The U.S. Military and Bahrain

02/24/2011
By Dr. Richard Weitz 02/24/2011 - Perhaps the most important functions of the Bahrain naval base is to coordinate and support U.S. Navy operations in the Persian Gulf and surrounding regions. The island of Bahrain itself is located halfway down the Persian Gulf just off the coast of Saudi Arabia…

Russia: The Non-Reluctant Arctic Power

02/12/2011
By Richard Weitz 02/16/2011 - On January 14, the Russian newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta published an interview with Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, on what he called an issue of “an enormous strategic and economic significance.” Patrushev stated that the Council had directed that the government approve…