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1. In New U.K. Defense Minister, a Big Shift

Author

Landler, Mark

Subjects
United Kingdom. Ministry of Defence -- Officials and employees, Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022- -- Political aspects, Political parties -- Political activity -- United Kingdom -- Russia -- Ukraine, National defense -- Political aspects, Military assistance, British -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Conservative Party (United Kingdom) -- Political activity, Labour Party (United Kingdom) -- Political activity
Abstract

Ben Wallace, a former soldier, championed the Ukrainians in their war against Russia. His successor, Grant Shapps, is best known for his political skills. LONDON -- When Rishi Sunak replaced [...]

Published
2023

2. Canadians need to worry more about defence and security

Author

Fadden, Richard

Subjects
National security -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: RICHARD FADDEN Former national-security adviser to the prime minister and former deputy minister of national defence Arguably, humans and nation-states share at least one desirable characteristic: the capacity for [...]

Published
2023

3. Tokyo ascending: ABE's new defense strategy

Author

Lee, John

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, Japanese foreign relations -- Military aspects, Prime ministers -- Military aspects -- Foreign policy -- Military policy, International relations
Abstract

On January 5, 2015, in his first press conference of the new year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared his country's readiness to pursue a 'proactive contribution to peace and [...]

Published
2015

4. The SAC mentality: the origins of Strategic Air Command's organizational culture, 1948-51

Author

Deaile, Melvin G.

Subjects
United States. Strategic Air Command -- Powers and duties -- History, National defense -- Political aspects, Military aircraft -- Usage, Air Force officers -- Psychological aspects, Corporate culture -- Military aspects, Cold War, 1945-1991, Air forces -- Military aspects, Military and naval science, Science and technology
Abstract

Air power can attack the vital centers of the opposing country directly, completely destroying and paralyzing them....The basis of air force power is the bombardment airplane or bomber. --Gen William [...]

Published
2015

5. To compete with China and Russia, the U.S. military must redefine 'readiness'

Author

Brown, Charles Q., Jr. and Berger, David H.

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Powers and duties, National defense -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Charles Q. Brown Jr. and David H. Berger For Print Use Only. The Defense Department's 2018 National Defense Strategy was blunt in its assessment of America's eroding strategic advantages: [...]

Published
2021

6. Biden's team has new framework for China

Author

Demirjian, Karoun

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, National defense -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Chinese foreign relations, National security -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Karoun Demirjian Congress is poised to hand the incoming Biden administration a new framework for countering an ascendant China, one that is intended to better coordinate how the U.S. [...]

Published
2020

7. America's policy toward East Asia

Author

Rosenbluth, Frances, Saito, Jun, and Zinn, Annalisa

Subjects
Japan -- Military policy, National defense -- International aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Political science, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

The article mainly reviews the probable reasons for the Japanese opinion is moving in support of a vigorous national defense policy besides other issues of importance to the country.

Published
2007

8. Canada could be flying Australia's used F-18 fighters this summer

Subjects
Fighter planes -- Purchasing, Arms transfers -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CBC NewsThe Canadian government has completed a deal to purchase Australia's old F-18 fighter jets and the first of the 25 used jets should arrive this spring, the Department [...]

Published
2019

9. War, law, and geopolitical change

Author

Byers, Michael

Subjects
United States -- Military policy, Geopolitics -- Forecasts and trends, National defense -- Political aspects, International law -- Military aspects, Bush doctrine -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, International relations
Published
2005

10. Organizing for homeland security. (Special Report)

Author

Wise, Charles R.

Subjects
World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001 -- Political aspects -- Planning, National security -- Planning -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Terrorism -- Prevention -- Political aspects, Military policy -- Planning -- Political aspects, Government, Law, Political science, Company business planning, Planning, Prevention, Political aspects
Abstract

The events of September 11 have prompted vastly heightened scrutiny of many aspects of government functioning, as major wars and national cataclysms have done in the past. Few aspects, perhaps, [...]

