The outlook for U.S-Japan defense industrial cooperation

In December’s cover story, “The sun also rises,” AFJ examined the transformation of the U.S.-Japan alliance in the post-Cold War world. This month, MIT Professor …

I wish to rebut the statement made by Loren Thompson in “Finesse trumps firepower” in the December issue. Mr. Thompson asserted that “America still suffered the greatest military defeat in its history. …

Doctor: “Where does it hurt?”

Patient: “It only hurts when I do this.

“Doctor: “So, stop doing that.”

It’s an old joke, but sound medical advice, particularly for our present patient, the …

With the loss of its greatest champion, what’s to become of transformation?

Retired Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, who died Nov. 12, was at the center of the U.S. military’s struggle with …

the former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, for publishing the first serious memoir by a senior official involved in making Iraq policy. Ironically, Bremer’s ghost writer, Malcolm McConnell, did …

Yoga helped Staff Sgt. Bonnie McKinley shed 75 pounds at an Iraqi air base, according to an adjective-verbing scribe in apparent need of some lexicographical enlightmentization of his own. …

In what we are still prone to call the “post-Cold War period,” Americans continue to have a difficult time sorting their way through first-order strategic questions. At the same time, there is …

A stronger Taliban lies low, hoping the U.S. will leave Afghanistan

For the 18,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the appearance of victory could be a recipe for defeat. American commanders in Afghanistan …

Middle Eastern Islam, Darwin and terrorism

As the Christmas holiday approached, it was time to talk about terrorism. I spent part of a December afternoon in a sterile conference room symbolic of …

Is private management of big defense programs out of control?

The U.S. military foresees a future where its enemies are watched by a network of sensors that feed targeting information to a …