Tag: Military & Defense

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Conflict & Security

The Modern Aim and Growth of the Brazilian Defense Industry

In March of this year, Brazil and the United States signed an agreement for the development of mutual defense capabilities, which was heralded as a significant step to the…

July 22, 2020

Dialogues

Dr. Joseph Nye on “Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump”

GJIA: In your new work “Do Morals Matter,” you ask a seemingly simple but ambitious question: “Do morals matter in American foreign policy, or is American moralism…

June 17, 2020

Conflict & Security

Look to Idlib: A Preview of Warfare in the New Decade

Powerful capabilities and disruptive technologies were unleashed to devastating effect on the battlefield—all while combatants captured and uploaded the conflict onto social…

May 8, 2020

Dialogues

Minister Kono Taro on the U.S.-Japan Alliance, Defense Policy, and the CPTPP

GJIA: It was sixty years ago in January 1960 when the Japan-United States Security Treaty was revised to mark the beginning of this alliance as we now know it. What is the…

May 4, 2020

Conflict & Security

Libya’s Civil War: US Abdication Providing a Playground for Foreign Intervention

A central tenet of US policy towards Libya after Qaddafi was to prevent outside actors from intervening in the country’s internal affairs. In that spirit, the United States…

April 27, 2020

Conflict & Security

Frameworks for Dissent and Principled Resignation in the US Military: A Primer

The Crozier affair should prompt senior military officers to contemplate situations in which ethics may demand a leader to express dissent, to resign, or even to disobey orders.…

April 17, 2020

Forum

Preparing for the Inevitable: Climate Change and the Military

Vulnerabilities Sea level rise, extreme storms, extreme drought and heat, and Arctic ice melt all degrade security and military readiness. These are not future challenges; each…

March 18, 2020

Conflict & Security

South China Sea Threat Assessment: Is China a Threat or a Paper Tiger?

China’s weak joint command system, which has become an essential instrument in modern warfare, comprises its first major military weakness. If any military operations are to be…

February 20, 2020

Conflict & Security

Hitting Home: Cyber-Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine and Its Impact on the United States

Hybrid warfare, while not a new concept, fits well with military concepts of maskirovka, or the masking of offensive military activities. What is new is the emergence of new…

February 18, 2020

Conflict & Security

Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Positive Evolution or More of the Same?

While the Army has not eschewed intervening in domestic politics in recent years, it has cooperated more with Islamabad’s civilian leadership. Knowledgeable observers believe…

January 24, 2020