2014-06-03 By defenceWeb The United Nations will move more into the use of high technology including UAVs and EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) robots in peacekeeping operations to confront new challenges and offer the best value for funding in future. UAVs have been deployed by MONUSCO in the DRC since late…
2014-06-04By Brig (Retd) Gurmeet Kanwal New Delhi. China’s deployment of a deep-sea oil rig in the disputed waters of the South China Sea in early-May 2014, has further destabilized the precarious security situation in the region. The Vietnamese Prime Minister said China was acting dangerously. The US Secretary of State…
06/03/2014: Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) crew and service members offload gear and vehicles in support of the commencement of Southern Partnership Station 2014 (SPS-JHSV 14). Southern Partnership Station 2014 is a U.S. Navy deployment focused on subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation…
2014-06-03 We are going to look at the challenge of Arctic safety-security-defense and how to understand the dynamics of change in the Arctic. Based on discussions with Arctic experts and practioners from the US, Canada, Norway and Denmark, how best to understand the relationship among the safety, security and defense…
2014-06-02 By Richard Weitz China’s ravenous demand for energy and Russia’s huge supply of nearby oil and gas are clearly complementary, but until very recently large Sino-Russian energy agreements proved elusive. Now their recent mega-gas deal, which follows several important oil deals, suggests that Beijing and Moscow are finally on…
2014-06-01 In our book published late last year entitled Rebuilding American Military Power in the Pacific: A 21st Century Strategy we highlighted how various innovations could come together to shape new approaches to deterrence in depth. A key construct was that of shaping an attack defense enterprise. The evolution of…
2014-06-01By Paul E. Mawn Since the middle of the 20th century, Harvard has unjustifiably been labeled as a bastion of left wing, anti-military elitists in the forefront of the myopic “Blame America first” radicals. However, the predominate opinion of faculties & undergraduates at most universities have tended to skew to…
2014-05-31 By Harald Malmgren China has apparently become far more aggressive about its legal authority and its power projection in relations with neighboring countries, particularly in the China Seas. Friction with Vietnam has converged in the Chinese placement of an energy exploration platform in waters, which Vietnam claims as its…
