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Strategy

Clarifying Objectives in Iraq: A Key Role for Kurdistan and Protecting Minorities

Posted on June 24, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/24/2015
A look at the continuing situation in Iraq and actionable options.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Is the US Ready for Sustained Arctic Operations?

Posted on June 21, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/21/2015
The U.S. Navy is inadequately prepared to conduct sustained maritime operations in the Arctic region
Posted in Strategy, What's New

RAF Typhoons Intercept Russian Aircraft Over the Baltic Area

Posted on June 18, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/18/2015
Russian air activity around the Baltic area has been stepped up.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Putin and Worst-Case Nuclear Thinking: Rhetoric Has Its Own Impact

Posted on June 17, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/17/2015
The current Russian leadership is prone to worst-case nuclear thinking and rhetoric.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Gwadar: China’s Pivot into the Indian Ocean?

Posted on June 15, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/15/2015
Why does China create ripples with nearly all its neighbors?
Posted in Policy Dynamics, Strategy, What's New

Moscow and the INF Violations: How to Respond?

Posted on June 12, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/12/2015
The Russians are breaking out of the INF treaty at a time when the Second Nuclear Age is unfolding.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Moscow and INF: Why Is Russia Cheating?

Posted on June 9, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/09/2015
The Russians are pursuing a nuclear doctrine and modernization plan that suggests both its military and political use.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

ISIL as the 21st Century Herman the German?

Posted on June 9, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
06/09/2015
The military forces involved in ISIL is the "most dynamic military amalgam since the time of the French Revolution."
Posted in Strategy, What's New
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