Europe Rediscovers the Military Draft
Elisabeth Braw, National Interest
France, Italy, Latvia and Lithuania scrapped conscription as they concluded that large-scale defense was no longer necessary. But the draft is back.
Elisabeth Braw, National Interest
France, Italy, Latvia and Lithuania scrapped conscription as they concluded that large-scale defense was no longer necessary. But the draft is back.
Rodger Baker & Zhixing Zhang, Stratfor
From their opposite ends of the Asia-Pacific region, China and the United States have distinct â though sometimes overlapping â strategic visions of East Asia. The respective hefts of the United States and China, and the interaction between the status quo power and the emerging power, naturally exert enormous influence on the region, though the countries between these two powers of course have roles to play in determining their fates.
Joel Weickgenant, RealClearWorld
Last September, as newly installed European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker prepared to deliver his inaugural EU State of the Union addressed, I wrote the following:?
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
When it comes to rebutting Donald Trump's idiotic observation that Vladimir Putin is a strong leader â âÂÂfar more than our president has been a leaderâ â it is hard to topà the assessmentà of Russian-born Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, which The Times's Andrew Higgins quoted inà his storyà from Moscow: âÂÂVladimir Putin is a strong leader in the same way that arsenic is a strong drink. Praising a brutal K.G.B. dictator... Читать дальше...