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Mousavian: Time for a Mideast Grand Bargain
In the last 60 years, there have been many different alliances among the US, Western countries, Arab countries and Israel.
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Analyst: Russia Prepares for Lengthy Confrontation With West, Economic Restructuring
Russian politics in 2015 will continue to be shaped by two simultaneous crises, external and internal. While the external crisis affecting Russia — the conflict with the West over Ukraine — is attracting global attention, the internal crisis goes largely unnoticed or, even worse, is erroneously viewed as the result of Western sanctions.
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Koda: Chinese Regional Relations Key to Pacific Security
Two of the key factors that will shape security issues across the Pacific in 2015 will be China’s changing tactics regarding high seas confrontations in the South China Sea, and the steady development of submarine fleets among various countries.
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Pie: Europe Must Cooperate on Research, Priorities
Europe is not in good shape. The economic situation differs greatly among individual EU member states, but Europe as a whole was hard hit by the financial crisis and is still struggling to find its way back to sustainable growth.
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Allen: Degrading and Defeating ISIL
In early June of this year, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters poured down the Tigris Valley. Multiple cities fell. The northern approaches to Baghdad were exposed to ISIL. Iraq was under siege, poorly governed and alone in the world.
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Rae: India Must Target Foreign Investment, Indigenous Capability (Updated)
There has been renewed vigor in the Indian defense establishment since the inauguration of the Narendra Modi government in May. This started with a more liberal policy on foreign direct investment (FDI), which increased the cap from 26 percent to 49 percent, and also allowed FDI beyond 49 percent in cases that allow access to…
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Strianese: Maintaining US Lead in a Time of Challenges
The widely held perception is that US aerospace and defense companies have weathered sequestration. But even if true, the consequences to our nation of arguably reckless budget cuts are troubling. In the midst of a five-year substantial downturn in defense spending, geopolitical threats are more widespread and significant than in any time since the end…
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De Giorgi: Flexibility Is Key to Future Navy Ops
The Italian Navy operation Mare Nostrum launched after a boat carrying migrants from Africa sank just off the Italian island of Lampedusa in October 2013, drowning more than 350 people.
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Campbell: The New Mission in Afghanistan
The year 2014 proved to be a time of critical transition in Afghanistan. Defying Taliban intimidation, more than 7 million Afghans participated in two nation-wide elections to select a new president, marking the first peaceful, democratic transition of power in Afghanistan’s history.
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Mousavian: Time for a Mideast Grand Bargain
In the last 60 years, there have been many different alliances among the US, Western countries, Arab countries and Israel.
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Analyst: Russia Prepares for Lengthy Confrontation With West, Economic Restructuring
Russian politics in 2015 will continue to be shaped by two simultaneous crises, external and internal. While the external crisis affecting Russia — the conflict with the West over Ukraine — is attracting global attention, the internal crisis goes largely unnoticed or, even worse, is erroneously viewed as the result of Western sanctions.
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Koda: Chinese Regional Relations Key to Pacific Security
Two of the key factors that will shape security issues across the Pacific in 2015 will be China’s changing tactics regarding high seas confrontations in the South China Sea, and the steady development of submarine fleets among various countries.
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China Expert: Improving Relationships With the US
By Wang Dong
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Pie: Europe Must Cooperate on Research, Priorities
Europe is not in good shape. The economic situation differs greatly among individual EU member states, but Europe as a whole was hard hit by the financial crisis and is still struggling to find its way back to sustainable growth.
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Allen: Degrading and Defeating ISIL
In early June of this year, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters poured down the Tigris Valley. Multiple cities fell. The northern approaches to Baghdad were exposed to ISIL. Iraq was under siege, poorly governed and alone in the world.
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Rae: India Must Target Foreign Investment, Indigenous Capability (Updated)
There has been renewed vigor in the Indian defense establishment since the inauguration of the Narendra Modi government in May. This started with a more liberal policy on foreign direct investment (FDI), which increased the cap from 26 percent to 49 percent, and also allowed FDI beyond 49 percent in cases that allow access to…
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Strianese: Maintaining US Lead in a Time of Challenges
The widely held perception is that US aerospace and defense companies have weathered sequestration. But even if true, the consequences to our nation of arguably reckless budget cuts are troubling. In the midst of a five-year substantial downturn in defense spending, geopolitical threats are more widespread and significant than in any time since the end…
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De Giorgi: Flexibility Is Key to Future Navy Ops
The Italian Navy operation Mare Nostrum launched after a boat carrying migrants from Africa sank just off the Italian island of Lampedusa in October 2013, drowning more than 350 people.
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Campbell: The New Mission in Afghanistan
The year 2014 proved to be a time of critical transition in Afghanistan. Defying Taliban intimidation, more than 7 million Afghans participated in two nation-wide elections to select a new president, marking the first peaceful, democratic transition of power in Afghanistan’s history.
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Mousavian: Time for a Mideast Grand Bargain
In the last 60 years, there have been many different alliances among the US, Western countries, Arab countries and Israel.
-
Analyst: Russia Prepares for Lengthy Confrontation With West, Economic Restructuring
Russian politics in 2015 will continue to be shaped by two simultaneous crises, external and internal. While the external crisis affecting Russia — the conflict with the West over Ukraine — is attracting global attention, the internal crisis goes largely unnoticed or, even worse, is erroneously viewed as the result of Western sanctions.
-
Koda: Chinese Regional Relations Key to Pacific Security
Two of the key factors that will shape security issues across the Pacific in 2015 will be China’s changing tactics regarding high seas confrontations in the South China Sea, and the steady development of submarine fleets among various countries.
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China Expert: Improving Relationships With the US
By Wang Dong
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Pie: Europe Must Cooperate on Research, Priorities
Europe is not in good shape. The economic situation differs greatly among individual EU member states, but Europe as a whole was hard hit by the financial crisis and is still struggling to find its way back to sustainable growth.
-
Allen: Degrading and Defeating ISIL
In early June of this year, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters poured down the Tigris Valley. Multiple cities fell. The northern approaches to Baghdad were exposed to ISIL. Iraq was under siege, poorly governed and alone in the world.
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Rae: India Must Target Foreign Investment, Indigenous Capability (Updated)
There has been renewed vigor in the Indian defense establishment since the inauguration of the Narendra Modi government in May. This started with a more liberal policy on foreign direct investment (FDI), which increased the cap from 26 percent to 49 percent, and also allowed FDI beyond 49 percent in cases that allow access to…
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Strianese: Maintaining US Lead in a Time of Challenges
The widely held perception is that US aerospace and defense companies have weathered sequestration. But even if true, the consequences to our nation of arguably reckless budget cuts are troubling. In the midst of a five-year substantial downturn in defense spending, geopolitical threats are more widespread and significant than in any time since the end…
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De Giorgi: Flexibility Is Key to Future Navy Ops
The Italian Navy operation Mare Nostrum launched after a boat carrying migrants from Africa sank just off the Italian island of Lampedusa in October 2013, drowning more than 350 people.
-
Campbell: The New Mission in Afghanistan
The year 2014 proved to be a time of critical transition in Afghanistan. Defying Taliban intimidation, more than 7 million Afghans participated in two nation-wide elections to select a new president, marking the first peaceful, democratic transition of power in Afghanistan’s history.
