Tag: Military & Defense
111 Articles
- Dialogues
Jill Dougherty on the Implications of Russia’s Eastern Europe Policies: Part I
GJIA: Many believe that conventional arms-control agreements are impossible with cyberwarfare. Consequently, is it feasible for the United States and Russia to even contemplate…
January 12, 2022
- Conflict & Security
The Dual Nature of China’s Nuclear Modernization
China’s nuclear weapons pose genuine threats to the United States and other nations. Disclosures in the summer of 2021 of China’s construction of several hundred missile…
December 29, 2021
- Science & Technology
Swords and Shields: Autonomy, AI, and the Offense-Defense Balance
Introduction Military machines can increasingly move, search for targets, and even kill without human control. Growing computer power coupled with advances in artificial…
November 22, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Myanmar in the Balance
What would life be like in Myanmar if the military no longer had any political power? Citizens have been trying to picture this as they have tenaciously continued their…
May 17, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Recent Push to Expand the Draft to Include Women, and Why It Still Faces an Uphill Climb
On February 10, 2021, ten retired general and flag officers—seven men and three women—including General (Retired) Stanley McChrystal and Lieutenant General (Retired) Claudia…
April 8, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Putin Prioritizes Syria. Biden Should Too.
Neither massive domestic protests and economic woes, nor the pandemic and growing upheavals on Russia’s borders have stopped Russian president Vladimir Putin from increasing…
March 24, 2021
- Conflict & Security
China’s Hypersonic Weapons
What are hypersonic weapons? Hypersonic weapons travel faster than Mach 5, or a speed of approximately 1.6 kilometers per second. Many traditional ballistic missiles re-enter…
January 27, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The US-NATO Relationship: The Cost of Maintaining Political Pressure on Allies
On July 29, 2020, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced the withdrawal of 11,900 US military personnel from Germany. This plan proposed to send roughly half of those troops…
January 15, 2021
- Conflict & Security
COVID-19 Yields a Sharper Picture of China-Taiwan Relations
On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission posted a message on its website detailing a mysterious “viral pneumonia” emerging in the city. This information,…
December 7, 2020
- Global Governance
Indo-Pacific Needs the Third Pole, ASEAN+1
The United States and China seem to be competing on every front in their recent disputes over the WHO, WTO, 5G, outer space sovereignty, and trade. The matter of regional…
November 24, 2020