A U.N. Army for the New World Order?
The US. decision to intervene in Somalia created nearly universal approbation among policy makers, analysts, and members of the...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
A U.N. Army for the New World Order?
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Orbis
Beyond NATO: Complementary Militaries
Analytical thinking concerning U.S.-European military ties in the post-cold war era suffers from several fundamental conceptual inadequacies. Everyone knows...
America Needs a Post-Containment Doctrine
For over forty years, the doctrine of containment has guided American thinking about national security and foreign policy. Today,...
Why Saddam Hussein Invaded Kuwait
“We committed a boner with regard to Iraq and our close friendship with Iraq,” Ronald Reagan explained during the...
The Rising Star of Russia’s Vice-President
Although still little known in the West, Aleksandr Rutskoi is one of the most influential figures in today’s Russian...
The Gathering Storm in Central Asia
With the break-up of the USSR, its five Central Asian republics – Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan –...
India Copes with the Kremlin’s Fall
Although the loss of Soviet support has created grave problems for India’s military, shifts in strategic tectonic plates are...
Third World Militaries: New Suppliers, Deadlier Weapons
Until the 19805 the global arms bazaar was dominated by the Western states and the Soviet Union, who were...
Eastern Europe’s Search for Security
Western leaders want to enhance the security of Eastern Europe, but the project confronts them with several knotty questions....