Tag: Military & Defense
114 Articles
- 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
- Conflict & Security
Catching Up: China’s Developing Military Power
By decoupling sensors from shooters and shooters from their command structures, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could negate the battle networks that have helped make the U.…
January 6, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Russia’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 the…
December 12, 2019
- Global Governance
Collective Finance for NATO’s Collective Security
To achieve this goal, the United States should work with NATO to collectively finance its security. Here is how to start: NATO’s more creditworthy countries, which are mainly…
November 29, 2019
- Conflict & Security
False Positives in Thai Counterinsurgency
The insurgency began in January 2004. It currently involves three-and-a-half Muslim-Malay majority provinces in southern Thailand and has exacted a heavy human cost—roughly 7…
November 15, 2019
- Conflict & Security
False Positives in Thai Counterinsurgency
The insurgency began in January 2004. It currently involves three-and-a-half Muslim-Malay majority provinces in southern Thailand and has exacted a heavy human cost—roughly 7…
November 15, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Turkey, Erdogan, and the Kurds: War as a State-Building Strategy
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are an assembly of militias with Kurdish forces at the core. They are currently resisting Turkey’s widely condemned military assault on…
November 14, 2019
- Conflict & Security
The Trump-Kim Singapore Summit: After the Hype
Hyped Diplomacy Leading up to the meeting, media coverage was focused on Trump’s mercurial personality and idiosyncratic style. Indeed, Trump dispensed with many of the…
September 25, 2019