Defense Statecraft

In June 2014, Afghanistan will elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai. As of May, National Coalition of Afghanistan leader Dr. Abdul...

The latest antics over territorial waters came this week from China and Vietnam in the South China Sea.  As China continues to extend its l...

While China’s power is being debated in political and scholarly circles, its international presence is certainly becoming more visible.  In...

Final Exam Spring 2014 Defense Statecraft May 7, 2014 Please answer one of the following three questions. You have until 12:15pm (EDT) to...

It has been reported widely in the past day that Syrian rebels have evacuated their last positions in Homs, in the Old City.  This is not ju...

The future of drones in the US is murky and uncertain, but what does seem clear is that they are here to stay.  Robots, unmanned aerial veh...

The recent publication of  American Spartan   has brought renewed  attention to human cost of fighting a counterinsurgency. But equally a...

Ukraine: Maybe it’s Time To Just Do What They Ask The problems in Ukraine arose from former President Yanukovych’s idea to back out of ...

The prospect of rogue artificial intelligence has weighed on the minds of humanity from Isaac Asimov's I, Robot  to the box-office bomb...

The reporting by Japan's Kyodo News on what is purported to be the Chinese contingency plan for the collapse of North Korea has made ...