As we begin the second decade of the twenty-first century, the role of the US military – stretched thin by two wars and increasingly outsourced, yet still the world's dominant lethal force – is coming under scrutiny.Cohn, William ANew Presence the Prague Journal of Central European Affairs...
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The symbolic role of these large and weighty globes cannot be overstated: the large globes symbolize the complete mastery of geopolitical knowledge by both commander in chiefs in the midst of World War II; they show the investment of military forces in maps. The world map served in the post-...
s actions on the Indian border with its “aggression” in the South China Sea, seeking to portray a pattern of Chinese belligerence (while itself hosting 800 military bases around the globe). US leader Donald Trump evenofferedto mediate between the two – a highly resistible offer that both ...
bearing a striking resemblance to the military industrial complex that President Dwight Eisenhower warned about in 1960. These large institutions have a vested interest in short circuiting immigration reform and absorbing huge quantities of national security funds. What are the foundations of the complex...
Democratic Parties that both took power in 2009 of being “socialistic”, and calls the promise of entitlements “free stuff”. But he also gets very little reaction to parts of his speech that he clearly cares greatly about, in particular the controversy over American military bases in Japan...
that were owned by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority ("BCDA"), a Government agency organized to arrange for the disposal of Government-owned land occupied by military bases. The Company subsequently entered into a joint development agreement with Megaworld in July 2003 to develop this...
But Iran actually has what regular military forces and then there's a separate religious military force that's essentially just for the regime. There's like an army like we have in the United States that's ostensibly for the whole country. But Iran also has just regime, police, and milita...