Defense Geopolitics News
Defense and geopolitics news on global security issues, defense policy, defense budget news and analysis.
Panetta Defends Intelligence Operations
Declining to discuss details about a U.S. RQ-170 drone aircraft that went missing in Iran, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta...
US Congress Moves Forward With Massive Defense Bill
The U.S. Congress is moving forward with a massive defense bill that contains a controversial provision on the military detention...
New data allows for unique conflict research
Which factors increase the risk for armed conflict and war? What circumstances make conflict resolution more likely to be successful?...
Fiscal Year 2011 Foreign US Military Sales Exceed $30B
U.S. foreign military sales overseen by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) passed the $30 billion mark for the fourth...
Once called Blackwater, firm changes name again
The US security firm formerly known as Blackwater, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, renamed itself...
Cost of UK Libya Operations
The net additional cost of Operation ELLAMY - costs incurred by the Department on operations which would not otherwise be...
NATO to halt Iraq mission at year-end: official
NATO will withdraw its Iraq training mission at year-end after Baghdad refused to grant it legal immunity, Iraq's top security...
German Arms Exporters Book Record Sales
German arms dealers logged record foreign sales in 2010, according to an annual government report. The opposition has urged more...
Pentagon Spending Crunch Threatens Major Programs
The Department of Defense is endeavoring to safeguard its portfolio of weapon acquisition programs as it prepares to absorb hundreds...
US denies seeking to ‘contain’ China
Moves by Washington to strengthen military ties in the Pacific are not aimed at containing China, a senior US defence...
© 2003-2020 DefenceTalk.com