The year 2014 marked an eventful time in U.S.-Vietnam bilateral defense relations. In addition to high-level visits to Vietnam by senior U.S. military and congressional leaders, the administration of President Barack Obama last October announced a partial lifting of the ban...

The year 2014 marked an eventful time in U.S.-Vietnam bilateral defense relations. In addition to high-level visits to Vietnam by senior U.S. military and congressional leaders, the administration of President Barack Obama last October announced a partial lifting of the ban...

As we start 2015, the table is set for a real transformation in bilateral relations. 

Urban centers now account for more than half of the human population, marking the first time in history that rural population is in the minority. The absolute figures are astonishing: 3.7 billion people now live in cities, and this will double by 2050. Even more dramatic is...

A key determinant for European defense capabilities is the European defense market, which consists of three main elements: national defense budgets, the European defense acquisition regulatory environment, and the European defense and security industrial base. The National...

• The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) issued its 2014 Defense White Paper Tuesday, January 6 (KST). This is the first Defense White Paper to be published under the Park Geun-hye administration.
• The ROK formally...

Opinion surveys demonstrate that a majority of Americans consider Asia the most important region to U.S. interests, and a majority of Asia experts support the Obama administration’s goal of a “pivot” or “rebalance” to the Asia-Pacific region....

Perhaps no other energy topic today elicits such starkly polarized attitudes as coal. Coal is vilified as a dirty fuel by some and praised as a necessary means for developing economies to modernize by others. These debates are unlikely to subside, as coal is the...

This report focuses on the institutional foundations that enable—or, at times, hinder—federated approaches to defense. Successful defense collaboration in a budget-constrained environment is predicated on the ability and willingness of the United...

• The White House announced an Executive Order (E.O.) this afternoon (Friday, January 2, EST), imposing new sanctions on three North Korea companies and ten individuals.
• Though nominally in response to the cyber-attack against Sony...