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Winslow Wheeler: Romney’s Unrealistic Defense Budget with Comment by Robert Steele

Romney’s defense budget is unrealistic By Winslow T. Wheeler, director, Straus Military Reform Project at the Project On Government Oversight – 11/01/12 10:45 AM ET Mitt Romney’s proposal to boost defense spending until it reaches “a floor of four percent of GDP [gross domestic product],” as he proclaims at his official website, is an insult …

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NIGHTWATCH: A Brief History of Indicators Analysis

Special Comment: A Brief History of Indicators Analysis Compilation, examination and analysis of indicators of a nation’s war preparations, collectively, are the oldest structured analytical discipline in continuous use by elements of the intelligence agencies since 1947. The discipline began in World War II and British defense intelligence maintained it ever since. After World War …

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Peter W. Singer: Defense Sequestration – Facts, Fiction & Options

Peter W. Singer is the director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative and a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings. Singer’s research focuses on three core issues: the future of war, current U.S. defense needs and future priorities, and the future of the U.S. defense system. Singer lectures frequently to U.S. military audiences and …

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Parag Khanna and Frank Jacobs: The New World – More Small Nations, New Economic Zones, High-Speed Rail, Singapore to Vladivostok to London — While the Americas Decline

The New World Frank Jacobs and Parag Khanna The New York Times Sunday Review, September 22, 2012 IT has been just over 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the last great additions to the world’s list of independent nations. As Russia’s satellite republics staggered onto the global stage, one could be …

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DefDog: IAEA Veteran’s Letter “No Iran Bomb” Being Ignored

I know nothing about the science, but this seems credible–certainly worth considering. World Renown Nuke Expert Nails Bibi to the Wall on Iran Bomb Threat Jim W. Dean EXTRACT (Letter Only, Editorial Hyperbole Detracts) Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: Iran may be in your red zone, but can not score. Sure, Iran could divert a few …

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