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. During the run-up to the summit, President Obama and most European leaders believed they were in their customary role of guiding the rest…
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…
In November’s Strategic Assessment of the Tel-Aviv-based INNS, Y.Shapir comments on Israel's status as number one arms supplier to India.
The Obama Administration seeks to apply firm-fixed price contracting in a number of sectors, including defense. The past is often a good predictor of the future so we may learn valuable lessons from it. As a young government employee working in several program offices in the late 80's I got…
Harald Malmgren stated that “the economic dynamic being set in motion by Washington with Asia will likely alter the security dynamics of much of the rest of the world (…)”. Fitting the two pieces of strategy together, macroeconomics and defense, has indeed long been a problem for Washington.
“It is time for a rethink of European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP)." (...) A new mission concept is needed as the methods that allowed a relative success in Bosnia are much less pertinent for the type of interventions the EU is presently involved in. The need is now for…
For the Governor of Alabama, the aerospace and defense role of the state goes deep into history. “We have invested in the capability to train the personnel needed by the Army, Navy or Air Force for any mission that might be asked of us (...). We feel that we not…
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…
