The Modern Military

• Editor's Note

  By William McKenzie, Editor, The Catalyst

The Modern Threats

• An Unpredictable World of Threats

  A Conversation with Robert Gates, Former Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama

• Prioritizing Dangers

  A Conversation with Thomas Donnelly, Co-director of the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution

The Military we Need

• Getting Ahead of the Enemy’s Next Move

  An Essay by General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF (Ret.), Former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and President and CEO of Business Executives for National Security

• Cyber Warfare: The New Front

  An Essay by Marie O’Neill Sciarrone, Co-founder and President of Trinity Cyber LLC and Former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security

• The Changing Battlefield

  A Conversation with Admiral Patrick Walsh, USN (Ret.), Former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and Senior Fellow in the Tower Center Program in National Security and Defense at SMU

• A Period of Consequences

  An Essay by Rep. Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

How to Make the All-volunteer Force Work for More People

• Warriors at Home: Military Families Face Challenges

  An Essay by Sheila Casey, Chair, Blue Star Families

• The Evolving Volunteer Force

  An Essay by Tim Kane, Author of Bleeding Talent and J.P. Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

• Veterans Can Fill the Skills Gap

  An Essay by Corporal Jeffrey Cleland, USMC (Ret.), Manager, Military Service Initiative, George W. Bush Institute, and Laura Collins, Deputy Director, Economic Growth, George W. Bush Institute

The Consequences of War

• A Pipeline of Leaders

  An Essay by Colonel Miguel Howe, USA (Ret.), Director, Military Service Initiative, George W. Bush Institute

• Roads to Recovery

  A Conversation with Sergeant Leslie Zimmerman, USA (Ret.), Sergeant Bryce Cole, USA (Ret.), and Master Sergeant Roque Urena, USAF (Ret.)

• Encouraging Warriors to Take the Next Step

  An Essay by Colonel Matthew Amidon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, Deputy Director, Military Service Initiative, George W. Bush Institute