Is AirSea Battle's focus on China an approach with built-in belligerence ? And if not China, what threat out there guides strategic dev...

How is the US going to re-orient away from COIN? And what will that future look like ? StratFor offers some thoughts: Vietnam, Iraq and ...

When the SecDef - one of most patient and genial men in Washington - says we're "losing patience" then it's time for Pakis...

Lots of news these days about the US re-focusing its long-termstrategies toward the Pacific. The US is refocusing, without trying to piss...

The National Interest tries to make sense of who's on which side in Afghanistan . There are no constant friends in international polit...

So world leaders are "set to tackle Afghanistan's future" , eh? Here's a question: if we're bringing them into the 20...

So the US ambassador to Israel openly admits what everyone's known for a while - that the US has 'plans' to attack Iran . U.S....

The formal press release of the SecDef welcoming our new Afghani overlords . “I am very pleased to see that today President Karzai identif...

How'd we get here? and how do we get back to where we want to be ? In the United States, it’s popular to focus on technology to the ex...

Is it more important to... ... overwhelm the enemy with superior numbers, and damn the casualty figures? ... deftly maneuver him into su...

They're almost Phineas-and-Ferb-like in their ability to attack their southern cousins and suffer no repercussions . Restraint in the ...

Hey Leon, way to be an optimist ! The United States is prepared for "any contingency" when it comes to dealing with North Korea,...

Norks threaten war and South unveils their own cruise missiles . South Korea announced Thursday it has deployed new cruise missiles capab...

Comparing the state of the Army today to about 1974 or so (after 10 years of Vietnam), and Abu Muqawama notes that it's not in bad shape...

The Afghans want to know what the US long-term basing strategy is going to be . Afghanistan wants the United States to clearly spell out w...

In an exploratory game, rather than a rehearsal, the US played out a possible shootout with Iran ... A classified war simulation held this...

Per this article from Defense.gov Secretary Panetta says the military will be smaller and more deployable . To accomplish the new mission ...

Stephen M. Walt has some ideas on the future of the alliance . First, declare victory! Europe is experiencing unprecedented sustained peac...

Where is the war won? ... At the tactical level, the land of the NCO, the last 100 yards, where bullets fly and bodies drop? ... At the ...

Worried about the intel budget? Don't be . "We will protect, and in some cases increase our investments in special operations fo...