[caption id="attachment_3670" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Credit: http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/"][/caption] The Administration will make perhaps its most important announcements over the next few months, affecting our very existence. I am referring specifically to the results of our nuclear posture review and the arms control deal we are seeking to make with Russia. Congress, and…
By Harald Malmgren History will look back at the Copenhagen Summit as the moment at the beginning of the 21st century when the power structure of the world fundamentally changed. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Photo: http://www.copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/get-informed/news/cop15-daily-brief-the-copenhagen-accord.html"][/caption] Towards a De-Facto G-2: The Chinese Emergence and the European Re-Alignment During the run-up…
Considering the relative decline of the United States, the rise of Asia, the shift in power to the commodity-producing states, and the continued inability of Europe to become a global military power, multi-polarity is inevitable. Many analysts assume that multi-polarity facilitates multi-national governance. Thus, the decline of the US, and…
By Franck Znaty In last November’s Strategic Assessment of the Tel-Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Yiftah S. Shapir wrote an article entitled “Israel’s Arms Sales to India”. Shapir comments on the recent developments that put Israel as the number one arms supplier to India and looks at where…
Challenges Facing Widespread Use of Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Contracts in the Defense Sector A Way to Shape Acquisition Reform The Obama Administration seeks to apply firm-fixed price contracting in a number of sectors, including defense. Indeed, it appears that the Administration equates the use of this contract vehicle with the…
Harald Malmgren provided an overview of the President’s Asian trip, which placed that trip into a global macro-economic strategic context. H. Malmgren underscored that Barack Obama’s trip could be interpreted as the Administration placing a China-centric Asia at the center of the “world of the future.” Centrally, the trip can…
This is the first contribution from one of regular contributors Admiral (retired) Pierre Sabatié-Garat. The author has extensive military, industrial and diplomatic experience in dealing with both European and American militaries. Here he provides a commentary on the interesting recent publication of the European Council on Foreign Relations on the…
Given the centrality of Alabama to two national competitions, i.e. the well-known tanker competition, but also the LCS one, George Talbot, political editor of the Mobile Press-Register and Robbin Laird (Sldinfo.com) sat down with Governor Riley of Alabama on November 17, 2009 to discuss the role of Alabama in aerospace…
