2016-08-07 By Harald Malmgren Although the British government, the Bank of England, the IMF and a variety of US and European think tanks had warned an extremely bad, even catastrophic downturn of the UK would ensue if British voters decided in favor of exit from the European Union. The June 23…
2016-08-15 By Richard Weitz Congress is making progress finalizing this year’s draft FY2017 National Missile Defense Act (NDAA). As The Washington Post recently noted, one likely revision we will see from previous years will be a change in congressional guidance on U.S. ballistic missile defenses (BMD); specifically, the Senate and…
2016-08-03 By Kenneth Maxwell As Rio de Janeiro prepares for the opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Games this Friday many of the old dilemmas are very much on display. The city provides a magnificent backdrop. When viewed from the top of the "Pão de Açúcar," the iconic mountain that…
2016-07-16 By Garth McLennan Great Britain’s vote to leave the European Union on June 23 unleashed a wave of uncertainty across the continent and the world. But if anything in the still-forming post-Brexit order can be taken to the bank, it is that the Obama Administration will look to Germany to…
2016-07-11 The major deal between France and Australia for a new generation of submarines is not the only reminder of the French-Australian relationship. In this video, the Aussie forces which were sent to France to participate in the 14th of July Parade, 2016, are seen rehearsing with the French forces.…
2016-06-29 By Harald Malmgren and Robbin Laird There is little question that the result of the recent British referendum shocked most members of Parliament as well as politicians across the entire European Union. The unexpected referendum majority vote to leave the EU also shocked global financial markets. Within hours after the…
2016-06-29 By Garth McLennan Ever since its emergence as a global military, economic, and cultural superpower after the Second World War, the United States has sought to service its geopolitical imperatives by building an international order for the world that is structured around defined rules and norms. Nowhere has this…
2016-06-19 By defenceWeb The global defense trade reached a record-breaking $65 billion in 2015 fueled by conflict in the Middle East and military spending in Southeast Asia. This is according to the annual Global Defence Trade Report released on 13 June by IHS Inc. The report found that the Middle…
