Mission

The Strategic Research and Assessment Department (SRAD) is responsible for educating senior leaders at the operational and strategic levels. 

SRAD consists of two groups:

• Futures Research Group, which explores near-future issues.
• Global Research Group, which explores strategic issues around the world.

The US Army War College Quarterly, Parameters, is a refereed forum for contemporary strategy and Landpower issues. It furthers the education and professional development of senior military officers and members of government and academia concerned with national security affairs.

Parameters is indexed in, inter alia, Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, US Government Periodicals Index, LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Lancaster Index to Defence & International Security Literature (UK), and PAIS Bulletin. Book reviews are indexed in Gale Group’s Book Review Index. Parameters is also available through ProQuest and UMI.