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…
2015-12-12 By Gulshan Luthra The Indian Navy’s Design Bureau is considering nuclear propulsion for future Indian aircraft carriers. Although the final decision is yet to be taken, reliable sources told India Strategic that the Navy and the country’s nuclear scientists have drawn sufficient experience from their success in installing nuclear propulsion…
2015-12-06 By Robbin Laird The Russian intervention in Syria started the process of a strategic reset in Syria and the fight against ISIS. Next up was the power projection attack of ISIS into Paris. Next were the French strikes coordinated with Russia into Syria against ISIS. Next was the Turkish…
2015-12-11 According to an article on the Norwegian Ministry of Defense website: Norway's naval exercise Flotex might be the most beautiful of all military exercises, at least when it comes to surroundings. The annual naval exercise is held every autumn, and this year in Northern Norway's breath-taking landscape of fjords, mountains and, of course,…
2015-12-03 The British Ministry of Defense announced today was that Britain joined into the aid of France and other allies to go after the ISIS safe haven in Syria. Parliament provided voted last nite to support the action. As Minister of Defence Michael Fallon commented this morning: "Daesch has never…
2015-12-01 By Harald Malmgren ISIS-Supported terrorism in Paris and ballooning refugee flight from violence in and around Syria has combined to generate heightened apprehensions and political discord among Europeans. Political discord has increased not only between EU governments but also within individual EU nations on how to deal with these…
2015-11-24 By Robbin Laird, Harald Malmgren and Ed Timperlake When analysts and intelligence experts were highlighting the warming sun of the Arab Spring, there was much hope: democracy was in the air and the gap between Islam and the West might be closing. Rather than a warming sun, close observers…
