Whether such loans actually help matters for these countries if hardly clear. Given that the World Bank was founded by Keynesians at Bretton Woods, one might be somewhat skeptical of the economics and politics put forward as the justification for the...

Do it and you’ll be described as [someone] bent on jeopardising national security. But isn’t this difference between the military’s needs and the politicians’ perception inevitable in a democracy? The US military crisis is precipitated by its political...

If so, then the Obama administration has disastrously misunderstood the Clausewitzian dictum when it comes to Israeli security. By misconstruing the relationship between policy and security, the administration has undermined rather than bolstered...

It maintains that the undeclared air war in Pakistan and Yemen “is totally a function of the existence of an unmanned capability -- it is unlikely a similar scale of force would be used if this capability were not available”. Citing the German military...

It maintains that the undeclared air war in Pakistan and Yemen “is totally a function of the existence of an unmanned capability – it is unlikely a similar scale of force would be used if this capability were not available.”(9) Citing Carl von...

These are questions I hope you are thinking about and I look forward to your comments. Combat in today’s world is far different from that of Carl von Clausewitz’s era. Technology has changed the way we fight wars, and modern armies have come to rely on...