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NATO’s strategic ace: Vladimir Putin
NATO’s strategic ace: Vladimir Putin

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NATO’s strategic ace: Vladimir Putin

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was on the road to irrelevance. The most successful military alliance in history has lacked a real enemy since the Soviet Union disintegrated a quarter of a century ago. After a dozen years of war in Afghanistan, NATO’s role is coming to an ignominious end. Because of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a Basic Security Agreement (BSA), NATO is now forced to plan for the withdraw of all of its military forces by the end of 2014. Without substantial coalition forces and, as important, the money and aid Afghanistan receives because of that presence, the Karzai government will be unable to prevent [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:28:20+02:00March 4th, 2014|Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Global Governance, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

Geopolitics 101—Don’t lose wars!
Geopolitics 101—Don’t lose wars!

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Geopolitics 101—Don’t lose wars!

Prior to entering national office, politicians of all stripes and especially American presidents-elect and members of Congress should take a short course in Geopolitics 101. That course would have but two warnings: don’t start wars you can’t win and above all don’t lose wars. One would think that is common sense. But it is not. America’s wartime scorecard is not impressive with a singe exception. Along with allies, we won the big one---World War II. Korea was at best a draw. Vietnam, and let’s not forget that was a war of our choice, went to the other side. Grenada did not count. Afghanistan and Iraq have turned out badly so [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:28:21+02:00February 26th, 2014|America, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions|0 Comments

Michael Hayden
Michael Hayden

Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, International Peace, & Security, Issues, Studies and Analysis

Michael Hayden

Evenimentele din 9/11 au produs schimbări dramatice în operațiunile militare și în cele de culegere a informațiilor pe ambele maluri ale Atlanticului. Lordul Roberson spunea: Lectia lui 9/11 trebuie învățată în fiecare zi deoarece ce s-a întâmplat atunci nu este doar o dată în calendar sau o linie pe o hartă este un avertisment dramatic că imprevizibilul și surpriza, într-o lume complexă, ambiguă și integrată, înseamnă un pericol pentru noi și pentru generațiile care urmează. Vorbim din ce în ce mai des de evenimente neprevăzute așa-numitele, în jargonul comunității de informații, black swan events: invazia sovietică în Cehoslovacia, invazia Argentinei în insulele Falklands, războiul de Yom Kippur și atacul lui [...]

By Alexandru Grumaz|2017-11-14T21:28:21+02:00February 25th, 2014|Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, International Peace, & Security, Issues, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

De la Dialogurile lui Platon la cele de la Munchen
De la Dialogurile lui Platon la cele de la Munchen

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De la Dialogurile lui Platon la cele de la Munchen

Țuțea spune într-unul din interviurile acordate după 1989 că: Istoria este făcută de Aleși!La fel s-a întâmplat și anul acesta în Germania la Conferința de Securitate de la Munchen. A fost un eveniment remarcabil nu numai prin faptul că s-au sărbătorit 50 de ani de la prima reprezentație dar mai ales prin participanții care au urcat pe podiumul ei- Henry Kissinger și Helmut Schmidt- împreună cu alți patriarhi ai construcției globale internaționale precum - Egon Bahr sau Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - cei patru acumulând 370 de ani în politica mondială. Conferința a fost marcată de absența cancelarului Angela Merkel dar reprezentarea germană cât și noile linii de angajament consolidat în [...]

By Alexandru Grumaz|2017-11-14T21:28:22+02:00February 25th, 2014|Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Europa/Rusia, International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis|0 Comments

Syria—strategic or tragic?
Syria—strategic or tragic?

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Syria—strategic or tragic?

Last week, the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. hosted a session on Syria and the Middle East. The speakers largely agreed that more active engagement by the Obama administration from increasing humanitarian assistance to arming the opposition was needed and needed now. The argument was based on the civil war spilling over and destabilizing the region with many foreign fighters trained in Syria finding their way back to the West. One participant proposed waging a “Charlie Wilson” type of guerilla action with the Syrian Free Army cutting the government’s supply lines and attacking its air bases as a means of forcing the Assad regime to negotiate or to leave office [...]