Collaborating with other countries will accelerate the development process and with reduce the risks on Turkey, experts told Breaking Defense.
By Agnes Helou“For Iraq’s military… these are prestige items more than a security necessity,” CSIS’s Daniel Byman told Breaking Defense of the fighter jet rumors, saying Baghdad has “less glamorous” priorities.
By Agnes HelouThe memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, reverses course on four previously planned downgrades for the SDO/DATT for the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, as well as the role of the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC).
By Aaron MehtaFrom Asia to the Middle East, worries rise like flood waters over the future of water security.
By Lee FerranThe PNS Babur is the first of four corvettes being built for the Pakistani Navy by Turkish shipbuilders.
By Tim FishThis day remains a special marker for all Americans, our friends, allies and our adversaries. It stands on its own, emblazoned in our minds.
By Colin ClarkWASHINGTON: After a small group of forlorn men huddled in the middle of Afghanistan succeeded in their plan to strike the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, America declared a global war against them. That war has sucked almost $3 trillion dollars from the US, according to a study by the respected Stimson Center…
By Colin ClarkLast month, Secretary of Defense James Mattis warned that if Congress doesn’t “remove the defense caps,” he said, “then we’re questioning whether or not America has the ability to survive.” This claim that insufficient increases in Pentagon spending threatens American security is flatly wrong. The real and present danger to our national security is the…
By Daniel L. DavisWASHINGTON: Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the White House had decided not to include aerial refueling as a capability for the next Air Force One fleet. Why? To save money. President Donald Trump has apparently made the decision, reflected by this decision and the…
By Colin ClarkWhen he stepped before the cameras last night to deliver his first prime time address to the nation, Donald Trump became the third president to reluctantly take ownership of the war in Afghanistan. After campaigning on ending costly entanglements for a war-weary country, the president admitted he was hemmed in by some hard realities. “A…
By James KitfieldWASHINGTON: Forget Gandhi and satyagraha. India needs to be more strategically assertive and take China on, a longtime national security advisor to New Delhi said today. And if the US doesn’t like it, then “screw you.” But Washington should like a more aggressive India, said the American-educated Bharat Karnad, because it’s the only thing that can…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
With Washington demonstrating little competency or reliability, Beijing is likely to press countries to include Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications corporations in their 5G networks, lest they alienate Beijing.
By Dean Cheng