01/02/2011 - slideshow Sailors assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Freedom watch from the flight deck as a set of gates closes within the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal. Freedom was conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility.
By Dr. Richard Weitz 12/21/2010 - One of the most important issues that NATO Heads of State addressed at their November 2010 Summit in Lisbon was what to do about the remaining U.S. tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) stationed in Europe under the alliance’s “nuclear-sharing” arrangement.
An Interview With Admiral Day 12/09/2010 - "Let's talk about how C4ISR is used in support of Coast Guard missions. And what changes have occurred—drastic changes—in the last 10 years and the drastic changes that are going to be needed even in the next five. These changes may or may…
By Robbin Laird 12/09/2010 - Living inside the Beltway you might figure that the Israeli-Palestine template is the key one, with Iran lurking over the top. There is some truth to this, but the dynamics facing the region are not fully captured by these perspectives.
An Interview with (Retired) General Herzl Bodinger 12/09/2010 - "From the beginning, airpower has been essential to the survival of Israel. We have developed our Air Force at the maximum size that we can have with our resources. The Air Force needs to cover the whole Middle East, and be…
An Interview With Amos Harel
By Harry Syringas 12/08/2010 - Backgrounder Resolution 1851 allowed international naval forces to arbitrate in the open sea around the Somali coasts. The EU launched the operation in December 2008 – the first maritime operation of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP).
By Dr. Richard Weitz 11/28/2010 - "The EU Lisbon Treaty, which came into force last year, has concrete provisions allowing EU members to collaborate more in the military field, but much additional European defense industrial cooperation has yet to occur."
