Preparing for Defeat in Afghanistan
Instead of internationalizing the war effort or learning from previous counterinsurgencies, the United States will abandon Afghanistan.
Military
America’s Spirit Invincible; China’s Still Puzzling
America stages large military exercises with South Korea while China’s views on the North are unclear.
A400M and the Politics of Aircraft Design
Seemingly good aircraft can get scrapped for political reasons and replaced with cheap imitations.
Don’t Worry Too Much About China’s Navy
China is building up its fleet, but it is not building the infrastructure needed to support a global naval presence.
A Change in Personnel, Not in Policy
General Stanley McChrystal’s replacement reflects a “change in personnel,” according to the president, “not in policy.”
Is a Cyber Attack a Real Attack?
As the threat of cyber war and cyberterrorism is evermore real in this twenty-first century, traditional military powers and alliances have to find ways to cope with computerized attacks. NATO now ponders returning fire, according to Defense Tech. The group of experts headed by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that is rethinking NATO’s […]
Israel Attacks Blockade Runners
The Israeli navy attacked half a dozen ships carrying activists and aid to the Gaza Strip on Monday. Some ten to fourteen people were killed in the confrontation that ensued. Many more were injured. The small flotilla, led by a Turkish ship with some 600 people on board, was carrying pro-Palestinian activists and humanitarian aid […]
NATO After Afghanistan
“NATO is much more than Afghanistan,” former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told the Atlantic Council on May 19. Supreme Allied Commander Admiral Jim Stravidis agreed, noting that although Afghanistan is important, the alliance is a “very, very active” fighting force engaged in missions all over the world. Albright was invited by Secretary General […]
Kandahar Awaits ISAF Offensive
The Taliban claimed responsibility on Sunday for a nighttime assault on NATO’s largest base in southern Afghanistan. In the second such an attack on a major ISAF installation in one week, insurgents launched rockets, mortar fire and automatic weapons while attempting to storm Kandahar Air Field. Foreign Secretary William Hague of the United Kingdom and […]
Trouble in Korea
With American secretary of state Hillary Clinton underway to the East Asia, a crisis is looming in the waters of the Yellow Sea where a South Korean corvette sunk last March, killing 46. South Koreans authorities have ascertained that a North Korean torpedo was responsible for the sinking. The North has denied any involvement, threatening […]
Dutch to Quit JSF?
The Labor Party in the Netherlands supported a parliamentary effort to end Dutch participation in the Joint Strike Fighter Program.
Sinophobia on the High Seas
Commander James Kraska fears that China is set for naval hegemony.
Russian Arms Sales to China Drying Up
Richard Weitz of the conservative Hudson Institute reports that increasingly China is relying on home industries to provide high tech weaponry rather than buying arms from Russia. Since 2001, Russia has sold over $16 billion worth of arms to China, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all major Russian arms sales. In recent years, however, […]
Gates Stuns Navy Establishment
The defense secretary urges the navy the wonder whether it really needs all its aircraft carriers.
Cold Response
NATO forces exercise north of the Arctic Circle to test cold weather operations and interoperability.