Tag: Strategy
2011 Flashpoints: Asia – The Chinese Dragon Vs The Indian Tiger
3rd Article in the 2011 Flashpoint - Asia Series | Beijing's aggressive "String of Pearls" strategy of securing the sea lanes from the Persian Gulf...
Israel Air Force Helicopters Conclude a CSAR Exercise in Greece
A joint training exercise conducted by the Hellenic and Israel Air Forces took place in Greece this week. Israeli and Greek helicopters took part...
Russia to Triple Defense Procurement Spending by 2013
Details on the planned Russian defense spending for 2012 were revealed last week, during a Parliament debate on defense spending, when Defense committee chairman Viktor...
Winning Afghanistan – A Realistic Objective?
Can ISAF forces really 'win the hearts and minds of the Afghans'? The Dutch contingent controlling parts of Uruzgan in central Afghanistan are demonstrating...
Putin’s Power Play – Bluff or New Global Strategy?
Georgia's "Rose Revolution", like Ukraine's "Orange Revolution", is precisely the kind of popular uprising that the Russian elite fears most deeply. Any Western support...
Can, or Should Israel Disable Iran’s Nukes by Itself?
The big question posed these days, is not whether Israel is capable of taking out Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nukes, but if it should go ahead...
Assad’s Secret Scam – Golan: Springboard for “Greater Syria” Ambition?
Some questions are plaguing Middle East analysts over the sudden shift in Israeli-Syrian relations. Ehud Olmert's attitude is quite obvious - he wishes to...
The Golan Heights Will Remain Israel’s Strategic Bulwark
Ankara's mediation efforts yielded result on April 24 when Israel announced that it was ready to give up the stategic Golan Heights to Syria...
Is the Turkish Army facing a “Tora Bora” War in Kurdistan?
As the US War in Iraq seems to diminish into acceptable proportions late 2007, a new crisis is arising in Iraq's north, as Turkish...
NIE 07: Has Bush “Lost the Nuclear Battle” to Ahmadinejad?
By all means it's all over bar the shouting and latest US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) 2007 will have given Washington a painful shot...
Israel’s moment of truth: bracing for a nuclear environment
There is no argument whatsoever, that any government's job is to prepare for all contingencies and in Israel, being under constant threat from a...
Annapolis 2007: Roadmap into a Dangerous Dead-End
Despite the happy faces portrayed in official photo opportunities on Condoleezza Rice's last visit, the Bush sponsored Annapolis summit is doomed to failure. The...
Syria’s Chemical Weapons Proliferation Hydra
Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa promised last week that Syria's response would be forthcoming to avenge Damascus' humiliation by the alleged Israeli air incursion...
The Zaidi Shi’a in Yemen – Iran’s Next Objective to Reach...
Last week's suicide attack in Yemen, the first of its kind against Western tourists, demonstrated Al-Qaeda ever-present threat in this impoverished nation despite, sofar...
