2014-02-08 The Osprey is being featured at the Singapore Air Show. This certainly makes sense after the performance in the Philippines and its engagement in the Pacific has become a new norm. According to a piece by Capt. Caleb Eames written on February 2, 2014: Three MV-22B Ospreys with Marine…
2014-02-07 by Baris Kirdemir Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Tehran last week, along with his cabinet members to have discussions on bilateral relations and regional security issues with Iran’s newly elected President Hassan Rouhani, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri. Several agreements were signed to…
2014-02-07 Armin Tadayon Despite Iran’s long history and culture, it is Iran’s nuclear program and attention-seeking officials that have been at the forefront of global politics in recent times. This is certainly understandable given the Islamic Republic’s occasional belligerence. We are, however, at an impasse on the negotiations with Iran…
2014-02-07 Major General Richard Rowe USA (ret) has made a significant intellectual contribution to the current debate on the way ahead for US DOD budgeting and force structure development. He captures perfectly the con-ops and technology necessary to plus up U.S. global ADA capability to both deter war and if necessary fight…
2014-02-07 The training US Army Africa (USARAF) is providing to different African nations is helping them secure their own borders as well as own regions, in line with the US policy of helping Africans solve their own problems. This is according to Major Albert Conley III, USARAF's Counter Terrorism Desk…
2014-02-06 by Ed Timperlake The dilemma of the 2nd Nuke Age is proliferation of devices to additional countries, some of which are run like Hitler’s Germany and have a single point cult of personality as the leader. This presents a core strategic challenge: how to deter a cult of personality…
2014-02-06 By Guisan Luthra New Delhi. India’s first nuclear powered nuclear attack submarine, INS Arihant, should be ready for deterrence patrols from 2015, roughly in about a year’s time from now. India’s top missile scientist, Dr Avinash Chander, told India Strategic in an interview on the eve of Defexpo that…
2014-02-04 We have launched a forum on the second nuclear age, with Paul Bracken as the guest editor. In a piece by Australian analyst Christine Leah, the pressure on Australia to re-consider its nuclear option is discussed. (Excerpts) Things are changing again in Asia – in a dramatic way. And…
