The (Con)Fusion of Civilizations
Larry Summers and Kishore Mahbubani think that globalization will eventually lead to world peace. Except that it hasn’t — and probably won’t.
Larry Summers and Kishore Mahbubani think that globalization will eventually lead to world peace. Except that it hasn’t — and probably won’t.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
The Information Age is in full swing and there is little use in fighting the tectonic shift that it brings with it.
In 27 years of dealing with the U.S. military on a daily basis, I am surprised to still come across unfamiliar acronyms.
If you want to understand the Middle East (in Washington, D.C.), ditch the think-tank panels and catch the photo exhibits and hip-hop shows by Arab artists.
Here are four reasons to put a sock in it.
Most people see plagiarism as a wholly intentional act.
We can argue about what caused it.
With the U.K. on the verge of saying “piss off” to Brussels, the great European democratic project hangs in the balance.
So writes Army Lt. Col. Terrence Buckeye in the new issue of ARMOR magazine.
Joe Biden didn’t create the Iraq mess, but he sure has made a hash of it on his watch.
Richard Burt seems to be working with Trump.
The Pentagon has quietly released a report on civilian casualties that it's hoping nobody will notice.
The case for teaching arts in the Digital Age.
There recently was a case of plagiarism at the Naval War College.
I like the singer Rufus Wainwright, and once enjoyed a show he did with his mother and his sister upstairs in a pub in London.
And all they want is some food, water and with luck some affection.
Admit that the United States of America, as a government, a military, and a society, is functionally and cognitively incapable of winning a war.
Ismael Khan had been Minister of Water and Power since being ousted as Governor, and had clearly prospered.
The Republican front-runner says America’s foreign policy is terrible — and the portions are too small.
Is Paul Kagame’s government using museums to commemorate the past—or cement its grip on power?
And, like many combat vets, he looks at his society through a new, skeptical lens.
Army Col. Eric Aslakson tackles that problem in a good article in the May issue of ARMY magazine.
"Garcia" is not solely a paean celebrating subordinate initiative, but also a testament to effective leadership.
"So, this little girl was getting ready for a trip to her grandma’s house. Red Riding Hood started by doing a map recon and checking with the intel bubbas to see what was going on along her route."
Developing partnered forces is perhaps the defining challenge of our military age.
“If one had to be Chinese to understand strategic thought, can only a German (A European? a Westerner?) understand On War?”
We shouldn’t be surprised that Brazil — and other countries in the BRICS — is dealing with the stumbles and falls of an emerging economy. Meaningful progress takes decades.
For years, the Obama administration has claimed that unmanned aircraft limit collateral damage in the war on terror. The numbers show otherwise.
There’s no quick, cheap, or military-based way to bring peace to places like Afghanistan, Yemen, and Iraq. It’s time we changed our approach, and we can start at home.
The first steps the military should take to succeed in the information age include retooling an antiquated industrial-era personnel system.
Adm. William McRaven is a smart and likable guy, but I think he is wrong in this essay arguing against the removal of Rear Adm. Brian Losey.
He sentenced a troubled Special Forces vet to 24 hours in jail for lying about a urine test.
How the next U.S. administration can fix America’s dysfunctional relationship with Turtle Bay.
This is from a very good article by David Wood on how Special Operators are dealing with the mental fraying of the force.
Then, all too often, it’s slow rolling, stonewalling, hemming and hawing.
“I can read German but not Chinese, so please read it to me.”
The United States military and government in general must effectively harness the power of social media.
The growing concern about cyberspace as a domain of warfare in the Information Age presents many challenges for the U.S. defense and security communities.
With two risky flyovers of U.S. military assets in a week, tensions with Moscow are high. We need to tone things down, before flyovers become bombing runs.
No one — not Obama, Clinton, Trump, or Cruz — will dare to admit the obvious: We’re going to need to put boots on the ground in Iraq and Syria.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently published a column in which he bemoaned the way we fight.
If we don’t control our sense of time, what DO we control? Who do these ripplers think we are, chumps?
One of the surprises to me the first time I was on a Navy ship way out there was that when you are well out to sea, the water really is that strong blue color captured in this photo.
A look at resources dedicated to mosquito control shows that major U.S. cities are vastly unprepared to prevent a Zika outbreak. And Congress just made it worse.
Stated simply, the U.S. military has done a less-than-stellar job of adjusting to the Information Age.
The future of armed conflict is challenging military thinking.
War in the Information Age will be decided by human capital.
Why playing devil’s advocate with the Republican front-runner’s rhetoric eventually leads back to the source of the problem — Washington.
Massoumeh Ebtekar and Hossein Sheikholeslam both were radical Islamist students who took part in the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Over three decades later, they’re political rivals battling to define the future of the Islamic Republic.
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