Hans Tino Hansen, the founder and CEO of Risk Intelligence in Denmark, discusses the broad impact of the Ukrainian crisis on defense and security in the region. Will Russian actions reinforce defense and security efforts by Scandinavian states? Will a Russian tactical success in Ukraine come at the expense of…

Prime Minister Abe is working hard to re-set the Japanese role in Asia akin to the needs for 21st century defense and security. The key working relationship with the United States is at the heart of the Japanese re-set as well. The dangerous neighborhood Japan lives in requires a reset,…

Without reform, the crisis will deepen and the Euro skeptics strengthened. It is no longer about saving European construction done to date; it is about revamping it.  

Marines captured over 12,000 German soldiers, while the Germans captured only 25 Marines at the Battle Belleau Wood. How do you account for it? The explanation was simple, Marines do not surrender, they win or they die.

The seizure of Crimea seems almost a business takeover.

Western states need to rethink and rework a number of core agenda items to ensure that Putin understands that aggression has a significant cost. That cost is marginalizing Russia.

The challenge will be to sort out in PRACTICAL terms how Greenland will be defended. This will need to be done in the presence of greater outside powers influence through the mining companies, the dynamics of change between Denmark and Greenland, and the uncertainty about US policies and capabilities for…