To President Bush
The courtship of India was begun by President Clinton, but the Bush Administration has brought what is potentially the most important strategic partnership of the coming century to the point...
To President Bush
What AFJ giveth, AFJ taketh away. The arrogance of the administration, a disdain for the duties of democracy that begins with the president and is often magnified by his senior lieutenants,...
Chasing the Austerlitz ideal
At 10 o’clock in the morning Dec. 2, 1805, a few miles west of the Austrian town of Austerlitz, the main weight of the Austro-Russian forces under the command of Marshal Mikhail...
By Lt. Col. Gregory A. Daddis
What shipbuilding crisis?
After a decade-long decline in U.S. military shipbuilding budgets, from $11.5 billion in 1991 outlays to $6.7 billion in 2000, spending on ship construction is back to the $10 billion level....
By Pierre Chao, Jeremiah Gertler and Seth Seifman
Who is Steve Cambone?
On a Tuesday afternoon in January, Stephen Cambone, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, sat in his spacious but Spartan E-ring office in the Pentagon, contemplating very...
By Victorino Matus
Understanding strategy: A delicate dance
It was often said during the Cold War that the Soviet Union had a hard time understanding the United States. There was a clash of strategic cultures that made clear calculations of the...
By Dan Blumenthal and Christopher Griffin
Plan for growth
During 2005, the Chinese government noisily celebrated the 600th anniversary of the voyages of the fabled Adm. Zheng He. At home and across the Chinese diaspora, the admiral was memorialized...
By Richard D. Fisher Jr.
An election in war time
We are only a few moments away from the opening of the 2006 political campaign season. The election could well be a strategically decisive moment. Consider the following:
By TOM Donnelly
In this issue
I’ve known Stephen Cambone for a number of years. We’ve disagreed about a lot of issues. I’ve heard people in the Pentagon say a lot of nasty things about Steve. I’ve...