02/14/2016: It is clear that at the critical point in the initial destruction of the Taliban, that the United States could have avoided a full blown engagement in Afghanistan. The problem with occupying a country with such a radically different culture from that of the United States will always be…
01/22/2015: Earlier, we have argued that the training of the Peshmerga is a significant element of not only defeating ISIS but in building a post-Baghdad transition in Iraq. Here we are providing a series of updates on that training effort, being engaged in by the United States and several key…
2016-01-16 By Scott Truver It became commonplace during the Cold War for the President, confronted with a crisis somewhere in the world to ask, “Where are the aircraft carriers?” Given climate change and other trends and dynamics, some future President, confronting a crisis in the Arctic or Antarctic, will almost…
2016-01-09 By Guishan Luthra Authoritative sources told India Strategic that documents for the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) deal were delivered by New Delhi to Paris on New Year’s Eve, and that the agreement is on the same lines as that for the Mirage 2000 aircraft signed in the early 1980s. IAF will…
2016-01-02 By Richard Weitz Recent weeks have offered several opportunities to better understand the Kremlin’s worldview. On December 3, President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual presidential address to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin’s St George Hall before an audience of more than 1,000 people. Putin again called for a…
2015-12-23 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake There is a growing literature on the challenges to U.S. forces facing more difficult combat conditions as competitors and adversaries enhance their capabilities. The anti-access, area denial challenge, in particular, has been a key theme as the sea services face the future; but…
2015-12-16 The Air Combat Command held a media day on December 15, 2015 to highlight the first trilateral exercise. The origin of the exercise goes back to the establishment of the trilateral agreements in 2010. Murielle Delaporte published an article in 2013 which looked at the process and the focus…
2015-12-07 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The decade ahead is not a repeat of the past 15 years; it is not about a continuation of the land-centric and counter-insurgency slow motion war. It is about global agility, the ability to insert force to achieve discrete and defined objectives, and…
