India’s Role in the Asia-Pacific Topic Week By MAJ Chad M. Pillai “As the United States and China become great power rivals, the direction in which India tilts could determine the course of geopolitics in Eurasia in the twenty-first century. India, in other words, looms as the ultimate pivot state.” Robert D. Kaplan (The Revenge … Continue reading India as the Pivotal Power of the 21st Century Security Order
By Alex Calvo Introduction Ever since its conception, the UK’s sea-based deterrent Trident has prompted a measure of controversy. This includes, among others, the wider question of nuclear armament, the system’s opportunity cost (in this context, the weapons or other security and defence assets the UK stops buying or producing in order to pay for … Continue reading Trident: An Introduction to the UK National Debate
Robin Geiss and Anna Petrig. Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea: The Legal Framework for Counter-Piracy Operations in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. Oxford University Press, 2011. 340 pp. $110 By Alex Calvo The Law of Counter-Piracy Operations: From Hollywood films to some Chinese popular perceptions of their Eastern neighbors, piracy and pirates retain … Continue reading Book Review: Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
Distributed Lethality Topic Week By Alan Cummings Distributed lethality is about “increasing individual warship lethality and then combining surface warships in innovative ways.” We can add some 21st Century flair to the details, but the premise remains the essence of warships since time immemorial: go to sea and kill your enemy. Frankly, the U.S. Navy’s … Continue reading Distributed Lethality: China is Doing it Right
