Tag: U.S.
Putin’s Muscle Flexing in Central Asia: Challenges Obama
Tucked away between the hills of northern Kyrgyzstan, the large Manas air base found itself at the heart of global geopolitics. It is the...
US Proposed ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ to Israel is Dubious
Iran's defiant pursuit of it's nuclear technology has already raised the specter of a nuclear war in the Middle East to dangerous proportions and...
Obama Administration Scrutinies Defense Spending Bonanza
Does Obama means an end to Defense Sector's prosperity? The election of Democrat Barack Obama as the next American president has left onlookers questioning the...
Israel Asks US to Support Arrow-3
Lieutenant-General Henry Obering III, heading the US Missile Defense Agency, (MDA) held talks with senior Israeli defense officials early August 2008. Following the meetings,...
Led by Lame Ducks the Middle East Stares into the Abyss
Nothing can perhaps illustrate the bizarre situation, that exists in the Middle East in Spring 2008, than two events, which occurred almost simultaneously, seemingly...
The Iraqi Fiasco Slides into World Focus Again
Having passed the tragic milestone of 4,000 Americans killed, world focus is once again, on the war in Iraq. Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" came...
U.S., Israel Pursue Counter Rocket, Artillery & Mortar (C-RAM) Weapons
The Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program is part of an advanced technology objective (ATO) pursued by the U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile...
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...
Is Washington Losing the Gulf to Moscow?
With only hours to spare, the US organizers of the Middle East conference opening in Annapolis last Tuesday decided to make the best of...
Putin’s Muscle Flexing: Bluff or Cold War Challenge?
No matter what experts may say, Russia's growing assertiveness is already causing jitters in the West. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), consisting of Russia,...
A New Weapons Bonanza Rocks the Middle East
It will probably become the largest arms deal in the history of the volatile Middle East: Advanced US weapons systems worth a total of...
Is America Losing its Strategic Hold on Central Asia?
Over the past two years, US relations with former Soviet Central Asia nations have collapsed, with Uzbekistan removing US Air Force air bases in...
The Khuzestan Gambit
Could the new naval build-up in Persian Gulf signal a new US strategy against Iran, one which differs completely, by taking a fresh approach...
