The U.S. Navy – Navigating Through a Changing Climate
Predicting the range of future challenges is no easy matter, but it is a necessary part of how military organizations prepare, invest in platforms and weapon systems, conduct training, and concentrate their forces.
Climate Change and the Military
While knowledge about the impact of climate change on the role of militaries is scant, planning for a future with climate change has begun.
To Strike or Not to Strike: What is the Endgame in Iran?
Amid all the debate over whether to attack Iran, the most important question to ask is whether this policy will keep Iran non-nuclear indefinitely?
Bryan Adams and Bears: Who cares about Canadian foreign policy?
Being a US foreign policy specialist I have always dismissed Canadian foreign policy as non-existent. Perhaps I was wrong!
Rebalancing Priorities: America, Europe, and Defence Austerity
Faced with fiscal pressures at home and rising powers elsewhere, the US is reducing its troop presence in Europe. The interests of European security can be best served by Britain and France developing a stronger joint expeditionary capacity.
No Brakes
As with America’s war in Afghanistan, there now can be wars without end thanks to a professional military, new technology, and a changing politics of party competition.
Why Australia Fears China’s Rise: The Growing War Consensus
Inter-state war is threatening to make a dangerous come-back. But the good news is that great power war can be prevented.
Assessing Continuity and Change in Obama’s Foreign and National Security Policies
Rather than do something on behalf of Middle East peace, the Obama administration has buckled, proving unwilling to confront an Israeli government set on measures that will greatly diminish the prospect of creating a Palestinian state.
China’s Relations with Africa and the American Context
Africa is an emerging strategic partner of China. As a result, some over-excited analysts talk of a major competition between China and the United States in Africa.
MORE THAN TEN MONTHS TO GO
The US presidential election is more than ten months off and it is going to be, to borrow a phrase from the unloved Donald Rumsfeld, a long, hard slog to get there. The Republican nominee is yet to emerge from the messy competition that began months ago and seems likely to stretch on for months more.