Published
2002

11. FDR, King meeting leads to creation of defence pact

Author

Sharpe, Kenny

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, Ex-prime ministers -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Ex-presidents -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kenny Sharpe; Staff Aug. 17, 1940 An hour from Ottawa on the U.S. side of the border near Ogdensburg, N.Y., then-prime minister Mackenzie King met with then-president Franklin D. [...]

Published
2017

12. Why isn't Trump bragging about his NATO successes?

Author

Chollet, Derek

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations -- Military aspects, President of the United States -- Foreign policy, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Derek Chollet As President Trump prepares for what many reasonably fear could be a diplomatic train wreck at the July 11-12 NATO summit in Brussels, the odd truth is [...]

Published
2018

13. 'So much for men': Conservative women and national defense in the 1920s and 1930s

Author

Erickson, Christine K.

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, Women -- Social aspects, Women -- Political aspects, Social sciences
Abstract

The Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense (WPCND) forum in 1920s and 1930s where the conservative women of United States educated the public especially the youth about their responsibilities of patriotism and citizenship. The WPCND represented more than one million women to pressure the governmental officials for passing policies favorable for the national defense.

Published
2004

14. Bringing your EW issues to Congress

Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Political activity -- Management, United States. Congress -- Management -- Political activity, National defense -- Political aspects, Defense industry -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Defense programs -- Political aspects, Diplomacy -- Political aspects, Aerospace and defense industries, Business, Electronics and electrical industries, Military and naval science, Defense industry, Company business management, Management, Political activity, Political aspects
Abstract

Most defense companies have experienced one of those chilling occasions when a key program is about to go down the tubes. The reasons can range from budgetary limitations to shifting [...]

Published
1997

15. Star wars redux

Author

Barnes, Julian E.

Subjects
National defense -- Planning, National defense -- Political aspects, National defense -- Analysis, Air-to-surface missiles -- Usage, Weapons systems -- Usage, Weapons systems -- Military aspects, Weapons systems -- Political aspects, Company business planning
Published
2004

16. Blair secures his flank against the right

Author

Ashley, Jackie

Subjects
War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Political aspects -- Evaluation, National defense -- Political aspects, Military policy -- Evaluation -- Political aspects, Literature/writing, Political science, Political activity, Evaluation, Political aspects
Abstract

Jackie Ashley, our political editor, reports that the PM is gung-ho, but gives thanks that he seems to know what he's doing Even his professional enemies in politics have been [...]

Published
2001

17. A normal country; Nationalism and defence in Japan; Japan's new nationalist prime minister

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Japan -- Political activity -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Military policy -- Japan -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

'REFORM with no sacred cows' is Junichiro Koizumi's slogan, and no Japanese cow is more sacred than Article 9 of its constitution, which renounces war. So it is entirely characteristic [...]

Published
2001

18. Ultima motives; Denmark and Greenland; Denmark ponders Greenland's radar

Subjects
Denmark -- Political aspects, Greenland -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Ballistic missile defenses -- International aspects -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international, International aspects, Political aspects
Abstract

THULE air base, in the Arctic waste of north-west Greenland, is a crucial spot in the blueprint for the United States' national-missile-defence scheme. The trouble is that Greenland belongs to [...]

Published
2001

19. Algeria - The image, and the reality

Subjects
Algeria -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Military government -- Algeria -- Political aspects, Business, Economics, Business, international, Political activity, Political aspects
Abstract

Algeria's president is well-received abroad. But the army still calls the shots NOWADAYS, Algeria's image is that of a country emerging into the light from a dark decade of strife [...]

Published
2000

20. Political background: International relations and defence

Subjects
Botswana -- Political aspects -- International relations, National defense -- Political aspects, Business, international
Abstract

A volatile region Botswana's domestic stability is not always reflected in its international relations. A dispute with Namibia over claims to Sedudu island (Kasikili to the Namibians) was settled in [...]

Published
2000

21. National defense and domestic security

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Powers and duties -- Political aspects, Political culture -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Antiterrorism measures -- Political aspects, Terrorism -- Political aspects, United States history -- Political aspects, Political science
Abstract

TERRORISM What is terrorism? There is no universally accepted definition of terrorism. In fact, it has been said that 'One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.' Even the United [...]

