.S. history. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has said it will not involve massive airstrikes and the maneuvers of [Read More...]

July 11, 2001Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

Comanche: One Means of Assuring America’s Margin of Safety Issue Brief According to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the Department of Defense will pursue strategic and force planning “to assure that the U.S. invests in the force for the future to assure that we have the necessary margin of [Read More...]

May 16, 2001Daniel Gouré, Ph.D.

Land Warfare: Heavy Metal Has a Future Issue Brief Defense intellectuals have a way of making everything sound too complicated. Consider the notion of “asymmetric” threats. The term came into vogue in the mid-1990’s to describe aggressors who compete in niche areas such as chemical weapons or [Read More...]