By D.K. Matai [caption id="attachment_5586" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Addresses the U.S.-China Business Council (July 2009)"][/caption] A Growing Confrontation? China appears to be escalating its growing confrontation with the U.S. over Washington's announcement of a $6.4 billion defense deal with Taiwan. Under a 1979 Act of the…
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." George Santayana John Wheeler By John Wheeler
[email protected] Writing Cyber defense into Title 10: Meeting the Challenge Head-on The public debate is increasingly acknowledging that the military must have a distinct and essential role in cyberspace. This realization emphasizes that warfighting is…
By John Wheeler
[email protected] John is writing a weekly column dedicated to the cyberspace domain: he will continue to provide regular insights into how to shape effective con-ops in the cyber domain and craft a Terms of Reference for facing XXIst Century cyber challenges. John has a wide range of…
SLD conducted an interview with Lieutenant General James Dubik in early February 2010. As one of the key implementers of Iraq policy during the surge period which is allowing a transition policy to be conducted in Iraq, General Dubik is one of the most qualified persons to discuss the challenges…
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Dr. Ronald Asmus"][/caption] While Dr. Ronald Asmus, Director of the Brussels Office of the German Marshall Fund, and one of the author’s of the Clinton Administration’s NATO Expansion policy, was in Washington DC recently, Sldinfo had a chance to talk with Ron about his new book…
The Obama Administration has provided its view on the evolution of military threats and policies in the recently released QDR. For a perspective on a core ally, which provides a different take on the future, there is a recently released British Ministry of Defense (MOD) assessment of evolving strategic trends,…
By D.K. MATAI [caption id="attachment_5387" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="see: David Kravets, China Widens Net Censorship; Google Exile Looms, February 24th, 2010 (credit: www.wired.com)"][/caption] Powerful social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube remain blocked in China. China will have to concede defeat much sooner than it realizes in its war against…
[caption id="attachment_5378" align="aligncenter" width="250" caption="The Reichtag"][/caption] In the often-parochial policy debates inside the Beltway, it is often forgotten that US actions more than words have significance for its allies. Decisions by the Administration and Congress about key weapons programs –F-35, tanker, C-17 PBLs, etc – have decisive significance for allies…
