Tag: National Security

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Firing a General For the Sake of a Feasible Strategy

The rift between the Obama administration and Mattis during his stormy tenure as head of CENTCOM has been evident, despite Mackubin Thomas Owens’s contention that “no general…

February 6, 2013

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South Korea’s Unsustainable Military Build-Up

The Operational Control transfer scheduled for 2015 and the perceived threat from North Korea are key to understanding ROK’s capital-intensive militarization. ROK Navy Rear…

January 28, 2013

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A Better Plan for Port Security

Checking every shipping container entering American ports encumbers commercial activity, places an unnecessary burden on ports authority, and does little to deter terrorists and…

September 11, 2012