2013-05-07 by Richard Weitz I had the opportunity to attend the U.S. Army War College XXIV Annual Strategy Conference in April 2013. This focus was on "The Future of American Landpower," in light of the evolving U.S. national security strategy and the future international security environment. The Annual Strategy Conference…
2013-05-04 by Richard Weitz During the past decade, the United States has made considerable progress in addressing these missile threats through augmenting U.S. and allied missile defenses. In Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the United States has been working to establish the foundation for a regional missile defense system…
2013-05-03 by Richard Weitz The Navy’s Aegis-SM3 ballistic missile defense (BMD) system has become the main U.S. shield against missile attacks. It encompasses the Aegis Weapon System, the Standard Missile, and the Navy and Joint Forces Command, Control and Communication systems. In terms of regional defense, Aegis BMD can defeat…
2013-05-01 by Richard Weitz The significance of the ethnicity of the two Boston Marathon bombers is still unclear, as is the reasons for their transformation into Islamist terrorists, but the North Caucasus has been a hotbed of radicalism and militarism for at least a century. Although the Tsarnaev brothers may…
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…
2013-04-28 We asked George Talbot of the Mobile Register to expand upon his interview published at the time of the groundbreaking for the A320 facility in Mobile, Alabama. The early piece was Mobile-specific; this piece speaks to a broader set of issues and we thank George for providing us with…
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…
