by Dr. Robbin Laird 05/16/2011 India is clearly a key player in shaping the future of Chinese power, globally and in the Pacific. At the same time, the significant 2nd and 3rd world fighter market will be dominated by exports from China, Russia, India or Brazil. Neither the U.S. nor…
05/14/2011 by Dr. Harald Malmgren The Euro crisis has boiled up once again. Debate is raging about a variety of options to relieve stress in the Greek debt market, including altering the interest imposed by the EU bailout, debt extension, some kind of “workout” or restructuring, etc. The Irish and…
A Roundtable with Subject Experts at the Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) 05/04/2011 - During a mid-April 2011 visit to Scott AFB, Second Line of Defense sat down with a group of subject matter experts involved in planning and executing Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) missions. This is a unique…
By Robbin Laird 05/07/2011 - Late last month, my friend Ron Asmus lost his long battle with cancer. I first met Ron when he was a young analyst of European affairs working on his rise in the world. I had by then more than 10 years of work under my…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 05/052011 - South Korea is an attractive defense market due to its large economy and justifiable need for military equipment to defend against a North Korean threat. The United States is the main supplier of imported weapons to the Republic of Korea Armed Forces (ROKAF). The…
05/05/2011 With the request by General Mattis for a Counter-Insurgency Aircraft (Imminent Fury) and with the forthcoming USAF fly-off to choose an aircraft to play such a role for the Afghan National Air Force, the question of the potential role of a turboprop counter-insurgency aircraft has re-surfaced. Late last year,…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 05/05/2011 - Under Hillary Clinton, the U.S. State Department has made a major effort to promote international Internet liberties, including the freedoms of expression, association, and assembly online. Taken together, these rights comprise what Secretary Clinton has called the “freedom to connect.” The Department faces both…
05/03/2011 - Following the interview with Alain Rolland, where the Senior VP outlined the core approach of Eurocopter in shaping its approach to manufacturing for sustainability, SLD visited the factory to view some concrete examples of the approach.Pierre Maret, the head of the Development Center for Excellence, focused on the…
