The Tyranny of Forward Presence

A cardinal principle of Navy strategic planning is that “shaping” the international environment is a necessary and appropriate mission. However, the ever-increasing scope of forward presence exerts a tyrannical hold on the future of the Navy, a hold that threatens—in an era of constrained defense budgets and rapidly changing threats—to break the force

Averting the defense train wreck in the new millennium /

"Published in cooperation with Management Support Technology, Inc."Includes bibliographical references and index.Mode of access: Internet

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Revising the two MTW force shaping paradigm /

"A 'Strategic alternatives report' from the Strategic Studies Institute.""April 2001."Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction / Steven Metz -- 2. Sizing the force for the 21st century / John F. Troxell -- 3. Replacing the 2 MTW standard: can a better approach be found? / Richard L. Kugler -- 4. A new strategy and military logic for the 21st century / Huba Wass de Czege and Antulio J. Echevarria II -- 5. Rethinking two-war strategies / Michael E. O'Hanlon -- 6. What follows the 2 MTW force shaping paradign? / Daniel Goure -- 7. Why the 2 MTW must go / Michael Casey -- 8. Multi-metric force sizing / Ian Roxborough -- 9. Threats, strategy, and force structure: an alternative paradigm for national security in the 21st century / Robert David Steele -- 10. Comprehensive security and a core military capability / Walter Neal Anderson.Mode of access: Internet

Indications and warning in Belgium : Brussels is not Delphi

The terrorist attacks in France and Belgium of 2015–2016 that occurred while these countries were in a heightened state of alert raise questions about indications and warning methodology as well as effectiveness of the blanket-protection deployment of security services assisted even by the military. Response and perhaps even more anticipation may require strategic rethinking in light of the predatory attacks that target the most vulnerable spots of the public space. This study looks at threat analysis in Belgium as conducted through her intelligence fusion centre Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA)​​​​​​ since its inception in 2006. With a special focus on what is known, at the time of writing, about the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, this study hopes to put into context how the system (mal)functions and will also consider the preventive measures that respond to the threat, and the international aspects which have implications far beyond Belgian borders. Therefore, a case is made for not just a Belgian homeland security framework, but one that fits into an EU-wide security concept