Defense
Defense
China and America: The Pivotal Relationship for Affordable Security?
There is now no international relationship of greater consequence than that between China and America. There will be no "G-2," but how our two countries manage our relations will make a decisive difference not just to our future but to that of the world.
A Reawakened Rivalry: The GCC v. Iran
The Egyptian Military, Part Two: From Mubarak Onward
How real is Israel's Threat against Iran?
Last week, Israeli newspapers broke the news that their government was considering a plan to take out Iranian nuclear facilities. Since then, recriminations about who leaked the plans and to what end have been splashed across the region’s dailies.
The Taiwan Problem and China's Strategy for Resolving It
China has always said that Taiwan is the central problem obstructing the development of its relations with the United States. I've been asked to talk about what Beijing plans to do about this. I have said and written a lot elsewhere about U.S.
The Egyptian Military, Part One: From the Ottomans through Sadat
Drone Warfare: Blowback from the New American Way of War
Turkey at a Crossroads
In an unprecedented act, all four chiefs of the Turkish General Staff have requested early retirement.
Siding with McCain and Kerry on Libya, but for Different Reasons
In the past few weeks, Senators McCain and Kerry have emerged among the strongest supporters of the idea that the best way to support the freedom movement would be to arm and grant full legal and diplomatic recognition to the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC), while reinforcing Weste