History, like Kundera, is fond of irony, but the military and security organizations tasked with protecting AmericaÕs inter- ests may be less amused, and more chal- lenged, by some of the longer-term dynamics unfolding around the world. Achieving conventional military domin- ance has not ended or even reduced con- flict; rather it has pushed cultural and state competition into asymmetric realms where the United States has yet to engageÑrealms that may have struc- tural barriers that militate against the United States developing and deploying coherent conventional offensive and defensive strategies. Failure to respond to these new forms of conflictÑ sometimes called Ònew generationÓ or ÒunrestrictedÓ warfareÑneed not be an- alogous to allying with oneÕs own grave- diggers. But in the absence of intelligent