Joint Force Quarterly
NDU Press produces Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ) in concert with ongoing education and research at National Defense University in support of the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. JFQ serves as a platform for the joint military and security community to exchange ideas and foster dialogue on joint and integrated operations, strategy, and tactics. The journal was established at NDU in collaboration with General Colin Powell, with his explicit intention to showcase controversy, original writing, debate, an edge, and Joint Force parochialism.
Current Volume: 116 (1st Quarter 2025)
Risk in U.S. Strategy Formulation- Persuasion in Military Operations
- Celtic Security in the Atlantic
Full Issue
Joint Force Quarterly, Issue 116, 1st Quarter 2025
National Defense University Press
Dialogue
Executive Summary
William T. Eliason
Forum
Risk: A Weak Element in U.S. Strategy Formulation
Frank Hoffman
Preparing for Adversary Employment of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons: Tactical Effects, Operational Impacts, Strategic Implications
James H. Gifford
Adopting a Data-Centric Mindset for Operational Planning
Jeremiah Hurley and Morgan Greene
JPME Today
The Art of Campaigning: Joint Planners Working at the Intersections of Everything
Mary Bell, Edgar M. Hollandsworth, Thomas J. Snukis, Jeffrey Turner, Luke P. Bellocchi, Nicholas Anthony, Steve Tribble, Chris Botterbusch, and Justin D. Harper
Being Believed: Persuasion and the Narrative in Military Operations
Brent A. Lawniczak
The Urgency of Warfighting Renewal: Five Principles for Today’s Professional Military Education
Christopher M. Marcell, Gaylon L. McAlpine, Reagan E. Schaupp, and Joseph L. Varuolo
Commentary
Features
Determining Political Objectives
Milan Vego
Updating the TACS/AAGS for Large-Scale Combat Operations
Matthew Neuenswander
Bullets, Bandages, and Fairy Dust: Improving DMO Health Services Support With Wargaming
Debra D. Buckland-Coffey, Robert P. Gerbracht, Kengo Nishida, and William R. Gureck
It’s the Chain That Broke It: The Strategic Supply Chains Underpinning National Security
Gregory M. Tomlin
Recall
Polybian Warfare: The First Punic War as a Case Study in Strategic Competition and Joint Warfighting
Casey B. Baker
Book Reviews
The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma
Peter Khooshabeh and Robert Underwood
Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
Todd W. Pennington
Joint Doctrine
The Future of Stealth Military Doctrine
Theodoros G. Kostis
