Commentary
Perhaps the most popular cliché attributed to older military leaders is that they tend to fight “yesterday’s wars” rather than tomorrow’s. But it’s now harder than ever to know what to do to prepare for imminent and future conflicts.
A soldier of a Lethal Unmanned Aircraft System platoon of the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, carries a Ghost-X helicopter surveillance drone during the Combined Resolve 25-1 military exercises at the Hohenfels Training Area in Bavaria near Hohenfels, Germany, on Feb. 3, 2025. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Gregory Copley
Author
Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
