Richard D. Newton
Good Change Brings New Leadership, Ideas, and Opportunities to IWI’s Air and Space Power Team
Editor’s Note: As the Air and Space Power Team enters its next chapter, Dr. Kerry Chávez and Dr. Rick Newton will be stepping aside from their leadership roles and passing responsibilities to Dr. Michael Kreuzer. While this marks a leadership transition, the team’s commitment to advancing air and
Yesterday’s, Today’s, and Tomorrow’s Small Wars
In the inaugural article for Small Wars Journal’s newly revamped website, now hosted by Arizona State University, IWI Project Air & Space Power Director Richard Newton and Advisor Kerry Chávez delve into the evolution of small-scale conflicts. They further explore their historical roots, contemporary dynamics, and potential future developments
Strategic Political Sabotage and How to Tackle It
Our Air and Space Power Special Project Director, Rick Newton, was published in PRISM, a National Defense University journal that promotes informed discourse among national and international security professionals. In January 2023 activist Rasmus Paludan set out to intentionally offend Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. While some might characterize what
Air and Space Power in the Gray Zone
Introducing Project Air Power: Exploring the totality of air, aviation, and space opportunities for air-minded approaches to irregular, hybrid, and gray-zone threats to security and stability. Introduction Since the dawn of military aviation, air power has been, and continues to be, a predominant psychological weapon with the power to influence
Any Time Any Place? Why Cutting the Air Force’s Irregular Warfare Capabilities Is a Mistake
In Jean Larteguy’s 1960 novel The Centurions, Colonel Raspéguy—the fictional commander of French paratroopers during the 1954 Battle at Dien Bien Phu and again during France’s war in Algeria—reflects on the repeated failures of regular armies throughout history to effectively counter well-organized guerrilla forces. Success in
Bridging the gap between irregular warfare scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.