BY DR. HARALD MALMGREN AND DR. ROBBIN LAIRD The idea of leaving the Euro and returning to national autonomy has come back to life, not only in Greece but also in Spain, Italy, France and even Germany. The historical forces of fragmentation are once again at work.
BY RICHARD WEITZ Russian defense companies are counting on additional weapons sales to India to compensate for the precipitous decline in their military exports to China. India is replacing the PRC as the world’s leading arms importer. Until now, Soviet and Russian suppliers have provided about two-thirds of India’s military…
BY GENERAL JEAN-PATRICK GAVIARD During the NATO Summit, the French president recently suggested to his foreign counterparts to use a “global approach” in order to solve the Afghan crisis. A global approach means taking into account all of the stabilization parameters of a country in crisis, which of course includes…
The United States is a unique country in that its geographic isolation has spared it from depredations from strong neighbors. While shocking, Pearl Harbor and the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001 also serve as reminders of how infrequently the U.S. has been assaulted by outsiders.
A growing number of hedge funds and institutional investors are betting on a further decline in the Euro relative to the dollar, with some of them questioning whether the Euro can remain a viable currency. Early in 2010, world press and media treated the Greek financial crisis as the biggest…
Ron Asmus's latest book, A Little War That Shooked the World, is a stern reminder of the reversibility of history, and the continued prospects for conflict in Europe that can affect the boundaries among states: "We had come to believe that war in Europe had become impossible and that we…
A very serious and thoughtful British Ministry of Defense assessment of evolving strategic trends provides an insight into allied views of the changing strategic environment.The report stresses that evolving “conflict is hybrid in character.” Twenty-first century threats are becoming more asymmetric in nature. They also acknowledge that Britain has limited…
French students tend generally to get their early training in engineering schools specialized in aeronautics (ENAC, ESMA, ISAE, ESTACA or Supmeca in France), which all select their candidates via a competitive process.
