Defense
Marine Vertical Agility: Real Transformation, Right Now
Victory, Count Ciano said, finds a hundred fathers (defeat is an orphan). So it must be a sure sign of bureaucratic victory that all the armed services are claiming credit for inventing military . . .
Reflections on the Alliance Lunch
On May 13, Lexington Institute sponsored a luncheon meeting of a dozen experts to discuss the future of alliances. Without trying to characterize the content of the whole meeting, I would like to note three . . .
Iraq Campaign Underscores Value Of Jumpjets
The military services are rushing to complete assessments of what lessons can be learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom, before defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld draws his own (less congenial) conclusions. . .
Why Allies? Which Allies?
Does the United States need allies in the 21st Century? If so, what kind of allies does it require? Although the United States has collaborated with many nations throughout its history, including in pursuit of its . . .
DDX Will Decide Whether Warships Have A Future
Ever since Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet embarked on a globe-girding display of power at the dawn of the American Century, the Navy's surface combatants -- battleships, cruisers, destroyers and . . .
Alliance Radio Interview
I did a 15 minute radio interview today on KURV Radio in the southern Rio Grande valley of Texas. The reporter, Fred Cruz, was concerned that the French-German-Belgian military alliance announced this . . .
Strategic Warning: The Promise And The Problem
On April 11 the New York Times published a remarkable interview with Dr. Stephen Cambone, the Defense Department's new Under Secretary for Intelligence. Cambone is the first person to occupy the . . .
Iraq War Plan: Why Rumsfeld Was Right
It appears there are only two places in America where Donald Rumsfeld is still held in high regard: the White House and everywhere outside the Washington Beltway. The latest complaint capital insiders level . . .
After Iraq: Risks to U.S. Airliners Rising Fast
Former Centcom Commander Gen. Anthony Zinni (USMC-Ret.) once observed that Saddam Hussein was just about the only foreign leader stupid enough to challenge America where it was strongest -- on a . . .
Homeland Security: Measuring Success
Are we safer now than were on September 11th? At one level this is an existential question to which no concrete answer is possible. At another level it is an eminently practical question that demands detailed . . .