Avatar photoIndia-Pakistan Friction Heats Up

Quotes of the week: “For Pakistan, the present situation is favorable because at a very minimal cost, it is achieving good dividends in Kashmir. India is profusely bleeding both in terms of war casualties as well as losses of its material resources. It is very unlikely that India would continue to bear such a high …

Avatar photoNovichok: The New Guy

The Russian chemical weapons attack in Salisbury is, sadly, not the first assassination to take place on UK soil. Jeffrey and Aaron spoke about Russia’s use of a Novichok nerve agent, what this act says about a return of Soviet patterns of behavior, and some policy options.   Links of Note: The Stimson Center report, Chemical Weapons …

Avatar photoTrump and Kim: Shades of Reykjavik

Quotes of the week: “The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.” — Peggy Noonan “The nation’s strategic interests have been taken for a surrealistic ride on a summit roller coaster.” – Alexander Haig “Both …

Avatar photoA Monumental Success

“What’s the point of geolocating missile launches?” you might ask.  Almost all of our analyses start with the simple act of putting a place to picture or a video.  “Where did this happen?”  Place seems like an obvious, well, place to start.  But sometimes it is hard to explain why that is. Today, though, I …