The Role of C4ISR in the USCG: Meeting the Challenges for a 21st Century Force An Interview With Admiral Day 12/09/2010 – Second Line of Defense sat down with Admiral Robert E. Day this fall to have a wide ranging discussion of the challenges of building effective C4ISR for the…
Backgrounder EUNAVFOR, A Promising "First" By Harry Syringas
[email protected] Atalanta operation in the Gulf of Aden The aim of the "Eunavfor Somalia - Atalanta operation" is to protect ships of the World Food Programme (WFP) transporting food to the displaced populations of Somalia, to protect the vulnerable ships sailing off…
European Defense: Save Money, Cut Forces, Sustain Afghan Commitments (for now) [caption id="attachment_13394" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="(Credit: The Hudson Institute)"][/caption] By Dr. Richard Weitz 11/28/2010 - The 1998 St. Malo Declaration between Britain and France, which inaugurated the European Security and Defense Policy, declared that: “The Union must have the capacity…
From Global War on Terrorism to Grass-Roots Maritime Security By Sebastian Bruns, Assistant Analyst, Risk Intelligence Sebastian Bruns is an Assistant Analyst for Risk Intelligence and works on naval strategy and maritime geopolitics. He holds a Masters in North American Studies and is a PhD candidate at the University of…
By Dr. Richard Weitz (Credit: http://www.dawn.com) 11/05 /2010 - The Obama administration has decided to pursue a more “proactive” air campaign against the Taliban insurgents and Islamist terrorists operating out of the autonomous tribal regions of northwest Pakistan. Afghan border outposts come under constant attack by Taliban and Haqqani-affiliated insurgents…
Regional Missile Defense: The Challenge of Crafting Integrated Missile Defense in NATO and Other Allied Regions (Part Two) By Ambassador (Ret.) Jon D. Glassman, Director for Government Policy, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems 11/05 /2010 - The first part of this report discussed the special characteristics of regional missile defense, emphasizing…
Russia Exporting Missiles to Syria: It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world! By David J. Smith David J. Smith is Director, Georgian Security Analysis Center, Tbilisi, and Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, and was formerly Ambassador to the Strategic Arms Control Talks in the Reagan Administration. Published…
The Challenge of Crafting Integrated Missile Defense in NATO and Other Allied Regions By Ambassador (Ret.) Jon D. Glassman, Director for Government Policy, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Ambassador Glassman provides a two-part assessment of the challenge of building effective, integrated missile defense systems in NATO and in other regional allied…
