2013-10-11 By Robbin Laird When discussing the “shift” in U.S. policy towards the Pacific with Europeans, one is usually treated to a strategic analysis of the shift. The U.S. is seen as shifting from Europe and moving its interests to dealing with China and the Pacific. And the U.S. must…
2013-10-09 By Robbin Laird Over the years, I have worked often on the practical side of European defense. When dealing with the last decade before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a key theme was the challenge of dealing with Euro Missiles. Then the collapse of the Warsaw Pact posed…
2013-10-07 By Robbin Laird India is a key country in shaping 21st century strategy for the U.S. and Europe. India is important in and of itself, but also as a counterpart to the rise of China as an authoritarian global power. As the world’s largest democracy, India is in many…
2013-10-06 By Gulshan Luthra The recent Indo-US summit between Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mr Brack Obama seems to have spurred the subdued ties between the two countries. There is progress on two strategic aspects, nuclear as well as defense. Washington has supported India’s desire to join four nuclear and…
2013-10-03 Hubert Stephenson was the co-pilot of the B-17 which was forced to crash land on July 4, 1943 in France. We participated in this summer's ceremony to honor the crew and to place a monument in the local area in their honor. A ceremony was held on Noirmoutier island, France,…
2013-10-03 by Robbin Laird The PRC leadership clearly has growing global aspirations. It is also a leadership living on top of a caldron of economic and ethnic dynamics. The two can actually go together, in terms of global play and reach being a means of containing domestic pressures. Obviously, the…
2013-10-01 By Robbin Laird Recently, we published a comprehensive report by Richard Weitz on Azerbaijan. Weitz argued that: The Republic of Azerbaijan is a close U.S. ally since Azerbaijanis regained their independence following the Soviet Union’s collapse. It has become a prominent role model for Muslim-majority nations seeking to manage…
2013-09-30 by Chloé-Alexandra Laird I had the honor in June of this year to ask a couple of questions to Michel Adrien, a witness to the B17 crash in the town of Noirmoutier, France on July 4th, 1943. Q: How old were you when you witnessed this American plane crash…
