Selected Publications

Below is a partial listing of my publications, organized by category. Where there is an edition of the item available online, I have included a link.


I. Articles for Academic and Military Journals

I.A. Refereed Articles

"Four Myths About Space Power." Parameters 33.1 (Spring 2003), pp. 124-132.

"Societal Complexity and Diminishing Returns in Security." International Security 29.1 (Summer 2004), pp. 152-174.

"National Mobilization: An Option in Future Conflicts?" Parameters 34.3 (Autumn 2004), pp. 122-133.

"Toward a Long-Range Energy Security Policy." Parameters 36.1 (Spring 2006), pp. 101-114. (The article was republished at the Energy Bulletin, their edition of which is available here.)

"The Impending Oil Shock." Survival 50.2 (April 2008), pp. 37-66.

"The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation." Parameters 38.4 (Winter 2008-9).

I.B. Book Reviews and Review Essays

"A Review of The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and Civilization, by Thomas Homer-Dixon." Strategic Insights 6.1 (January 2007).(Review essay.)

"The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World, by General Rupert Smith." Strategic Insights 6.4 (June 2007).(Review essay.)

"Buying Military Transformation: Technological Innovation and the Defense Industry." Joint Force Quarterly 47.4 (Dec. 2007), pp. 162-163. (Book review.)

I.C. Other Articles

"Territorializing Space? Revisiting an Old Idea." Astropolitics 1.2 (October 2003), pp. 55-63. (Viewpoint article.)

"Feeling the Pinch: Societal Slack and Space Development." Astropolitics 2.3 (July-September 2004), pp. 323-334. (Viewpoint article.)

"'The Impending Oil Shock': An Exchange." Survival 50.4 (August 2008), pp. 61-82. (Survival Forum, with Amy Myers Jaffe and Michael T. Klare.)


II. Articles in Other Military Publications

"Tanks, Battleships and the Future of Armored Warfare." Armor 111.5 (September 2002), pp. 37-38.

"Defensive Armor Deployments in Urban Areas." Armor 112.1 (January 2003), pp. 14-17. (Interestingly enough, I ran across a 3-page review of my article at the web site of the French Ministry of Defense, which you can access by clicking this link.)

"Operation Iraqi Freedom Reflections: What Did or Did Not Happen." Armor 114.1 (January-February 2005), pp. 22-25.


III. Articles for The Submarine Review

"Submarines and Space Power." (October 2001), pp. 71-77.

"Deescalation: A Mission for Russia's Submarine Force?" (January 2002), pp. 41-46.

"Undersea 'Future Shock.'" (July 2002), pp. 81-87.

"Low Frequency Active Sonar: A New Look." (January 2003), pp. 117-123.

"Toward an Unmanned Attack Submarine." (April 2003), pp. 126-131.

"Submarines and Space Power II." (January 2004), pp. 53-59.

"Submarines and WMD Proliferation." (October 2004), pp. 89-95.

"The Future of Submarine Sea Denial." (October 2006), pp. 101-107.


IV. Articles for the Space Review

"The National Space Policy and Space Arms Control." (November 27, 2006).

"The Limits to Growth and the Turn to the Heavens." (January 2, 2007).

"Making Sense of China's Weapons Test." (February 5, 2007).

"Space and the End of the Future." (March 12, 2007).

"Resurrecting Nikolai Fedorov." (May 21, 2007).

"Strategic Deception and the Chinese Military Space Program." (July 9, 2007).

"Diversifying Our Planetary Portfolio." (August 6, 2007).

"The Rise and Fall of Great Space Powers." (August 27, 2007).

"Space War and Futurehype." (October 22, 2007).

"Long Waves and Space Development." (June 23, 2008).

"Market Romanticism and the Outlook for Private Space Development." (September 2, 2008).

"Economic Growth and Space Development Over the Long Haul." (September 29, 2008).

"Revisiting Island One." (October 27, 2008).

"A Russian Resurgence? Part One." (November 10, 2008).

"A Russian Resurgence? Part Two." (November 17, 2008).

"Planetary Demographics and Space Colonization." (February 2, 2009).

"Space as Frontier." (February 9, 2009).

"'Space Cadet' Politics." (March 16, 2009).


V. Other Articles

"Beyond Columbia: Is There a Future For Humanity in Space?" Humanist 63.5 (September-October 2003), pp. 26-29.

"Nikolai Fedorov and the Dawn of the Posthuman." Future Fire 9 (October 2007).

"On Dark Ages." Futurist 41.6 (November 2007), pp. 14-19.

"Looking Back: Ray Kurzweil's 2009." The Fix (January 1, 2009).


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