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Is China a Growing Military Threat? "China has never and will never participate in any form of space arms race," according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman. Yet the shooting down of one of its own weather satellites has alarmed m... Read More...

Iraq: the hidden cost of the war Andrew Stephen in The New Statesman writes that 'America won't simply be paying with its dead. The Pentagon is trying to silence economists who predict that several decades of care for the wounded wil... Read More...

The Changing Challenges of U.S. Defense Spending The article projects present and future challenges concerning U.S. military spending over the next ten years. These challenges represent a growing debt burden on U.S. national economy. It reviews the... Read More...

For Success in Iraq, US Forces Must Out-Innovate Insurgents The author argues that US forces must adopt a bottom-up approach to tactical innovation in order to keep pace with the rapidly changing tactics of modern insurgents. By Guy Ben-Ari and Shawn Brimley. ... Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: Assist. Prof. Colin Kahl IA-Forum speaks with Assist. Prof. Colin Kahl about how the US is fighting the war in Iraq and improvements in the way it fights. By Stefan Daniels. (IA-Forum, 12/5/2006) Read More... 0 Comments |

Plans for a Post-‘Surge’ Iraq Detailing a gradual disengagement plan for Iraq, post troop surge. By Steven N. Simon (Council on Foreign Relations, 02/09/2007) Read More...

Insurgency: Modern Warfare Evolves into a 4th Generation The author discusses the emergence of '4th Generation Warfare' as the unique form of modern insurgency currently being played out in Afghanistan and Iraq, and its implications for US policy. By Thomas... Read More...

Transatlantic Homeland Defense The report produced by the National Defense University's Center for Technology & National Security Policy and the Institute for National Strategic Studies. This paper proposes an initiative to enhan... Read More...

Bush Might Want Another Go at “Democratizing” Iraq Author critiques possible US troop increases. By Claude Salhani. (IA-Forum, 12/22/2006) Read More... 0 Comments |

Responses to Iraq Study Report Global commentary and discussion about the Iraq Study Report. (12/13/2006) Read More...

International Affairs Forum Interview: Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.) IA Forum speaks with Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.), the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, former Director of the National Security Agency ... Read More... 0 Comments |

The Cold Wars are coming An increase in the number of nuclear armed states may lead to multiple regional cold wars with the ability to cause greater destruction than the first Cold War. By Niall Ferguson, (Los Angles Times, ... Read More...

Service in Iraq: Just How Risky? The Pentagon is very forthright about casualty lists for Iraq. However, as the authors point out, deaths alone don't indicate the risk for an individual serving in Iraq. By Samuel Preston and Emily Bu... Read More...

Killing Won't Win This War The author says defeating an insurgency requires more than simply killing insurgents, but rather winning the "hearts and minds" of the population, an essential strategy for prying the population away ... Read More...

End of Days? The state of the U.S. military; projecting power and how President Bush's goal of reasserting American dominance in the Middle East has failed. By Michael Hirsh (Newsweek, 31/07/2006). Read More...

A New Enemy Gains on the U.S. United States officials worry that they’re not prepared for Hezbollah’s style of warfare — a kind that pits finders against hiders and favors the hiders. Certain that other terrorists are learning fro... Read More...

To Disarm Shadowy Guerrilla Army, Israeli Air Power May Not Be Enough The limited effectiveness of air power and military power in general in Israel's pursuit of security. By Thom Shanker (The New York Times, 20/7/2006). Read More...

Send in the Advisors The author writes that the US military advisors assigned to every battalion of the new Iraqi army are critical to the success of the US war effort, but criticizes the US for sending too few to do the ... Read More...

Russian arms sales: A rising worry This article examines the state of the Russian arms industry; the role of ethical export practices, and whether the industry is in decline. By Oliver Bullough (Reuters, 6/21/2006) Read More...

How to stop the Darfur genocide Discusses the prospects for NATO intervention in Darfur, and argues that it is our moral responsibility. (The New Republic, 6/12/06) Read More...

United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations UN body responsible for conducting peacekeeping missions. Read More...

Continental Integration of Military Command Structures: A Threat to Canada's Sovereignty The issue of continental integration of military command structures has been on the US-Canada agenda since April 2002. Until recently, it has barely been mentioned by the Canadian media. By Michel Ch... Read More...

The Dangers of a Middle East Nuclear War Author explores the repercussions of nuclear war in the Middle East. By Michel Chossudovsky. (Global Research, 2/17/2006) Read More...

China's bid to expand air defense takes hit China's path towards military modernization has been partially disrupted by the crash of one of its recently unveiled AWACS planes. By Joseph Kahn (International Herald Tribune, 06/06/06) Read More...

Japan and the Two Koreas: The Challenges and Prospects of Confidence Building Research paper that explores Korean-Japanese relations, providing a historial perspective and analysis. By Dr. John Olushola Magbadelo. (3/14/2006) Read More... 0 Comments |

The Weaponization of Space: U.S. Strategy in Global Context This speech considers how the Bush administration has expanded plans for the weaponization of space, and critiques this expansion. By Wade L. Huntley, Ph.D. (Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC, 26/0... Read More...

The Russian Nuclear Arsenal This case study examines evolution of the Russian nuclear forces since the fall of the Soviet Union in the context of adjusting the size and role of the nuclear arsenal to the requirements of the po... Read More...

International Crisis Behavior Project This web site offers access to primary data collections and it contains information on 443 international crises, 32 protracted conflicts, and 975 crisis actors from the end of World War I through 2003... Read More...

IA-Forum Transcript: General Anthony Zinni Transcript of event featuring frormer United States Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni who spoke about military conflict and his new book, Battle for Peace. By Michael Loeb. (IA-Forum, 4/112006) Read More... 0 Comments |

Defense developments in key Balkan states, 2000-2005 Author presents a comparative analysis of defense procurement in four key Balkan states. By Ioannis Michaletos. (4/20/2006) Read More... 0 Comments |

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