Tag: War & Conflict
177 Articles
- 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
Russian Weapons in Turkey: A Trojan Horse?
After Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in 2014, the former Warsaw Pact countries commenced plans to completely break off contacts with Russian arms and military equipment…
March 3, 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
Civilians Versus Their Governments: China, the United States, and the Changing Nature of Conflict and Security in Africa
The United States should realize that the nature of conflicts and threats in Africa has changed. Governments themselves are increasingly the sources of insecurity and violence…
January 29, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Nationalist Underpinnings of Turkey’s Damaging “Kurdish” Policy
Nationalist histories are deliberate and ideological narrations of joys, fears, and hopes that a collective shares. They are deliberate because, as Benedict Anderson put it,…
January 27, 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
- Business & Economics
Sanctions, Scarcity, and the Depressing Reality of Iranian Healthcare
Each pharmacist I sought out in Tehran bluntly told me there was no chance I could find antidepressants like Pfizer’s Zoloft. Even smugglers recommended by my physician claimed…
January 16, 2020
- Business & Economics
Iraq’s Power Sector: Problems and Prospects
A Lightning Rod for Political Upheaval To plug the gap in its power supply, Iraq has started to buy electricity and natural gas from neighboring Iran. However, this solution…
January 13, 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