Recently added articles from Strategic Forum:
Hybrid threats: reconceptualizing the evolving character of modern conflict.
Apr 15, 2009; ... Key Points America's ongoing battles in Afghanistan and Iraq have highlighted limitations in our understanding of the complexity of modern warfare. Furthermore, our cultural prism has retarded the institutionalization of capabilities needed to prevail in stabilization and ...
The United States and the Asia-Pacific region: national interests and strategic imperatives.
Apr 01, 2009; ... Key Points Notwithstanding the 2008-2009 financial crisis, East Asia today remains the home of the world's most dynamic economies. In 1990, the region's share of global gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 26.5 percent; in 2006, that figure stood at 37.5 percent. In 2006, ...
Ukraine against herself: to be Euro-Atlantic, Eurasian, or neutral?
Feb 01, 2009; ... Key Points Since independence, Ukrainians have been evenly split between those who desire to be part of the Euro-Atlantic (European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization) community and those who gravitate toward Eurasia (Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States) ....
Challenges to Persian Gulf security: how should the United States respond?(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... What Drives Iran? For the United States, any consideration of Persian Gulf security must begin with Iran: its ambitions, perceptions, and behavior. For many in the West, Winston Churchill's famous quip about the Soviet Union--being a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an ...
NATO's uncertain future: is demography destiny?(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)(Report)
Oct 30, 2008; ... Anticipating Change The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is no stranger to controversy. Over the past 60 years, it has endured disputes over defense strategy, the role of nuclear weapons, the size and composition of its membership, and how best to respond to looming ...
The absence of Europe: implications for international security?(Report)
Oct 15, 2008; ... Reengaging Europe In the face of economic and military difficulties, the next U.S. administration will likely return to a more multilateral foreign policy. It will look favorably on working with international organizations. It will focus on greater cooperation with allies. Above ...
Irregular warfare: new challenges for civil-military relations.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Lanes of Authority Conflate Persistent irregular conflict poses difficult new challenges for command and leadership and civil-military relations in general. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq amply demonstrate these challenges. The Iraq engagement began with a short, conventional war ...
Defense Transformation a la francaise and U.S. interests.(Nicolas Sarkozy's military policy)(Report)
Sep 15, 2008; ... "La grande nation" Still? French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged that France "will remain a great military power" when he unveiled the White Book on Defense and National Security and endorsed its wide-ranging reforms. (2) The next day, a group of anonymous general officers ...
Energy Security in South Asia: can interdependence breed stability?(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... South Asia's Rise Despite possessing nearly a quarter of the world's population, South Asia has long been a backwater in terms of global economic clout, accounting for less than 3 percent of worldwide gross domestic product (GDP). In the last two decades, however, the economic ...
China's rising influence in Asia: implications for U.S. policy.(United States)(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... China's Resurgence Asia's strategic landscape is shifting. With colonialism and the Cold War now distant memories, regional political alignments are more flexible, open-ended, and constructive than they have been since the mid-20th century. Region-wide stability and the adoption ...
After the surge: next steps in Iraq?(Viewpoint essay)
Feb 01, 2008; ... Key Points The U.S. military "surge" initiated in mid-2007 in Baghdad and neighboring Iraqi provinces has been largely successful in military terms. It has helped to lower the level of violence suffered by Iraqis and Americans alike and, in tandem with other steps, has restored ...
The European Union: measuring counterterrorism cooperation.(Strategic Forum)(Table)
Nov 15, 2007; ... Key Points The United States and European Union (EU) are natural partners in the global war on terror, but cooperation, although absolutely necessary, is inherently difficult. Primary responsibility for most European counterterrorism policies remains with the separate ...
Seguridad Transamericana: ?que hace falta?
Nov 15, 2007; ... Puntos clave Los paises del Hemisferio Occidental estan mas integrados que nunca, tanto entre ellos mismos e incluso con los paises extra hemisfericos, pero aspectos criticos de sus relaciones permanecen obstaculizados por estereotipos y patrones anticuados. Mientras que ...
The Country Team: restructuring America's first line of engagement.(what American embassies must do)(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Expansion of Engagement U.S. Embassies face unprecedented challenges. The kinds of issues that confound governments today--from organized crime, drug trafficking, and terrorism to nuclear proliferation, human rights, ethnosectarian conflict, global disease, and climate ...
Preventing Balkan Conflict: the role of Euroatlantic Institutions.
Apr 01, 2007;
Can deterrence be tailored?
Jan 01, 2007;
China, Russia and the balance of power in Central Asia.(Shanghai Cooperation Organization )
Nov 01, 2006;
Combating opium in Afghanistan.
Nov 01, 2006;