Category Contemporary Security & Statecraft
I cannot remember why I bought The Penguin History of Europe by J.M. Roberts several years ago, no doubt it was as a resource for an undergrad paper I wrote although I cannot find it used as a cite in… Continue Reading →
I wrote about the war/action/conflict/kinetic what have you in Libya when it kicked off in March, April, and again in June. With the rebels now storming Tripoli itself and being on the verge of success under the cover of NATO,… Continue Reading →
More Research Needed On Veterans Health Issues By: Doug Karr, USN Veteran Operations Desert Storm & Desert Shield The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there are nearly 25 million veterans currently living in the United States. Nearly $60 billion is… Continue Reading →
The American Way of War was introduced as a concept by Russell Weigley in his book of the same name during the early 1970’s. Essentially the theory runs that America attempts to totally dominate her enemies in war thus… Continue Reading →
A Mrs. Nora Holloway from the Military Gear Blog (Opennes Note:Â The blog links to an an online store so it could be subtle spam)sent me an email a few days asking me to share an article she wrote concerning… Continue Reading →
I am probably going to get beat up for posting this but here goes anyway. There was an interesting story (attached to the post here) in last Tuesday’s edition of European Stars and Stripes. It concerned the lack of… Continue Reading →
I have been pondering this one for a while now. Â What exactly, is the west trying to accomplish in Libya? Â I have posted on this before here and here, and I am still puzzled as to what we are trying… Continue Reading →
I hope that most people have heard of the stuxnet (Wikipedia, but the best description I have found)worm that supposedly infected and crippled Iran’s illicit nuclear program last year. It is supposedly the new wave of warfare, with faceless hackers… Continue Reading →
What happens if Iran develops the bomb? That is a question often asked in the press but never really answered. Â A new report from the RAND Corporation seems to suggest that Iran may be in possession of a nuclear warhead… Continue Reading →
I dabble in the stock market and one of the stocks I owned until recently was 5 shares of Citigroup stock. I picked it up in late 2008 at $6 a share hoping to vulture-like profit share. In… Continue Reading →
With Bin Laden dead, what next? It is a virtual certainty that terrorism will not stop because someone (even bin laden) who has been in hiding for the past 9 1/2 years was killed. Terrorism, specifically Islamic terrorism, is bigger… Continue Reading →
R2P means “Responsibity to Protect“, and is the idea that the “International Community” has an obligation to “prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.” This obligation extends regardless of whether or not traditional national interests… Continue Reading →
I don’t play poker online but I Think it is kind of stupid that the Feds would waste so much time and effort stopping it, They should probably regulate it and tax it, that might even help with the Deficit…. Continue Reading →
Is this Cultural Sensitivity or demeaning to American women? I for one, would refuse to leave the gate in one of these for simple safety reasons if nothing else. I doubt they are made out of Kevlar and seriously doubt… Continue Reading →
China: A Potential or Current Threat?
Jed Babbitt has an excellent piece on RCP today that talks about the potential threat China represents to the US and by implication, the rest of the Western world.China’s Economic Sword. People have been pointing to the potential threat… Continue Reading →