Tag: Military & Defense
111 Articles
- Global Governance
Baghdad Confronts Iraqi Kurdistan over Independence and Kirkuk
Both sides share responsibility for the instability and the quarreling. On the one hand, by including the disputed territory of Kirkuk in the referendum and declaring it…
November 28, 2017
- Dialogues
Zapad 2017: An Initial Assessment with Michael Kofman
GJIA: Why was the U.S. media skeptical about the Zapad Exercises, and was the hype that they created justified? MK: The hype they created was not justified, but there were all…
October 9, 2017
- Conflict & Security
Indo-U.S. Relations: Mapping the Contours
India-U.S. relations have made significant strides in the post-Cold War era, leaving the infamous tag of “estranged democracies” behind. In fact, the two countries…
October 4, 2017
- Conflict & Security
Brother, Can You Pare a DIME?
Generally speaking, useful typologies have mutually exclusive parts and capture all the essential elements of a concept. For example, biologists have an extremely well-developed…
March 26, 2015
- Online Archive
UAV Proliferation and the Challenge of Change
Unfortunately, numerous problems hamper the current international regimes—the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Wassenaar Arrangement—responsible for…
October 9, 2013
- Conflict & Security
The Westgate Mall Attack and the Future of Terrorism
The Westgate attack is itself a variation of a previous highly successful operation: an urban warfare assault in Mumbai, India, that the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba executed…
September 23, 2013
- Conflict & Security
The Continuing Relevance of Aircraft Carriers for the U.S. Navy
In recent years, there has been growing debate over the relevance of U.S. aircraft carriers and their usefulness as the leading response option for policymakers in a crisis. For…
August 15, 2013
- Uncategorized
Why the United States Won’t Need Troops in Afghanistan After 2014
Since the Obama Administration is already considering either a “zero option”—whereby there will be no American troops after 2014—or an earlier withdrawal, General…
August 1, 2013
- Online Archive
Mali: This is Only the Beginning
Finally, the situation in Mali was rotten enough for international intervention. First because the mujahideen of Ansar Dine, the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa …
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
Palestinian Children: Unlawfully Detained and Abused by Israel Defense Forces
In a recently released statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attempted to justify the arrest of children by citing an increase in popular violence and rioting on the West…
June 26, 2013