Facing Down the Threats of the Second Nuclear Age: The South Korean Air Chiefs Make the Case for 5th Generation Aircraft

09/15/2013
2013-09-15 In a twist of the South Korean procurement dynamic, the MOD procurement officials are excluding two of the three competitors for the next cycle of acquisition of combat aircraft for the South Korean Air Force. The Eurofighter and the F-35 are being excluded from consideration because of procedural issues…

Three Dimensional Warriors: The Re-Making of Air Assault

09/11/2013
2013-09-11 The second edition of Three Dimensional Warriors focuses on the evolution of USMC aviation and the changing combat approaches, which empower the force. The USMC is at the forefront in shaping a distributed operations approach for the American military, an approach that is critical for such strategic shifts as…

Allies and Espionage: Brazil and the Obama Administration (Updated)

09/10/2013
2013-09-05 By Kenneth Maxwell What on earth led the US to think that it was appropriate to snoop on the internal e-mails and computer messages and communications of allies like the President of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto, and the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff? The most recent revelations via Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald are…