"October 2003." "This book represents the third in a series that began in the Army War College's academic year 2000-01 ... it contains papers of the students of the Advanced Strategic Arts Program ..."--Page 1. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet from the SSI web site. Address as of 1/26/04: http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/2003/chalnges/chalnges.pdf; current access available via PURL. 1. Transformation and professional military education: past as prologue to the future / Williamson Murray -- 2. Balancing Tyche: nonlinearity and joint operations -- 3. The best offense is a good defense: preemption, its ramifications for the Department of Defense / Daniel L. Zajac -- 4. U.S. Army Europe 2010: harnessing the potential of NATO enlargement / Peter R. Mansoor -- 5. Creating strategic agility in Northeast Asia / Jonathan B. Hunter -- 6. The war in Afghanistan: a strategic analysis / G.K. Herring -- 7. Adaptability: a new principle of war / Brian Dickerson -- 8. Direct and indirect fires in the 21st century / Richard C. Longo -- 9. Maritime prepositioning: yesterday, today, and tomorrow / Carl D. Matter -- 10. Homeland security: the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and critical vulnerabilities / Daniel M. Klippstein -- 11. Integrated emergency management: the roles of federal, state, and local government with implications for homeland security / Albert F. Lord, Jr -- 12. Is there space for the objective force / Timothy R. Coffin -- 13. Expanding nuclear arms control: DoD imperatives in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 / Carlton B. Reid, Jr.