2013-04-28 By Robbin Laird The great thing about history is we know the outcome. Or I could put that more correctly, we think we know the outcome and we can debate how we got there or we can debate what it means, or whether history is prologue. With regard to…
2013-04-27 by Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We have written frequently about the F-35 and its coming role as a fleet. The plane was designed from the ground up to operate in multiple plane formations and to share data across the formation as well as with the joint and coalition…
2013-04-25 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Recently, Second Line of Defense’s Murielle Delaporte spent time with the French forces in Mali. Embedded with the forces she was able to observe the transition of those forces within Mali. Soon, Delaporte will be reporting on her look at the transition and…
2013-04-23 by Richard Weitz In a panel at the Army War College, Brigadier General (Retired) Gurmeet Kanwal of India's Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses discussed six key issues of concern to India's national security community: the regional security environment in South Asia, the great power rivalry in Asia, the…
2013-04-22 By Robbin Laird I had the privilege to study and work with Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski in my time as a student and for my first research job. With Brzezinski, one is always pushed towards the “Zbig” picture. And for me, such engagement is always an important stimulus to re-thinking…
2013-04-22 by Kenneth Maxwell Two frigates and a supply ship of the 13th naval force of the Chinese Navy, commended by vice-admiral Li Xiaoyan, entered the Tagus river on April 15, 2013 for a visit to Lisbon. 2013 marks the 500 anniversary of the arrival of the first Portuguese, Jorge…
2013-04-22 by Kenneth Maxwell We are meeting at a time of increasing uncertainty about the future. But it is necessary first to acknowledge that on both sides of the North Atlantic, within Europe as well as within the United States, the broad consensus that has prevailed for much of the…
2013-04-21 by Robbin Laird In researching for my participation in this summer’s B-17 event in France, I have learned many things. An interesting aspect of thinking about the B-17 as a fleet is the question of how it was supported or the logistics element. I found this story on the…
