South Korea buys F-35s, drones amid tensions in region
Major T. J. “King” Kong: The JSF program’s biggest fan? On Monday, Mar. 24, news broke that South Korea expects to pay around $6.79 billion for 40 F-35 fighter jets. It also confirmed plans to shell...
View ArticleBest April Fools Prank: Drone delivery service buzzing near DC
Washington, D.C. area auto service shop G&C Auto Service previewed its new parts delivery system today, April 1, 2014. And here’s why we’re writing about it on a foreign policy blog: It’s a drone,...
View ArticleMontana candidate’s campaign ad shoots down drones
The Colorado town of Deer Trail that made headlines months ago by proposing issuing hunting licenses to shoot down drones may have tossed out its “unique” anti-surveillance initiative in early April....
View ArticleFunding Security Through Radars, Drones and Missile Systems
The Economist released an interesting chart on global military spending this week showing the increased spending on military assets by countries that have been considered in the past to not be...
View ArticleObama meets ASIMO, stares into uncanny valley (UPDATED)
Me? Creepy? Nah. Credit: AZAdam On Thursday, President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia made a surprise stop at the “uncanny valley” in Japan. Obama, an avid basketball player, picked up a new sport when...
View ArticleNETmundial Conference: The Internet’s First Town Meeting?
A Brazilian cybersecurity conference conveyed more than 800 experts to exchange ideas on the future of the Internet. EWI’s Senior Vice President Bruce McConnell attended the NETmundial meeting in São...
View ArticleDr. Daniel Chiu on the Pentagon’s newest challenges
An MQ-Reaper drone in Afghanistan (U.S. Air Force photo) Hosted by Sarwar Kashmeri, the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions podcast series will headline issues together with the leaders whose...
View ArticleObama’s anti-terror approach to Syria
When President Obama took to the stage to address West Point’s Class of 2014 on Wednesday morning, the leader of the free world sought to lay out a vision for a post-Iraq and post-Afghanistan American...
View ArticleAt West Point, Obama Completed His “Pivot” Away from U.S. Unilateralism
President Barack Obama’s West Point commencement address last week was not an announcement of a new direction in American foreign policy — it was a defense of the policy path already chosen. The most...
View ArticleThat hiatus on drone strikes in Pakistan? No more.
Photo Credit: Al Jazeera English via Wikimedia Commons Just days after Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) militants attacked the Karachi airport, the U.S. ended its hiatus on drone strikes in Pakistan....
View ArticleInsurgencies and Their Equipment: Modern Challenges on the Field of Battle
Ukrainian T-64 Tank With the ISIS forces entering the outer region of Baghdad, the move towards Iraq’s capital lead to a lot of equipment being captured by those forces. This new and advanced...
View ArticleGailForce: Are we or are we not still at war with Al Qaeda, its affiliates...
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Eric Davis comes down a flight of stairs after clearing the upstairs portion of an abandoned home in Fair al Jair, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2007. Davis and his fellow soldiers from the 3rd...
View ArticleThe best defense has always been the game changer
An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket near the southern town of Sderot Photo: REUTERS “Iron Dome” has entered our lingua franca as one of the most well-known anti-missile systems globally....
View ArticleGailForce: Aspen Security Forum Part I
THE NECESSITY OF PROCURING good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged — all that remains for me to add, is, that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy,...
View ArticleGailForce: Aspen Security Forum Part II
MC3 Ian Carver/U.S. Navy It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston Churchill I woke up in the middle of the night a couple of days ago...
View ArticleSnowden: NSA, not Assad, knocked out Syria’s Internet in 2012
Edward Snowden. Source: ABC According to new information released by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, the pro-Assad and rebel groups can finally stop pointing fingers over a...
View ArticleThe Russia-Ukraine conflict: lessons for Europeans
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict: ‘little green men’ By Dominik P. Jankowski and Col. Dr. Tomasz K. Kowalik The current Russian-Ukrainian conflict is a game changer for European security. The entire...
View ArticleThe Cold War 2.0: Re-instating Deterrence
After the end of the Cold War, Ukraine and the Soviet Union’s former Warsaw Pact neighbors agreed to remove some of their security apparatus in order to maintain stability in the region. Ukraine was...
View ArticleJohn Oliver takes on U.S. drone policy
Drone operators. Source: U.S. Defense of Department Leave it to satirical news shows to unleash a swarm of criticism against U.S. drone policy. John Oliver, formerly of “The Daily Show,” took on U.S....
View ArticleThe S-300 Missile Threat in Middle Eastern Conflicts
Two components of the S-300VM system on display at the MAKS air show in Russia in 2013. The one on the left is the 9A83M3 transporter erector launcher and radar (TELAR) vehicle, while the one on the...
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