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Geopolitics 101—Don’t re-invent the Russian bear and Chinese dragon
Geopolitics 101—Don’t re-invent the Russian bear and Chinese dragon

America, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis

Geopolitics 101—Don’t re-invent the Russian bear and Chinese dragon

Last week’s geopolitical guidance to politicians was don’t lose wars. This week’s advice is don’t re-invent Russian bears and Chinese dragons. Portraying Russia and China as potential or peer adversaries and threats goes back to the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev. “What are you going to do now that you no longer have an enemy?” he asked. In addition to hosting the most expensive Olympic Games in history, Vladimir Putin’s autocratic Russia has announced major increases in defense spending. The Old Soviet Fifth Eskadra that deployed to the Mediterranean during the Cold War was replaced with a new Russian Mediterranean force based in Tartus, Syria. Half a dozen or [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:28:21+02:00February 26th, 2014|America, Blogs, Defense / Homeland Security, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis|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

Alexandru Grumaz, Blogs, Europa/Rusia, International Peace, & Security, Issues, Regions, Studies and Analysis

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?

Blogs, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Orientul Mijlociu, Regions

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 [...]

By Harlan Ullman|2017-11-14T21:28:22+02:00February 17th, 2014|Blogs, Harlan Ullman., International Peace, & Security, Issues, Orientul Mijlociu, Regions|0 Comments

Super Bowl, Super Power?
Super Bowl, Super Power?

America, Blogs, Global Governance, Harlan Ullman., Issues, Regions

Super Bowl, Super Power?

Last Sunday’s Super Bowl was the culmination of America’s National Football League’s sixteen game season and the playoffs that followed to determine who would win the sport’s ultimate prize---the Vince Lombardi Trophy. One of the world’s most widely watched annual television events, the Super Bowl was very disappointing to those fans wishing to see a game won or lost in the last seconds. From the opening kickoff, the Seattle Seahawks demolished the Denver Broncos delivering a 43-8 beating, one of the worst in Super Bowl history. Seattle’s defense, the best in the league, throttled Denver’s offense, also the best in football. The game was lopsided: despair for the losers [...]