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Los Angeles Times July 2, 2012 Pg. 13 Is there any organization outside of Hollywood more prey to intellectual fads than the Department of Defense? A decade ago the buzzword around the Pentagon was "transformation." Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld wanted to force radical change to take advantage of information technology. So the individual …
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Blogger's note: rebuttal to the 18 June Waltz piece. Boston Globe July 1, 2012 ARE YOU concerned about Tehran's drive for nuclear weapons? Political scientist Kenneth Waltz isn't. A senior research scholar at Columbia University and former president of American Political Science Association, Waltz writes in the new issue of Foreign Affairs that it's time …
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SmallWarsJournal.com June 29, 2012 This Week at War In my Foreign Policy column, I apply CSBA's latest report on coping with defense austerity to the Pentagon's current predicaments. The reality of defense budget "sequestration" -- the threat of an across-the-board 10 percent cut to most of the Pentagon's spending accounts -- is now beginning to …
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View Original / The Diplomat Failure to formulate a grand strategy will only further fuel talk of American decline. That's no more so the case than it is for Asia. It takes no great leap of imagination to realize the obvious: the world shows clear signs of increasing disorder. Consider recent events: thousands massacred in …
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Omaha World-Herald June 27, 2012 The U.S. military will one day use unmanned trucks driven by remote control to deliver supplies into war zones. Cyberwar is the threat that “eventually could be most catastrophic” to the country and world — even more potentially dangerous than the grave threat posed by terrorism. And speaking of grave …
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Washington Times June 26, 2012 Pg. B1 Tehran’s retaliation wouldn’t match the danger from an Iranian nuke How will the Iranians respond to an Israeli strike against their nuclear infrastructure? This matters greatly, affecting not just Jerusalem’s decision but also how hard other states work to impede such a strike. Interestingly, both of the two …
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Blogger's note: nice work by Arquilla...all the pessimism I've been moaning about for weeks....with a healthy dose of optimism. I like it! Tampa Tribune June 24, 2012 Technology has made conflict cheaper, safer and faster--and the world is better for it. "It is well that war is so terrible," Confederate General Robert E. Lee once …
Blogger's note: Mark Clayton comments "some....have called Stuxnet the digital equivalent of the first nuclear attack on Hiroshima." Yet, Ralph Langner notes below "It can be argued that the time was ripe for history's first cyber weapon, and having it come from China or Russia would have created another unpleasant Sputnik experience." Although it does …
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Blogger's Note: This is only going to continue to get louder... not hearing much from DC...yet... June 22, 2012 Pg. 26 Others may adopt similar strategy, rapporteur warns; Alleged strikes on rescuers 'would be war crimes' By Owen Bowcott, Geneva The US policy of using aerial drones to carry out targeted killings presents a major …
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot June 22, 2012 Associated Press WASHINGTON--A Pentagon review recommends ridding the combat pay system of inequities that have allowed officers thousands of miles from battle to get better benefits proportionally than troops on the front lines in Afghanistan. The recommendations in a review released Thursday are likely to anger service members. But the …
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