Information on "Armed Forces" and "Americas"
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May 2013
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17 May 2013
Australia and Air-Sea Battle
The US’s Air-Sea Battle concept now seems to be the way Washington plans to counter China’s ‘anti-access/area denial’ challenge. Today, Ben Schreer considers the role that Australia might play in operationalizing this concept and how it might impact Canberra’s relations with Beijing. More on «Australia and Air-Sea Battle» -
14 May 2013
The US Rebalancing to Asia: Indonesia's Maritime Dilemma
Both the US's pivot to Asia and China's growing military power are complicating Indonesia's strategic calculus, writes Ristian Artiando Supriyanto. Today, he outlines three ways Jakarta might balance its ties with Beijing and Washington more effectively, and therefore safeguard its territorial waters. More on «The US Rebalancing to Asia: Indonesia's Maritime Dilemma»
February 2013
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20 Feb 2013
Interview With Mary Ellen O'Connell, International Law Expert, on US Drone Policy
In this interview with the IPI's Global Observatory, Mary Ellen O'Connell criticizes the US's legal justifications for its drone policies. The Obama administration, she argues, is "playing at making law" and undermining internationally accepted rules. More on «Interview With Mary Ellen O'Connell, International Law Expert, on US Drone Policy »
January 2013
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16 Jan 2013
Time for Strategic Learning
America does not seem to have enough leaders with strategic mindsets and the ability to think long-term, or so argues Harlan Ullman. This absence of a "brain-based approach to strategy," however, is structural in nature. It is attributable to the way the American political system is set up. More on «Time for Strategic Learning »
December 2012
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20 Dec 2012
An American Iron Dome?
According to Peter Buxbaum, the United States sees Israel's Iron Dome as the ideal platform to defend its own territory from short-range missile threats. However, prospects for US-Israeli co-production remain subject to Tel Aviv's ongoing efforts to deploy more of these assets along its own borders. More on «An American Iron Dome?»
November 2012
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22 Nov 2012
US Pivot Pitfalls and Prospects
Barack Obama's 'Asian Pivot' is set to become one of the defining foreign policy objectives of his second term. Richard Weitz outlines how the United States plans to strengthen its strategic position in the greater Asia-Pacific region and identifies the challenges it may confront. More on «US Pivot Pitfalls and Prospects»
November 2010
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2 Nov 2010
Women, Leadership and the US Military: A Tale of Two Eras
Despite women's sweeping advances in the US military in the past 30-plus years, marked gender bias remains in some organizational corners. But a common thread links women's stories then and now: Resistance to progressive gender policies can be fierce, but persistence is ultimately rewarded. More on «Women, Leadership and the US Military: A Tale of Two Eras»
November 2009
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23 Nov 2009
Somalia Jumps on Private Security Bandwagon
An American private military and security company deploys to Somalia as the first US presence in the country since the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, Jody Ray Bennett writes for ISN Security Watch. More on «Somalia Jumps on Private Security Bandwagon»
September 2009
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17 Sep 2009
Blackwater Forever
The most controversial private security company in history emerges in mainstream media yet again - this time with broader implications to its cultural impact, Jody Ray Bennett writes for ISN Security Watch. More on «Blackwater Forever»
May 2009
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12 May 2009
US Gets Uzbek Air Base
Uzbek President Islam Karimov gives Washington the air base it needs for its Afghan operation, Deirdre Tynan reports for EurasiaNet. More on «US Gets Uzbek Air Base»
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