NATO and the High North
The global security dynamics are changing rapidly, influencing also the regional security environment including in the…
Read More »Crafting 21st Century Logistics Concepts of Operations: A Look at The Defense Science Board Report on Survivable Logistics
Building a 21st century military infrastructure will be key to shaping an effective deterrence in depth…
Read More »Time to Change the Failed Strategy in Afghanistan
In stepping up to change the engagement dynamics of how to bring peace to Afghanistan and…
Read More »America’s Strategic Realists are Ignoring Fiscal Reality
The report of the National Defense Strategy Commission, “Providing for the Common Defense,” provided an excellent…
Read More »Russia Building Out Nuclear Capabilities in Its Fleet
During the Cold War two of Russia’s four fleets were nuclear ones, the Northern Fleet based…
Read More »Germany, Its Military and Shaping a Way Ahead: Strategic Focus, Allies and Creation of an Appropriate Force Structure
I spent a great deal of time in West Germany in the 1980s. I focused a…
Read More »Paul Bracken on Europe After Brexit
The UK is months away from leaving the European Union, with the terms of the exit…
Read More »The Future of Nordic Cooperation
In a new report produced under the aegis of NORDEFCO, the Nordic cooperation effort is assessed…
Read More »The Coming of Hanseatic League 2.0
Europe is the throes of fundamental change. We argued earlier that from the Cold War, to…
Read More »Oil and War
In this article by Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Retired), the author looks at the evolution…
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