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Policy Dynamics

The Impact of Space Budget Cuts on the Supply Chain: The End of An American Era

Posted on December 21, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
12/21/2012
A substantial percentage of companies that specialize in the space industry are on the brink of extinction.
Posted in Manufacturability, Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Space Business, Space Policy

Expanding Chinese Global Reach: The Latin American Resource Game

Posted on December 20, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
12/20/2012
The Chinese government is setting up shop in Latin America.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

The PRC Shapes the Pacific Future: Can the US and Its Allies Meet the Challenge?

Posted on December 20, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
12/20/2012
Has the Obama Administration approach to the PRC inadvertently communicated weakness to the PRC?
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

Moving Forward with Japan-US Defense Cooperation

Posted on December 19, 2012 | by SysAdmin
12/19/2012
The change in government in Japan offers an opportunity to move forward in re-shaping the US-Japanese Alliance.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Re-shaping US Forces for a Pacific Strategy

Posted on December 18, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2012
The US needs to innovate in its re-shaping of its forces in the Pacific.
Posted in Con Ops, Policy Dynamics, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New | Tagged Pacific Strategy

Chinese-US Thinking on the “ASEAN Pivot”

Posted on December 18, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2012
The Chinese competition with the United States is heating up in the Pacific.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged PRC, US-China Competition

North Korean Missile Test Exposes Limits of US Policy: Failed Policy Tools in Play

Posted on December 18, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2012
There is little reason to expect tools, which have been employed in the past, will deter further DPRK missile or even nuclear tests.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged North Korea

Insights on Japan’s Future Course: Dealing with the Chinese “Findlandization” Strategy

Posted on December 18, 2012 | by Robbin Laird
12/18/2012
What might be the approach taken by the new leadership at this time in Japanese and global history?
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New
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