Alexander Stephenson

A More Peaceful World?

Regional Conflict Trends and U.S. Defense Planning

This report analyzes trends in violent conflict and their implications for defense planning. It presents models estimating levels of conflict to 2040 ...

A Throughput-Based Analysis of Army Active Component/Reserve Component Mix for Major Contingency Surge Operations

This report examines how changing the way in which the Army executes mobilization and contingency planning can affect the ratio of reserve component t...

Improving Implementation of the Department of Defense Leahy Law

"Protection of human rights is an essential American value. One way Congress has extended this value in foreign policy is through the 'Leahy laws' (na...

The December Violin

A True Friend Can Come from Anywhere. But to Find Them, You Have to Be in Tune

Two women resigned to their different fates find each other in the most unusual circumstances. One is a patient facing her own mortality. The other is...

Leveraging the Past to Prepare for the Future of Air Force Intelligence Analysis

This report describes steps the U.S. Air Force can take to help ensure that it has the capability needed to provide intelligence analysis support to a...