Philip Ulrich
Royal Danish Defence College, Institute for Strategy, Department Member
- American Civil War, US Military History, US Military History 1600 - 1900, Strategic Culture, Civil-military relations, Strategy (Military Science), and 16 moreDoctrine (Military Science), Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Drones, Targeted Killing, Ethics of War, Strategic Studies, War Studies, Insurgency/Counterinsurgency(COIN), Hybrid Threats, Organizational Memory, Organizational forgetting, Napoleonic Wars, Spanish-American War, and U.S. Foreign Policyedit
My bachelor's thesis analyzed the US aid to Great Britain in the period 1939 - 1942.
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A short article on the consequences if Congress and the Obama administration don't reach a budget agreement before March 1st 2013
A short news article about the testimonies given by the Joint Chiefs of Staff before the House Armed Services Committee on the possible consequences of sequestration and a continued resolution.
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Second edition of my monthly defense analysis on Kongressen.com, this time about drones as a security policy tool for the Obama administration.
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A biographic article about Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense.
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A short news article about the change in US military rules which will now allow women to serve in combat units.
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A biographic article on general David H. Petraeus.
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A small news article about the nomination of Chuck Hagel and John Brennan as Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA. (in Danish)
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First edition of my monthly defense analysis on Kongressen.com, the article describes the ideas of the US armed forces on future conflicts.
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A review of Fred Kaplan's book: "The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War"
A review of general Stanley McChrystals new autobiography.
President Obama’s speech at the National Defense University on 23 May 2013 was one of his most prominent security policy speeches and was seen by many as the ending of the war on terror as well as the beginning of a lesser dependency on... more
President Obama’s speech at the National Defense University on 23 May 2013 was one of his most prominent security policy speeches and was seen by many as the ending of the war on terror as well as the beginning of a lesser dependency on drone strikes.
This brief analyzes US drone policy during the Obama administration and concludes that the Obama administration is not likely to rely less on drones in the immediate future. Instead, drones will continue to have a prominent role in US counter-terrorism policy which is entering a new less overt phase. The less overt nature of the new phase of the war on terror is exemplified by the recent surveillance scandals that have hit Washington D.C.
Drones also fit into the new operational doctrines dominating the Pentagon which focus on operating against so called “Anti-Access / Area-Denial” capacities.
The brief therefore concludes that drones will continue to have a place in US foreign and security policy both in a counter-terrorism and conventional capacity.
This brief analyzes US drone policy during the Obama administration and concludes that the Obama administration is not likely to rely less on drones in the immediate future. Instead, drones will continue to have a prominent role in US counter-terrorism policy which is entering a new less overt phase. The less overt nature of the new phase of the war on terror is exemplified by the recent surveillance scandals that have hit Washington D.C.
Drones also fit into the new operational doctrines dominating the Pentagon which focus on operating against so called “Anti-Access / Area-Denial” capacities.
The brief therefore concludes that drones will continue to have a place in US foreign and security policy both in a counter-terrorism and conventional capacity.
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A report on the experiences of the Danish Advisory and Training Staff from their capacity building operations in the Baltic states. The report is based on a seminar held at the Royal Danish Defense College on November 22nd 2012.
A term paper on the US COIN campaigns in the Philippines, Vietnam and Iraq.
Term paper on the social experiment of George M. Pullman and the Pullman Town.
Term paper on the academic discussions of US civil-military relations.
Term paper on the role of military officers with academic educations in the revival of counterinsurgency doctrine in the US Army
Term paper on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, its role as a national monument, and as a symbol for veterans of the Vietnam War.
Term paper on the portrayal of New York city in Zora Neale Hurston's "Story in Harlem Slang" from 1942, Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" from 2002, and episode 67 of the tv series "Sex and the City" from 2002.
Term paper on the portrayal of the two Gulf Wars in Hollywood movies
Term paper on the characteristic of totalitarian regimes.
Term paper on the rise and rule of the Taleban movement
A term paper on myths and fact about absolutism (absolute monarchies)
A term paper on the military revolution in Europe.
A term paper on the fall of the Roman republic and the take over of power by Gaius Octavian Caesar (Augustus).
A term paper on Denmark's role in NATO.
A short term paper on the Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his foreign policy.