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The need for NATO

European security and stability remain the alliance’s top priority

The Alma battlefield in Crimea is a bleak ridge that rises from a long and bare plain cut by the Alma River. Here, …

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Forum pick: From our online discussion boards

This article is evidence of the alarming misunderstanding that permeates much of the thinking about maritime domain awareness. Their argument is that these bad actors will exploit the free-access to systems to …

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Loophole lunacy

TO ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. GEORGE CASEY for bypassing ethics laws so the Army could rehire two retired generals as mentors on lucrative contracts. Records show that the Army wanted to …

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The danger of déjà vu

During the past year, we have seen our U.S. national security establishment ponder the question of what to do next in Afghanistan. With the January inauguration, a new president became commander in …

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Industry pulse: The unknown

Cyber threats: We don’t know what we don’t know

“As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is …

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Why we can’t walk away

There is certainly a lot of hand-wringing, chin-rubbing and forceful exhaling going on these days over the increasingly challenging war in Afghanistan, where nearly 70,000 U.S. troops are duking it out with …

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Unmanned limits

Robotic systems can’t replace a pilot’s gut instinct

Our defense establishment has become seduced by the idea of unmanned airpower. Futurists predict an eventual combat force of unmanned systems performing existing wartime …

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Are boots always necessary?

I read with great interest Lt. Col. Mike Grice’s article [Air power’s limits,” September], and while he was very eloquent, I think he missed the boat on some key issues. Grice says …

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Cleaning up corruption

The international community has striven to reduce corruption through encouraging development of robust autonomous auditing agencies, increasing the pay of public sector officials, and enhancing the criminal justice system — however, this …

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Misinformed on IO

I’m concerned by the overuse of the term “information operations” (IO) in Armed Forces Journal and a number of other recent publications, particularly when attributed to our adversaries.

In the U.S., our …

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0 commentsNovember 1, 2009Features