April 2008 Issue
Insurgents in Afghanistan have mastered media manipulation
U.S. officers in Afghanistan are increasingly concerned at the Taliban’s use of “information operations” to pressure the Afghan government into placing constraints on...
BY SEAN D. NAYLOR
U.S. officers in Afghanistan are increasingly concerned at the Taliban’s use of “information operations” to pressure the Afghan government into placing constraints on...
BY SEAN D. NAYLOR
Contending with CHINA
The Defense Department’s new China Military Power Report, released in March, portrays China as a rising military power, but one whose intentions are unclear. Uncertainty over...
The Defense Department’s new China Military Power Report, released in March, portrays China as a rising military power, but one whose intentions are unclear. Uncertainty over...
Cold wars at sea
It might be tempting to dismiss the U.S. Navy’s potential focus on China as a passing fad — part of the now-familiar phenomena of “China fever.” Another perspective...
By Lyle J. Goldstein
It might be tempting to dismiss the U.S. Navy’s potential focus on China as a passing fad — part of the now-familiar phenomena of “China fever.” Another perspective...
By Lyle J. Goldstein
China’s space ambitions
Nearly a decade after the U.S. clamped down on the transfer of dual-use American space technology to China, commercial aerospace cooperation between the two countries has all but died. Yet...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN AND JOSEPH E. LIN
Nearly a decade after the U.S. clamped down on the transfer of dual-use American space technology to China, commercial aerospace cooperation between the two countries has all but died. Yet...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN AND JOSEPH E. LIN
Pumping up the numbers
It was after the phone call from their boss, the secretary of defense, that the two most senior leaders of the Air Force clarified their service’s position.
BY WILLIAM MATTHEWS
It was after the phone call from their boss, the secretary of defense, that the two most senior leaders of the Air Force clarified their service’s position.
BY WILLIAM MATTHEWS
Flashpoint: Separation anxiety
While it was welcomed in some parts of the world — including Washington, London, Paris and Berlin — many other capitals viewed Kosovo’s declaration of independence from...
By Peter Brookes
While it was welcomed in some parts of the world — including Washington, London, Paris and Berlin — many other capitals viewed Kosovo’s declaration of independence from...
By Peter Brookes
The fight for friends
Polls show that most non-Kurdish Iraqis blame the U.S. for the condition of their country and believe that their situations will improve after we leave. If, some five years after the...
BY CHET RICHARDS
Polls show that most non-Kurdish Iraqis blame the U.S. for the condition of their country and believe that their situations will improve after we leave. If, some five years after the...
BY CHET RICHARDS
Hedging strategies
Unmanned air vehicle development has sharply accelerated in recent years principally because UAVs can overcome a major shortcoming of manned aircraft — limited persistence —...
By Group Capt. Peter Layton
Unmanned air vehicle development has sharply accelerated in recent years principally because UAVs can overcome a major shortcoming of manned aircraft — limited persistence —...
By Group Capt. Peter Layton
Hoisted by its own PR
Obscured amid the failures of Israel’s 2006 Lebanon War was the extent to which Tel Aviv’s wartime leaders were willing to wager on speculative, strategically dubious,...
By Barbara Opall-Rome
Obscured amid the failures of Israel’s 2006 Lebanon War was the extent to which Tel Aviv’s wartime leaders were willing to wager on speculative, strategically dubious,...
By Barbara Opall-Rome
New answers to hard questions
Today’s strategic realities outline a world in which many states face internal and transnational threats from terrorist organizations and other violent groups. The past five years in...
BY 1st LT. BRIAN DROHAN and LT. COL. JOHN NAGL
Today’s strategic realities outline a world in which many states face internal and transnational threats from terrorist organizations and other violent groups. The past five years in...
BY 1st LT. BRIAN DROHAN and LT. COL. JOHN NAGL
Flyboys: The 21st-century Air Force is insecure in its femininity
Words have a utilitarian function in the uniformed world. We have checklists ringing with verbs, notes and warnings, and military evaluations are brimming with superlatives and exclamatory...
BY LT. COL. EDITH A. DISLER
Words have a utilitarian function in the uniformed world. We have checklists ringing with verbs, notes and warnings, and military evaluations are brimming with superlatives and exclamatory...
BY LT. COL. EDITH A. DISLER
Hope and skepticism
Last April, this column described initial responses by Iraqi bloggers to the “surge” of American troops in their country. Writing from shattered Baghdad and exile in Damascus,...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
Last April, this column described initial responses by Iraqi bloggers to the “surge” of American troops in their country. Writing from shattered Baghdad and exile in Damascus,...
BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN
From our online discussion boards
“I generally agree with Prof. Milan Vego’s assessment on [mine warfare], especially the discussion on the establishment of the new Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command...
“I generally agree with Prof. Milan Vego’s assessment on [mine warfare], especially the discussion on the establishment of the new Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command...
In This Issue
Emperor Qin, the first emperor of China, is a confounding character. A warrior whose many battle wins secured the victory of a unified China, Qin masterminded projects to cement that...
Emperor Qin, the first emperor of China, is a confounding character. A warrior whose many battle wins secured the victory of a unified China, Qin masterminded projects to cement that...
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