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by Max Fisher, theatlantic.com April 19th 2012 4:05 PM A new poll shows that Americans today are more afraid of Iran than they were of the USSR in 1985, a peak of the Cold War. In November 1985, CNN commissioned a poll asking Americans to gauge the Soviet Union's threat to the U.S. It's hard …
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New York Times April 22, 2012 Pg. SR11 DOES America need an Arab Spring? That was the question on my mind when I called Frank Fukuyama, the Stanford professor and author of “The End of History and the Last Man.” Fukuyama has been working on a two-volume opus called “The Origins of Political Order,” and …
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Los Angeles Times April 22, 2012 Pg. 26 President Obama has called a halt to the decade-long rise in defense spending that began after Sept. 11, and has proposed shrinking the Army and Marine Corps by about 14%. Congressional Republicans (not to mention Mitt Romney) say that would be disastrous and that it could jeopardize …
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Christian Science Monitor (csmonitor.com) April 20, 2012 Missiles have been prominent in the news lately, with India's successful test, North Korea's failed one, and much talk of missile defense systems in Europe and the Persian Gulf. Here are six noteworthy missile-technology advances – three offensive, three defensive – revealed in recent weeks. 1. India's Agni-V …
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FederalTimes.com April 19, 2012 By Sean Reilly A seven-year, billion dollar investment by the Air Force in a new logistics management system has turned out to be a bust, officials say. "I am personally appalled at the limited capability the program has produced relative to that amount of investment," Air Force Comptroller Jamie Morin told …
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China’s rise on the world stage and the United States’ supposed decline are perhaps the two most discussed trends in international politics today. Many feel we are seeing two great ships of state passing in the night, with the former poised to lead and the latter at risk of falling behind. While the degree to …
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It's amazing how many entrepreneurs don't think deeply about their strategy. Here's how to start the process. I’ve been working with a variety of entrepreneurs recently on their companies’ positioning and differentiation in the marketplace. It’s surprising how many young companies overlook the importance of doing some solid research, analysis, and old-fashioned thinking on this …
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SmallWarsJournal.com April 20, 2012 This Week at War In my Foreign Policy column, I explain why the Pentagon's plans fall short of the harsh future recently described by Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey. On April 12, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed what he called the "security paradox" at Harvard's …
Reuters.com April 21, 2012 By Chris Buckley, Reuters BEIJING--China's top military newspaper warned the United States on Saturday that U.S.-Philippine military exercises have fanned risks of armed confrontation over the disputed South China Sea. The commentary in China's Liberation Army Daily falls short of a formal government statement, but marks the harshest high-level warning yet …
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FederalTimes.com April 20, 2012 By Andy Medici Defense Department managers must open telework to as many employees as possible without jeopardizing mission readiness, according to a new policy announced Friday. DoD managers must promote a wide variety of telework options, from telework on individual projects to full-time work at home. Telework should be used to …
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