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Pragmatic China wades into Libya conflict
After months of calls for dialogue in Libya, China has waded into the diplomatic fray, but is courting both sides more to safeguard its interests than to bring an end to the conflict, analysts say. Beijing’s warm welcome to Libya’s foreign minister this week and invitation for the opposition to visit China comes as the [...]
The Conflicts in Yemen and US National Security
Yemen is not currently a failed state, but it is experiencing huge political and economic problems that can have a direct impact on U.S. interests in the region. It has a rapidly expanding population with a resource base that is limited and already leaves much of the current population in poverty. The government obtains around [...]
Internal Conflict Drives Latin American Arms Market
NEWTOWN, Conn.: Latin American defense spending is expected to grow from approximately $63 billion in 2011 to more than $65 billion by 2014, according to Forecast International’s “The Military Market for Latin America” report. While these figures appear optimistic, “in general, only about 20 percent of a military budget may actually be available for procurements, [...]
India Develops Weapons for Low Intensity Conflict
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is involved in development of defence technologies and now focusing on customization of certain technologies already developed for military operations to these new emerging security threats and development of new technologies and devices as projected by security forces, both military and para military, during recent interactions with them. Based [...]
Army builds support for tomorrow’s conflict
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala: A holistic view of people and equipment. That’s what the Army’s Materiel Enterprise philosophy is all about. And it’s what can make the difference for a Soldier serving in an uptempo Army in the midst of battle. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, commander of the Army Materiel Command, introduced AMC’s perspective of Materiel [...]
Large-scale war less possible, but threats remain – Russia’s security chief
MOSCOW: Russia’s military policies are aimed at avoiding an arms race and military conflicts, but they should also correspond to real threats which the country faces, Russia’s security chief Nikolai Patrushev said in an interview with the Russian government daily. On February 5, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that he has approved the country’s new [...]
Army Reserve prepares for post-conflict requirements
WASHINGTON: After World War I, a hit single begged the question, “How do you keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?” With the drawdown of U.S. forces under way in Iraq and plans announced to begin reducing forces in Afghanistan after July 2011, Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, the Army Reserve chief, [...]
The Army Capstone Concept: Operational Adaptability
FORT MONROE, Va: The 2009 Army Capstone Concept, last updated in 2005, is now available in its final version online. Led by Brig. Gen. H.R. McMaster, director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center’s Concepts Development and Experimentation Directorate, the Capstone Concept discusses the conditions of today’s battlefield and how the Army will address them. “The [...]
Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute
The relationship between China and Taiwan is more stable in 2009 than it has been in years, but China has nonetheless not renounced its “right” to use force to forestall Taiwan’s “independence”. At the same time, the cross-strait military balance is shifting in ways that are problematic for Taiwan’s defense: the growing size and quality [...]
