Despite a decade of prolific writing, many questions about cyber power, cyber war, and cyber attack remain unresolved. In particular, national governments, including the U.S. Government, do not yet have wellformed cyber attack policies and strategies or the frameworks around which to build them. Furthermore, accelerating changes in power distribution, cyber technology, and other dynamics of the strategic environment exacerbate the dearth of open, distinct, and explicit cyber attack guidance. 

In 2013, the 7th annual competition was intended to stimulate new approaches to coordinated

civilian and military action from a broad spectrum of civilian and military students. Essays were

to address U.S. Government structure, policies, capabilities, resources, and/or practices and to

provide creative, feasible ideas on how best to orchestrate the core competencies of our national

security institutions. The NDU Foundation awarded the first place winner a generous gift certificate

from Amazon.com.

The recent hostilities in Libya between government forces of the late Muammar Qadhafi and insurgents have once again raised issues concerning whether a U.S. President can insert combat forces for more than 60 days without securing congressional approval. For more than 35 years, the War Powers Resolution has required that all Presidents meet the criteria for compliance including prior consultation with Congress, fulfillment of reporting requirements, and securing congressional authorization within 60 days of the introduction of forces.