September 2010 Issue
The huge buildup of China’s Navy is allowing it to flex its muscles — witness the naval exercises in the South China Sea this summer, the largest of their kind.
Conscription: pro and con; McChrystal’s war
Former Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford asks for evidence regarding my claim that America’s elites are underrepresented in the all-volunteer force [Letters, June]. In...
Former Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford asks for evidence regarding my claim that America’s elites are underrepresented in the all-volunteer force [Letters, June]. In...
Flashpoint: Pyongyang provocations
When North Korea makes headlines, it is never good news.For instance, there was the Korean War — certainly not good news. Then there was the seizure of the USS Pueblo in 1968 and the...
BY PETER BROOKES
When North Korea makes headlines, it is never good news.For instance, there was the Korean War — certainly not good news. Then there was the seizure of the USS Pueblo in 1968 and the...
BY PETER BROOKES
China’s naval ambitions
The U.S. maritime strategy charges the naval services to develop “cultural, historical, and linguistic expertise ... to nurture effective interaction with diverse international...
BY CMDR. THOMAS HENDERSCHEDT AND LT. COL. CHAD SBRAGIA
The U.S. maritime strategy charges the naval services to develop “cultural, historical, and linguistic expertise ... to nurture effective interaction with diverse international...
BY CMDR. THOMAS HENDERSCHEDT AND LT. COL. CHAD SBRAGIA
The spark, oxygen and fuel
In a nationally televised broadcast Jan. 10, 2007, President George W. Bush made a stark admission to a problem that had become painfully evident: “It is clear that we need to change...
BY LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS
In a nationally televised broadcast Jan. 10, 2007, President George W. Bush made a stark admission to a problem that had become painfully evident: “It is clear that we need to change...
BY LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS
A false dichotomy
As the violence in Afghanistan has intensified, a growing chorus of critics has argued against the strategy of counterinsurgency writ large. The focus on counterinsurgency (COIN) emerged in...
BY NADIA SCHADLOW
As the violence in Afghanistan has intensified, a growing chorus of critics has argued against the strategy of counterinsurgency writ large. The focus on counterinsurgency (COIN) emerged in...
BY NADIA SCHADLOW
An elephant named Morality
On May 26, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed an amendment to the 2011 defense appropriations bill to repeal Section 654, Title 10 of the U.S. Code, which bans homosexual men and...
BY DAVID A. LEVY AND LT. COL. JAMES E. PARCO
On May 26, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed an amendment to the 2011 defense appropriations bill to repeal Section 654, Title 10 of the U.S. Code, which bans homosexual men and...
BY DAVID A. LEVY AND LT. COL. JAMES E. PARCO
Karzai’s exit strategy
For all of the discussion in Washington of Afghanistan “endgame,” “exit” and “withdrawal” strategies, it is easy to lose sight of how these debates affect...
BY DAN GREEN
For all of the discussion in Washington of Afghanistan “endgame,” “exit” and “withdrawal” strategies, it is easy to lose sight of how these debates affect...
BY DAN GREEN
Zumwalt teamwork TO THE NAVY AND INDUSTRY for putting the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program on track. This massively complex warship program has defied the critics and overcome a Nunn-McCurdy breach...
Tanker tricks TO U.S. AEROSPACE, a previously little-known California-based aircraft components maker, for its dubious allegations against the Air Force regarding the KC-X tanker contract. U.S. Aerospace...
Arlington accountability TO THE ARMY for taking so long to uncover the serious operational problems at Arlington National Cemetery. The scale of the travesty — with hundreds, possibly thousands of graves...
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