On January 22, 2014, Tom Ricks, a contributing editor for Foreign Policy magazine, a Senior Advisor on National Security at New America, and a member of the Future of War team, announced a Future of War essay contest on his blog, Best Defense. Below you can find all 27 entries in the contest.
#1: “It’s back to the beginning, or, ‘The nearness of you’,” Lt. Col. Douglas Pryer (USA), February 5, 2014, Foreign Policy
#2: “The attack of the robot rats in the Korean War of 2019,” Col. Gary Anderson (USMC, ret.), February 5, 2014, Foreign Policy
#3: “The Future of War?: Expect to see urban, connected, irregular ‘zombie’ conflicts,” David Kilcullen, February 5, 2014, Foreign Policy
#4 “We need to protect our personnel from the moral fallout of drone and robotic warfare,” Lt. Col. Douglas Pryer (USA), February 6, 2014, Foreign Policy
#5: “The war we want is standoff – so that’s not the war we’ll get,” Patrick McKinney, February 10, 2014, Foreign Policy
#6: "Bet on surprises, and get ready to adapt,” Jeff Williams, February 13, 2014, Foreign Policy
#7: “Use the current generation’s knowledge of war to robotize a lot of what the military does,” MSgt. Bill Gawne (USMC, ret.), February 18, 2014, Foreign Policy
#8 “For the wars of the 21st century, broaden the definition of combined arms,” Col. Chip Bircher IV (USA), February 21, 2014, Foreign Policy
#9: “There won’t be a next war, because the current one will never end,” Christopher Davis, February 25, 2014, Foreign Policy
#10: “Let’s figure out how not to get into one with China,” Sean Kelleher, February 27, 2014, Foreign Policy
#11: “Enhancing human performance,” Maj. Daniel Sukman (USA), February 27, 2014, Foreign Policy
#12: “It’s coming to a neighborhood near you – the homeland,” Maj. Daniel Sukman (USA), February 28, 2014, Foreign Policy
#13: “You think innovation means better drones? Faster jets? Wrong. We’ve been out-innovated for the last 13 years,” Paul Lewandowski, March 4, 2014, Foreign Policy
#14: “It is gonna be pretty much like it was for the last 4,000 years,” Capt. Michael Junge (USN), March 5, 2014, Foreign Policy
#15: “We will lose it because we are an aging empire wedded to an outdated style of war,” Adrian Bonenberger, March 7, 2014, Foreign Policy
#16: “War will become less likely, but those that happen will be total,” Clark Barrett, March 12, 2014, Foreign Policy
#17: “Policymakers’ options will be reduced to operating under the radar or going all-out in a big war,” Lt. Col. Dan Manning (USAF), March 13, 2014, Foreign Policy
#18: “Who cares about ‘the future of war’? We should be thinking about the future of victory!,” Kevin Black, March 17, 2014, Foreign Policy
#19: “Who cares about the future of war? Let’s focus on the future of peace!,” John Byran, March 18, 2014, Foreign Policy
#20: “The future of war scares me – and underscores the importance of resiliency,” Puong Fei Yeh, March 21, 2014, Foreign Policy
#21: “To succeed, we need to act less like dinosaurs and more like bacteria,” Matthew McClure, March 25, 2014, Foreign Policy
#22: “An actuary look at the Future of War – and sees a nuclear war looming there,” Matt Wilson, March 27, 2014, Foreign Policy
#23: “The key tool we will need to prevail is … empathy,” Maj. Daniel Leard (USA), April 1,2014, Foreign Policy
#24: “The biggest growth industry in defense should be counter-drone systems,” Capt. Adam Thomas (USMC), April 3, 2014, Foreign Policy
#25: “The seven key ingredients of highly adaptive (and effective) militaries,” Col. Keith Nightingale (USA, Ret.), April 11, 2014, Foreign Policy
#26: “You better be ready to fight like it’s a pre-electronic age,” Capt. Jesse Sloman (USMCR), April 18, 2014, Foreign Policy
#27: “Where are the professional military voices in New America’s project on the future of war,” Maj. Matt Cavanaugh (USA), April 23, 2013, Foreign Policy
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