Published
2003

22. South Koreans Ask U.S. to Reconsider Timing of Military Handoff

Author

Sang-Hun, Choe and Shanker, Thom

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, Armed Forces -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea, reluctant to weaken its strong relationship with the American military, has asked the United States to reconsider the timing of a plan to cede [...]

Published
2013

23. Congress returns to full plate

Author

Snyder, Jim

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Health care reform -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Climatic changes -- Political aspects, Economic policy -- Political aspects, Antiterrorism measures -- Evaluation, Energy policy -- Political aspects, Government regulation, Political science
Abstract

Democrats race to secure a final compromise on healthcare reform, the Senate tackles the debt ceiling and a possible challenge on climate change and a House panel examines a big [...]

Published
2010

25. A Power Vacuum in Iraq

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, Politics -- Political aspects, Cabinet officers -- Political aspects, Police -- Political aspects, Iraq -- Political aspects
Abstract

Almost six months after Iraqis voted for their first full-term government, two of the most essential jobs in that government remain unfilled: the interior minister, who oversees the police, and […]

Published
2006

26. Inside Washington

Author

Schuff, Sally

Subjects
United States -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Terrorism -- Prevention -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry, Business, Prevention, Political aspects
Abstract

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The new Department of Homeland Security is going to be the topic of conversation in Washington this summer. The challenge is to get it right. The House [...]

Published
2002

28. Where in the world are we heading? Terence O'Brien comments on New Zealand's approach to international affairs in light of the Defence white paper issued late last year

Author

O'Brien, Terence

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, International relations, Regional focus/area studies, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Powers and duties, United Nations -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The pendulum of international affairs in today's world has swung in quite pronounced fashion and will continue to do so. The rise of East Asia in particular is reshaping the [...]

Published
2011

29. Beyond NPT

Author

Steinberg, Gerald

Subjects
Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968, National defense -- Political aspects, Nuclear weapons -- Political aspects, Nuclear nonproliferation -- International aspects -- Political aspects
Abstract

Policymakers must act regionally to stem the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War era. The indefinite extension of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) by representatives from more than […]

Published
1996

30. Regret is not enough: why the president should read Paul Ramsey

Author

Kaveny, Cathleen

Subjects
National defense -- Political aspects, Humanities, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

In late December, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, despite having 'serious reservations' about provisions allowing those suspected of terrorist connections to be detained indefinitely [...]

Published
2012

31. Another chance to get Patriot Act right

Subjects
National defense -- Laws, regulations and rules, National defense -- Political aspects, Antiterrorism measures -- Laws, regulations and rules, Antiterrorism measures -- Political aspects, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing AppropriateTools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Government regulation
Published
2006

32. Legislation summary

Author

Hanson, Marshall A.

Subjects
National defense -- Laws, regulations and rules, National defense -- Political aspects, Government regulation
Abstract

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),bills are on a fast track, reflecting Congress s desire to recess by October 6. The preliminary bills were introduced the last week in April. […]

Published
2006

33. Uganda: Country outlook

Subjects
Uganda -- Political aspects, Political parties -- Uganda -- Congo (Kinshasa), Commercial policy -- Political aspects, National government -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Uganda -- Political aspects, Agriculture -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, International relations -- Uganda -- Political aspects, International trade -- Uganda -- Political aspects, Gross domestic product -- Uganda -- Political aspects, International economic relations -- Political aspects, Political organizations -- Political aspects, International trade, Business, Business, international, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

COUNTRY VIEW FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT OVERVIEW: Multipartyist activity will continue to create political tension in Uganda, as the full and complete legalisation of political parties will be an [...]

