Defense
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Lesson One: The Importance Of Aerospace Supremacy
Operation Iraqi Freedom was unique in a number of ways. One of these was the rapidity with which coalition air and space forces established aerospace supremacy over Iraq. Air supremacy is defined as the . . .
Pity The Poor Chinese Navy
China has been busy trying to develop a military that can isolate Taiwan, and, if necessary, hold the U.S. at bay. The PLAN's one hope for success in a campaign against Taiwan is to blockade the island and . . .
Wanted: Medium-Weight Land Forces
One lesson to emerge from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) is that, at times, U.S. ground forces proved to be too powerful. This seems counterintuitive when the war was won in approximately five weeks with . . .
Spy Satellites: Who Ruined FIA?
In the months before America went to war with Iraq, the intelligence community repositioned its spy satellites to provide maximum coverage of Saddam's military. There are two types of spy satellites: those . . .
The State of Homeland Security: Assessing Progress in Securing the United States Against the Threat of Terrorism
When the terrorists struck on September 11, 2001 it fell to the Bush Administration to take the nation to war. This is a war fought on many fronts and in distant lands from Iraq and Afghanistan to Yemen and Indonesia. Most significant . . .
Sea-based Missile and Air Defenses
Robust sea-based air and missile defenses will constitute a key strategic capability for the U.S. Navy in the 21st Century. Today the Navy is confronting a serious anti-access threat that will only grow over time. . .
Iraq: The Problem Isn’t Terrorism
There's a lot of confusion in the national media about how well pacification efforts are faring in Iraq. Yesterday, the Pentagon's regional commander in the Middle East added to the confusion by asserting . . .
Does The Nation Need A Bigger Army?
Last week, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld traveled to Texas to brief President Bush on military transformation and discuss whether the nation needs a bigger military. Much of the conversation . . .
Homeland Security
Since September 11, 2001, the nation has been struggling with the problem of responding to an ill-defined but potentially very large and complex terrorist threat. Initial homeland security efforts have . . .
Alliance Project Seminar
On July 1, 2003, the Lexington Institute held the third in its seminar series on the limits of alliances. The speaker was Dr. Simon Serfaty, director of the European Studies Program at CSIS. The discussion . . .