2015-03-11 With the return of direct defense considerations for the Balts and the Nordics, key states like Sweden are rethinking their approach to defense. In an interview in Copenhagen last year with Hans Tino Hansen, the founder and CEO of Risk Intelligence, the shift was the focus of attention: Question:…
2015-03-09 By Stephen Blank One year after the Russian occupation of Crimea we are beginning to see the see some of the consequences of the militarization of Russian policy. It is not an aberration but part of a larger policy.[i] The most recent examples of an expanded policy into the Mediterranean…
2015-03-09 The Dutch have been an important contributor to working with the NATO and Arab partners in trying to role back the ISIS threat and to help in the stabilization of Iraq. On the Dutch Ministry of Defense website are a number of updates on Dutch engagements in the operations.…
2015-03-07 The US and Japan are reworking their defense relationship. Australia and Japan are reworking their defense relationship. Now the UK and Japan are building one. The first UK-Japanese foreign and defense ministerial meetings were held in January 2015 in Tokyo. According to a story on the UK government website…
2015-02-28 By Ed Timperlake Ireland is a nation that has experienced great joy in celebrating the written word along with great sadness and tragedy during their many times of trouble. The Irish love of poetry and music is in their human essence as is a feistiness and undaunted courage about…
2015-02-26 We wrote earlier about the evolving operational map of Europe or what might more correctly referred to as the evolving Euro-Med security zone. The Euro crisis is defining the end of a period of history. The era since 1991 has been defined by the expansion of Europe, the consolidation…
2015-02-22 According to an Australian Ministry of Defence story published on February 22, 2015, the Global Hawk has landed in Australia for the Avalon Air Show. A United States (US) Global Hawk flew into Avalon airport on 21 February, 2015 for the Australian International Airshow. The arrival of the US…
2015-02-24 U.S. Marines with the Second Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, a part of the Georgian Liaison Team, join forces with the 43rd Georgian Infantry Battalion during a Close Air Support Exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany. Marines with the Georgian Liason Team participate in a Situational…
