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- Hope in Iraq
There is a very interestin op-ed in the New York Times by Michael E. O’Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack, two fierce critics of the management of the war in Iraq.
A War We Just Might Win
VIEWED from Iraq, where we just spent eight days meeting with American and Iraqi military and civilian personnel, the political debate [...]
- Risks and threats
One of the points Buzan et al. make when defining security is that threats are not objective, but are socially constructed. Professor Christopher Coker also touched on this idea in when he spoke on risk thresholds, a talk I have covered previously.
The above graph — which comes from an anti-war site — illustrates the difference [...]
- The White Man’s Anger
[The latest post in our ongoing Oceania Day series comes from the strategist who teaches us about the military history of his home country, and how it influenced modern warfare. — YH]
In the mid-19th century, fighting raged across much of New Zealand’s North Island as Maori tribes resisted the advance of British troops and land-hungry [...]
- George Friedman on the Future
George Friedman, CEO of Stratfor, recently spoke at the JHU-sponsored series Rethinking the Relation Between Economics, Resources, Technology and National and International Security. The audio and video are both available on the JHU site.
Friedman talks about the challenges of forecasting throughout history and lays out some interesting scenarious for the next one hundred years. The [...]
- More Georgians to Iraq
Georgia is doing what few would: sending more troops to Iraq. Like many other members of the Coalition of the Willing, its initial troop commitment was small, around 800 and stayed clear of danger. Yet, Tbilisi is now deploying an additional 1,200 soldiers and this time, for a more high-profile and potentially dangerous mission, patrolling [...]
- A sign of defence?
I present the newly adopted Japanese Ministry of Defense logo. A call went out resulting in 767 submissions, of which the above — designed by MIURA Masato — was chosen. Can you feel the élan? The honour? The distinction? My god… from the Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere to a green dude hugging the Earth. This [...]
- Lost in Translation?
In the very public row over Russia’s refusal to extradite a suspect to Britain in the poisoning murder of Alexander Litvinenko, the headlines in the western press are focusing solely on Putin’s statement that Russia is not Britain’s colony:
Russia’s not your colony, says Putin – Times Online
Putin Attacks UK `Colonial Thinking’ in Murder Row [...]
- What I carry
This is what be in my pocketses for everyday anarchy. Made for the Items We Carry group. Everything has its place in a brown leather valet once I get home. Check out the Flickr page for notes on each item. Via Gruber.
- Why Iraq Doesn’t Matter
The US may be in Iraq for longer than many expected, but it seems now it will be much shorter than some thought. Debates will continue, partisan bickering will press on and the public disillusion will remain. However, the outcome is already clear. The US won’t be in Iraq for the long haul. Either a [...]
- The Birth of the Royal Society
During the political turmoil of 17th century Britain, a number of professors and scholars at the nation’s two great institutions of learning—Oxford and Cambridge—were expelled for political or religious beliefs. (This was two hundred years before tenure.) Some of these academics banded together to form the “Invisible College,” a society with the [...]