Published
2002

34. Politics sustains US defence spending: Congress wants to give DoD more than it needs

Author

Ropelewski, Robert

Subjects
Company financing, United States. Department of Defense -- Finance, Expenditures, Public -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects
Abstract

A complete role reversal has taken place in Washington from just a few years ago, when the US Congress was doing its best to reduce a national defence budget that […]

Published
1995

35. PALESTINE: PALESTINIAN LEADER URGES FISCHER, MOUSSA TO INTERFERE

Subjects
Palestine National Authority -- International relations -- Political activity, Israel -- Political aspects, Germany -- International relations, National defense -- Political aspects, Limited war -- Israel -- Political aspects, Business, High technology industry, Business, international
Abstract

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat received a phone call Sunday night from German foreign minister Joschka Fischer. During the conversation, Arafat briefed the Minister on the latest developments in the occupied [...]

Published
2002

36. Ground-Based Missile Defense Advancing: General

Subjects
National Missile Defense (Missile) -- Management, United States. Department of Defense -- Management, United States. Missile Defense Agency -- Management, United States. Army -- Management, Space weapons -- Political aspects, Operational readiness (Military science) -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Aerospace industry -- Political aspects, Defense industry -- Political aspects, Ballistic missile defenses -- Political aspects, Military administration -- Political aspects, Generals -- Interviews, Aerospace and defense industries, Military and naval science, Defense industry, Company business management, Management, Political aspects
Abstract

Political debate rages over the form and timing of a National Missile Defense system. But the new administration has made no decisions on the timing or makeup of such a [...]

Published
2001

37. Defense Industry Slows Cash Gifts To Political Parties

Author

Stevens, Allison

Subjects
Loral Space and Communications Ltd. -- Political activity -- Ethical aspects -- Finance, Textron Inc. -- Political activity -- Finance -- Ethical aspects, Lockheed Martin Corp. -- Political activity -- Finance -- Ethical aspects, Electioneering -- Finance -- 1995 AD, Campaign funds -- Ethical aspects -- Political aspects, Conglomerate corporations -- Political aspects, Elections -- 1995 AD -- Political aspects, Defense industry -- Political activity -- Ethical aspects, Political campaigns -- Finance -- 1995 AD, Satellite communications services industry -- Political activity -- Ethical aspects, Weapons industry -- Political activity -- Ethical aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Aircraft industry -- Political aspects -- Ethical aspects -- Political activity, Aerospace industry -- Political activity -- Ethical aspects, Warships -- Ethical aspects, Shipbuilding industry -- Political activity -- Ethical aspects, Aerospace and defense industries, Business, Literature/writing, Defense industry, Company financing, Political activity, Finance, Political aspects, Ethical aspects
Abstract

In the first six months of 1995, as the last presidential election approached, Textron Inc. gave $167,600 to national political parties, leading the defense industry in cash gifts to the [...]

Published
1999

38. Palin, at GOP conference, hits Obama nuclear policy

Author

Davis, Susan

Subjects
Campaign debates -- Analysis, Conferences and conventions -- Analysis, Military policy -- Analysis, Military policy -- Political aspects, Nuclear nonproliferation -- Political aspects, Nuclear nonproliferation -- Planning, National defense -- Planning, National defense -- Political aspects, Nuclear weapons -- Control, Politicians -- Political activity, Politicians -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Company business planning, News, opinion and commentary, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity, Democratic Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Republican Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity, Republican Party (United States) -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Published
2010

39. Nunn, Sam (1938-)

Subjects
United States. Senate, Nunn, Sam, Legislators -- Political aspects, Bipartisanship (Politics) -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, General interest
Abstract

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY An expert on national defense and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 100th Congress (1987-1989), Sam Nunn (born 1938) was elected to the United States [...]

Published
1998

40. Comms challenge as Kabul is taken. (ANALYSIS)

Subjects
Afghanistan -- Political aspects, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-2021 -- Public relations -- Political aspects, Public relations agencies -- Political aspects, National defense -- Political aspects, Company public relations, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Business, international, Northern Alliance -- Public relations -- Political aspects
Abstract

Northern Alliance forces seized the Afghan capital Kabul earlier this week. In an exclusive report for PRWeek from within former Taliban-controlled areas, American journalist Kurt Pitzer analyses the rebel army's [...]

Published
2001

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