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Geopolitical Diary: Strategy and Process

Posted on: Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 in: Civil-Military, Strategy

This was posted on IntelliBriefs Blogspot a few days ago. The tag line is superb: “Strategy is to process as Clausewitz is to a PowerPoint.” Read on …

The executive summary of a report by the CIA’s Office of the Inspector General was declassified and released on Tuesday. Originally published in 2005, the report states that [...]

China’s Space Ambitions

Posted on: Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 in: Space Policy, Space Warfare

Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, Chair of the National Security Studies Department at the U.S. Naval War College, has published an interesting article titled “China’s Space Ambitions” in Proliferation Papers, available at:
 
http://www.ifri.org/files/Securite_defense/China_Space_Johnson_Freese.pdf.

Why airpower matters

Posted on: Monday, August 27th, 2007 in: Airpower

From a blog, http://armyofdude.blogspot.com/, ostensibly form a soldier in Iraq.  At least some of the grunts know why airpower is important.  Of course, if we had used a hellfire or LGB, we probably would be accused of killing a boatload of civilians.  But that is bad, even if the insurgents are now emplacing IEDs in [...]

New Look

Posted on: Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 in: Blah Blah

I am fiddling with the blog over the next few days to make it more user friendly.
Of course, this means I had to reset everyone’s password. Write me if you need help logging on.

AFA Spam and Arkin Buzz

Posted on: Thursday, August 16th, 2007 in: Civil-Military, Military Policy

In case you did not see this missive in either your daily AFA spam or on the Early Warning (more like Distant Early Warning down here at Maxwell) Blog….. 

Buzz About Obama and Airpower: Making the rounds of traditional and Web media are remarks Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made in New Hampshire earlier this [...]

There’s No Such Thing As “Space Security”

Posted on: Monday, August 13th, 2007 in: Military Policy, Space Policy, Space Warfare

[John Sheldon has a very thoughtful editorial in Today’s Space News]

The Chinese anti-satellite (A-Sat) test in January has produced countless calls for ways and means to strengthen and achieve “space security.” The advocates for space security range from the well-intentioned through to the disingenuous, but all have one thing in common: the state of affairs [...]

Space Debate

Posted on: Friday, August 3rd, 2007 in: Blah Blah, Space Policy, Space Warfare

An interesting effort at Space Debate.org: Expanding the Debate on Space Weaponization.

The Blog is in early development and the quality is spotty, but this could turn into a very useful tool.