Category: Forces
2021 FORCES Team Strategic Priorities Report: Anticipating Biden’s Strategy and Security Policy
The year 2021 comes in the US with a new presidential administration confronted by critical strategic challenges, political turmoil, and high expectations. The FORCES team of social science, STEM, and military experts summarizes in this report the leading functional, geographic, and political-military issues confronting the Biden administration.
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Register now for travel that supports Purdue CLA research, students
Registration is now open for the first TOURS de FORCES: “Entry Level WWII: The National WWII Museum” in New Orleans. This unique, 3-day experience is curated by leading military historians (Distinguished Professor Randy Roberts and Robert Kirchubel, PhD), as well as experts who will introduce you to some of the most dramatic events, experiences, and technologies that supported the Allied and American efforts to final victory.
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Strategy is not unisex: A FORCES Conversation on Women and Careers
On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified.
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Holding on to Fossil Fuel as a Strategic Resource No Guarantee of Future Superpower Status
Energy policy expert Sean Barnett, Ph.D.
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Purdue’s FORCES Initiative: A Transformative Year
Today, July 4th, the FORCES initiative of the Purdue College of Liberal Arts celebrates its first anniversary, as well as our nation’s birthday. It’s been a transformative year.
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FORCES creates new travel program supporting academics, research and students
We are pleased to announce the Purdue FORCES’ newest outreach enterprise: TOURS de FORCES (pun intended).
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How to design a war technology: What wins? What is reasonably cheap or too expensive?
CLA’s FORCES initiative brings together scholars and students with policymakers, military commanders, and decision-makers to engage in essential strategic issues of the day, such as how politics shape war-making and defense technologies.
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Violence and brutality: CLA historian and FORCES partner offers new insights into American Revolution
In Captives of Liberty: Prisoners of War and the Politics of Vengeance in the American Revolution, CLA historian and FORCES associate faculty member T. Cole Jones, PhD, has written a new volume revealing the violence of Revolutionary War captivity, and its impact on the military and the nation.
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