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By Robert Tomes Journal Article | Jan 26 2012 - 5:17am Editor's Note: This is a thought-provoking offering from Dr. Robert Tomes. In particular, his generational interpretation of attitudes towards strategy and military options will generate some spirited discussion. While he draws distinctions between the Generation X-ers and the Millenials, I think that many readers will see …
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Do Drones Undermine Democracy? By PETER W. SINGER Washington IN democracies like ours, there have always been deep bonds between the public and its wars. Citizens have historically participated in decisions to take military action, through their elected representatives, helping to ensure broad support for wars and a willingness to share the costs, both human …
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Defense News January 16, 2012 Pg. 1 By Marcus Weisgerber Governments across Europe have mixed feelings about the U.S. decision to withdraw two combat brigades from the continent, but the concerns seem particularly acute in countries that border Russia. “I don’t think that we have direct threats emanating from any of our neighbors, but the …
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Washington Post January 15, 2012 Pg. 12 Syria Qatar Leader Favors Sending Arab Troops The leader of Qatar said recently that Arab troops should be sent to Syria to stop a crackdown that has killed thousands since March. Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani’s comments to CBS’s “60 Minutes,” aired Sunday evening, are the first by …
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century by George Friedman From the book: THE NEXT 100 YEARS by George Friedman. Copyright © 2009 by George Friedman. Used by arrangement with The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. 272 pages Take-Aways Geopolitics and geography shape …
Washington Post January 8, 2012 Pg. 15 Look What Hasn't Changed By Robert Kagan We keep hearing that the world has changed fundamentally and that the old issues which used to occupy us no longer matter. The new era is about globalization, the Internet, non-state actors, the diffusion of power, the rise of Asia and …
CQ Weekly December 22, 2011 Pg. 2637 Vantage Point Band Budgets Facing The Music By John M. Donnelly, CQ Staff The Marine Corps is getting rid of a few good bands. In an economy move, the Corps is deactivating a 50-member band at its logistics base in Albany, Ga., and a band of similar size …
CQ Weekly December 22, 2011 Pg. 2637 Vantage Point Band Budgets Facing The Music By John M. Donnelly, CQ Staff The Marine Corps is getting rid of a few good bands. In an economy move, the Corps is deactivating a 50-member band at its logistics base in Albany, Ga., and a band of similar size …
Editorial: Too fast to get out of Iraq? No – USATODAY.com. What a mess.. A mess getting in and a mess getting out...have to STILL ponder, historically...when has any nation opened a second front in a war, by choice, and been successful? I can't think of an example...I might just need to think harder.
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