Document created: 1 June 05
Air & Space Power Journal - Summer 2005

Quick-Looks and the Latest Chronicles Online Journal Articles

This issue of Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ) introduces the Quick-Look, a new type of short article that supplements our popular “Vignettes” and “Doctrine NOTAMs.” Quick-Looks succinctly address important Air Force issues in an actionable way. About two pages in length, they state the background of a particular problem, discuss relevant considerations, and outline potential solutions. Introduced by the Airpower Research Institute (ARI) in 2003, these pieces are becoming an increasingly popular tool with Air Force organizations that wish to engage vital topics.

Quick-Looks can serve multiple purposes, such as highlighting unrecognized or overlooked challenges or opportunities. They function much like bullet background papers that leaders use to weigh policy alternatives. Often circulated to Commanders Action Groups and senior officials, they summarize complex problems and help busy leaders make appropriate decisions. Some Quick-Looks mark the beginnings of larger analyses of issues facing today’s Air Force. Researchers in the ARI, Air Force Fellows program, and Air Command and Staff College appreciate how Quick-Looks help them frame difficult questions and develop systematic research plans. ARI began publishing them in 2003 and adds more all the time. You can view all of them on the Air University Research Web site at https://research.maxwell.af.mil/Publication.aspx?PubCat=Airpower+Research+Institute+Quick+Looks&PubYr=0. If you would like us to consider a Quick-Look you have written, just follow our guidelines for submitting articles, referenced near the bottom of this page.

The Chronicles Online Journal complements the printed editions of ASPJ but appears only in electronic form. Not subject to any fixed publication schedule, Chronicles can publish timely articles anytime. Furthermore, while ASPJ focuses narrowly on airpower and space power topics of concern to today’s Air Force, the online journal covers a broader range, including historical, political, or technical matters. It also includes articles too lengthy for inclusion in the printed journals.

Articles appearing in Chronicles Online Journal (COJ) are frequently republished elsewhere. The Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic editions of ASPJ, for example, routinely translate and print them. Book editors from around the world select them as book chapters, and college professors use them in the classroom. Recent articles available at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ASPJ/COJ.htm include

• Col Stephen R. Schwalbe’s “Democracy in Iraq,”

• Lt Col Graham W. “Gray” Rinehart’s “U.S. Superiority in Space—Considering Propulsion and Power,” and

• Lt Col Paul D. Berg’s “Experience, Paradigms, and Generalship in Rolling Thunder: Implications for Today.”

The ASPJ editorial staff is always seeking insightful articles and book reviews. We offer both hard-copy and electronic-publication opportunities in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic. To submit an article for publication in any of these languages, please refer to the submission guidelines at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ASPJ/Submissions.htm. To write a book review, please refer to the guidelines at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ASPJ/bookreviews/guide.htm.

Disclaimer

The conclusions and opinions expressed in this document are those of the author cultivated in the freedom of expression, academic environment of Air University. They do not reflect the official position of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, the United States Air Force or the Air University.

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