Carl von Clausewitz is known today as the West’s most influential military thinker. His seminal treatise On War lies at the heart of modern military doctrine. One recent article even compared its ...

Okay, I exaggerate. Nichols and Schwandt aren’t quite Shakespearean heirs to the Southampton rebellion, but I disagree with their call to limit/end military instruction on the theories of Carl Von ...

In the Ukraine war, one reality is most troubling. That is the diametrically opposed views of Western and Russian perceptions of the war, how it is being waged and who is at fault. War, according to ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series. There are consequences to prioritizing utility, as Brooks recognized in her 2004 law review article. The application of anachronistic legal ...

Oxford professor and author Hew Strachan talks about his book, Clausewitz's On War: A Biography. It's part of the Books that Changed the World... 'Clausewitz's On War: A Biography' Oxford professor ...

In his classic text “On War,” the great philosopher of war Carl von Clausewitz introduced the concept of the “center of gravity.” The center of gravity in war is “the hub of all power and movement, on ...

Over at Small Wars Journal, NDU Professor William Olson has written an article called. “The Continuing Irrelevance of Clausewitz.” I can already hear the drumbeats as Clausewitzians gather to brand ...

LAST month we asked our readers to suggest a name for our new blog, covering defence, security and diplomacy. The very first suggestion, from a user called Tzimisces, also proved to be clear favourite ...

How Carl von Clausewitz and Rupert Smith are both at play in Kashmir. First, Ayesha points out that India’s force structure has no real utility to address the unique characteristics of a people ...