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Policy Dynamics

The President’s Asian Journey

Posted on November 23, 2009 | by SysAdmin
11/23/2009
As President Obama began his Asian journey, his White House aides said he viewed China as “America’s most vital partner in tackling the globe’s most intractable issues.” The President himself said “We meet at a time when the relationship between the United States and China has never been more important…
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged China, Harald Malmgren, Obama in Asia, Pacific region, trade

The Challenge of Maritime Security in a Globalized World: The Case of Securing the Suez Canal

Posted on November 9, 2009 | by SysAdmin
11/09/2009
Rupert Herbert-Burns, a senior analyst with the Danish firm "Risk Intelligence", provides an assessment of the challenges of securing the Suez Canal in the evolving maritime security environment...
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged Maritime security, Suez Canal

Speaking from Experience: Ken Miller’s Column

Posted on November 3, 2009 | by SysAdmin
11/03/2009
A key problem to a person who has been a career acquisition professional is simply the future of the acquisition work force and the challenges facing the Administration as they seek to re-set that work force. When I look at the future, I have to go back to the past...
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged acquisition, Bill Lynn, CSS conversion program, insourcing

Lessons Learned from the B-2 Acquisition Process

Posted on November 3, 2009 | by SysAdmin
11/03/2009
Robert Dudney, Editor in Chief of Air Force Magazine, comments on the “Real B-2 Acquisition Mistakes” and the lessons one should apply when thinking about the acquisition of the next-generation bomber.
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged Air Force Association, B-2, next generation bomber

Richard Aboulafia on Italian Aerospace and Defense

Posted on November 1, 2009 | by SysAdmin
11/01/2009
Italy is all about Slow Aerospace. Which is a good thing. I think. Most of the aero world, particularly the Anglo-US aero world, is focused on cost savings, return on investment, and industry rationalization. Call it Fast Aerospace...
Posted in Op-ed, Policy Dynamics | Tagged aiad, Finmeccanica, Italian aerospace, Richard Aboulafia, Teal Group

Richard McCormack on the Current State Of U.S. Research

Posted on November 1, 2009 | by SysAdmin
11/01/2009
It has gotten more difficult for university researchers to conduct high-risk research in the United States. (...) The average age of a researcher receiving his or her first grant from the National Institutes of Health rose to 42.6 in 2007. This is not good for young university researchers ...
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged CMU, EAGER, House Science Committee, NIH, NSF, R&D

SM-3 Missile and Japan

Posted on October 24, 2009 | by SysAdmin
10/24/2009
Our sources in Tokyo tell us that the new Japanese government is rethinking in significant ways their relationship with the United States which might well include the SM-3.
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged Japan, SM-3

Building Blocks for the Con-ops of Extended Deterrence of Iran

Posted on October 18, 2009 | by SysAdmin
10/18/2009
Dick Kugler has recently published an interesting examination of the tough question of how one would deter a nuclear-armed Iran. He examines this from the standpoint of how the U.S. could spearhead an extended deterrent regime to deal with the emergence of a new nuclear power in the Middle East.
Posted in Policy Dynamics | Tagged Deterrence, Iran, NDU, Richard Kugler
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