Articles by: Bradley Peniston

Libya has highlighted the diminishing power of the Atlantic alliance

The continued viability of the NATO alliance, the bedrock of U.S. and European defense policy since 1949, is in jeopardy. I suppose …

Integrating unmanned aircraft into civil airspace must address safety

The huge increase in unmanned aircraft use — most apparent in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars — makes it easy to assume that …

To President Obama for reversing the long-standing policy of not sending condolence letters to families of troops who commit suicide while deployed to the Iraq or Afghanistan war zones.

Defense Secretary Leon …

Global demand for amphibious forces outstrips resources

When a crisis erupts the first question U.S. leaders often ask is, “Where are the aircraft carriers?” This historical axiom, however, has expanded over time …

The latest blizzard of memos released by former SecDef is pure Rummy

All snowflakes look alike, but no two are identical. That’s especially true when the snow machine is former Defense Secretary …

Planning, prioritization and testing are the hacker’s worst enemies

Each day’s headlines bring news of cyber attacks that have become more sophisticated, more creative and more targeted than ever before. Today’s cyber …

TO DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES for his latest defense reforms, an adept attempt to get ahead of the debt-crisis curve. In his plan to cut $78 billion over the next five years, …

Nonstate violence is the new norm

In “The Invention of Peace,” British historian Michael Howard notes that it was the rise of the modern state, with powerful kings, that first brought the …

For his unverified and unnecessary descriptions of firefights and human shields immediately after the bin Laden takedown, which turned out to be more Hollywood screenplay (or perhaps information operation) than true account. …

For its coordination of the remarkable Operation Neptune’s Spear, which identified Osama bin Laden’s location and resulted in his death. Meshing together a plethora of military and counterterrorism information and assets into …