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8 December 2014

What you need to know about Ashton Carter, Obama's new Defense Secretary nominee

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Andrew Prokop   December 5, 2014 http://www.vox.com/2014/12/2/7319369/ashton-carter-secretary-defense   Ashton Carter, a former ...

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By  James R. Holmes December 06, 2014 Source Link Let’s not rush to mock Hagel for citing the War of 1812 as a precedent for...

Blinders, Blunders, and Wars

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David C. Gompert ,  Hans Binnendijk ,  Bonny Lin Dec 2, 2014  http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR768.html The history of ...

Division Commander-Based Design Why the Army should return to the Division as the focal point for future force design efforts

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Source Link This post was provided by Col(Retired) Bob Simpson , the former lead at the Army Capabilities Integration Center for many...

The Russian Bear Roars in the Sky: Beware the Deadly Su-35 Fighter

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Dave Majumdar December 6, 2014  Source Link The Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E is the most potent fighter currently in operation wi...

The Most Important Alliance You've Never Heard Of

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MOISÉS NAÍM FEB 17 2014 Source Link A membership diagram of Latin American and Caribbean intergovernmental organizations. (...
7 December 2014

India and Bangladesh Near Resolution on Border Dispute

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By  Akhilesh Pillalamarri December 05, 2014 With a favorable political climate in India, the long-standing India-Bangladesh border...

Why India Really Likes Ashton Carter

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Shashank Joshi December 4, 2014 After a week of swirling rumors, Ashton Carter, the deputy defense secretary from 2011-2013, has...

Modi Looks East

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Narendra Modi is looking eastward, and it’s a big and important story that most newspapers outside of India are missing. This week Mod...

U.S. Defense-Intelligence Relationship With Pakistan Slowly Improving But Problem Areas Remain

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December 5, 2014 US relationship with Pakistan wary but improving WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has carried out a series of airstrike...

Kenya Arrests 77 Chinese for Operating Massive Hacking Ring From Houses in Nairobi

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December 5, 2014 Kenya arrests 77 Chinese in Internet hacking case NAIROBI, Kenya — Police in Kenya are consulting technical exper...

The Environmental Implications of China’s New Bank

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By Yuge Ma December 05, 2014 Political wisdom will be needed to manage the environmental consequences of the Asian Infrastructur...

US Rebalance to Asia – An Assessment

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Dr Harinder Sekhon, Senior Fellow, VIF US President Barack Obama landed in Beijing on Monday for the APEC summit, the first of a serie...

Urgent Need for Steps to Make Nathu La Route to Kailash Mansarovar Safe for Pilgrims

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R. K. Bhandari Source Link India and China had signed a bilateral agreement on September 18 this year providing for for conducting t...

Forget the South China Sea: Taiwan Could Be Asia's Next Big Security Nightmare

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Robert A. Manning December 5, 2014 "Expect to see Beijing sabre-rattling and cross-strait tensions rising in the run-up to T...

How ISIS Governs The Territory Its Controls in Iraq and Syria

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Simon Speakman Cordall December 5, 2014 How ISIS Governs Its Caliphate Militant Islamist fighters waving flags, travel in vehicl...

Blood Money How ISIS Makes Bank

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By  Louise Shelley November 30, 2014  Source Link Damage at an oil refinery that was targeted by what activists said were U.S....

The Close Ties Between Russian Intelligence and the Belarus KGB

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December 5, 2014 Belarusan espionage: Ties with Russia remain close However, Belarusan intelligence and special services may have ...

Russian Navy Task Force Enters the Mediterranean

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December 5, 2014 Russia Northern Fleet convoy enters Mediterranean Sea for naval mission MOSCOW, December 4. /TASS/. Russia’s Nort...

Is Enthusiasm in the Russian Military for the War in the Ukraine Waning?

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Paul Richard Huard December 5, 2014 Vladimir Putin’s Losing Streak: Russians are losing enthusiasm for the Ukraine war At first ...

OPERATION AURORAGOLD HOW THE NSA HACKS CELLPHONE NETWORKS WORLDWIDE

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BY RYAN GALLAGHER In March 2011, two weeks before the Western intervention in Libya, a secret message was delivered to the National Se...

Two More Fallacies of Future War Adding to the ARCIC Narrativ

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https://medium.com/the-bridge/two-more-fallacies-of-future-war-66a140702a12  This post was provided by contributor Chad Pillai , an U...