Shaping Adaptive Innovation for the Warfighter

01/19/2011
An Interview with Randy Brown, Norma Taylor, and Wally Messmore 01/19/2011 - The Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB designs weapons for the U.S. and allied warfighters.... The AAC has engaged in innovation not only in terms of technology, but in terms of delivering capability to the warfighter during the…

The Second World

01/19/2011
By Parag Khanna 01/19/2011 - The “fre-enemies” of America, Europe and China present three different visions of globalization and are seeking global dominance via their particular visions. “The United States, the EU and China represent three distinct diplomatic styles – America’s coalition, Europe’s consensus, and China’s consultation – competing to…

Building the Weapons Enterprise for 21st Century Operations

01/19/2011
An Interview with Major General Davis 01/19/2011 - And the Air Armament Center team has been very good at adapting something that was believed to be the perfect solution five years ago, to the entirely new situation of today’s combat. They’ve demonstrated an inherent flexibility, engineering-wise, test-wise, production-wise, to be…

Balancing China Through Vietnam

01/13/2011
By Richard Weitz 01/13/2011 - U..S. -Vietnamese security ties lag somewhat due to the legacy of confrontation and other factors. Relations between the United States and Vietnam have become stronger in recent years despite continuing disagreements over Vietnam’s domestic human rights policies and other issues. Cooperation now extends beyond the…