New Year, Old Problems, 1.3.10
An old Chinese proverb declares, “May you live in interesting times.” The year ahead will likely show us why these words are both a blessing and a curse.
World War 2.0, The American Legion Magazine, 1.1.10
Some argue that attacks in cyberspace aren’t really a threat to national security. They’re wrong. Just ask our friends in Estonia, Georgia and Israel—or consider the Pentagon’s 2008 report on China, which concluded that Beijing views cyberspace as an arena for “non-contact warfare” and aims to conduct “cyberwarfare against civilian and military networks—especially against communications and logistics nodes.”
It Is I, byFaith, Winter 2009
Three little words make an enormous difference for us.
The Exit Strategy President, FrontPage Magazine, 12.10.09
Tomorrow’s historians may look back on this period and label it the “age of retreat.”
Speaking Creatively, 11.1.09
Charles Darwin turned 200 this year. If you’re like me, you probably didn’t throw a party.
The Great Recession, 10.1.09
Given the dark economic outlook this time a year ago, it was hard to find a business or household that had the confidence—or audacity—to predict growth by the end of 2009, let alone double-digit growth. But that’s what Washington’s spending spree has done for the U.S. government.
A Very Cold War? 9.1.09
Tensions and opportuntities emerge in the Arctic.
NATO's New Mission Statement, 9.1.09
At the moment, NATO's next Strategic Concept is “a blank sheet of paper,” as Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO’s outgoing secretary general, has said. But NATO’s current challenges offer plenty of guidance on how to fill the page.
Surrendering Outer Space, 8.1.09/9.1.09
What if, in the midst of the epic contest to explore and colonize the New World, Britain — the greatest seafaring power of its day — had to mothball its naval fleet and rely on other countries to transport British men and material across the oceans? This much we know: With British subjects, ideas, and goods tethered to a little island off the coast of Europe, Britain and the world would be very different today. Something not too dissimilar is about to happen in the heavens, as the United States prepares to retire its fleet of space shuttles.
NATO's Strategery, 7.29.09
NATO revamps its mission statement.
Obama Learns Foreign Disagreements Come with Presidency, 7.14.09
The hard-line Bush administration didn’t make the world’s rogues more defiant, just as the “grip and grin” Obama administration cannot make them more compliant.
Time to Go Nuclear, 5.24.09
If America is on the verge of a “nuclear renaissance,” as proponents of nuclear power contend, our nuclear Dark Age has cost us dearly.
A "Focused" Competitor, 5.21.09
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently raised eyebrows by noting that China is “developing capabilities” that “seem very focused on the United States Navy and our bases that are in that part of the world.” There’s actually nothing new here.
The High Cost of Volunteering, 3.31.09
Stimulus packages and bailouts are getting all the headlines, but President Barack Obama’s plans for national service are also pricey—and dispiriting for those who believe government has no place in paying for or promoting volunteer programs.