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Links on Women in Combat
The Pentagon announced in January a decision to lift ban on women serving in combat. The decision raises interesting questions about the role of American female engagement teams in Afghanistan and...
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Drone Pilots Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do –...
The findings of this Defense Department study are certainly not shocking, but they should begin to alter public thinking about the demands of being a remotely piloted aircraft (drone) pilot. It seems...
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Pierre Vimont at the 2013 European Conference at Harvard
By Emily Poole. Pierre Vimont, Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS), spoke about the “European Agenda in Foreign Policy” at the European Conference at Harvard on March 2,...
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Commentary: Egypt may replace police with private security companies |...
Ed Giles/Getty Images By Emily Poole “Earlier this month — following more than a month of clashes between security forces and protesters, in which at least two policemen died — riot police and regular...
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Flexibility in Foreign Policy: the United States and the International...
I recently finished an independent research project on private military and security companies (PMSCs) and the role of the United States in creating effective international regulation of the industry....
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Wired for War: A Discussion about U.S. Military Policy and the Robotics...
A Discussion of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century (2009) by P W Singer By Emily Poole Anyone who has spent time reading about Private Military and Security...
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The Navy Yard Shooting and the Future of American Defense
The RAND Corporation Building in Pentagon City, Arlington, VA. RAND is a government-sponsored think tank that is famous for its leak of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. When thinking of defense contractors...
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Book Commentary: “The Way of the Knife” by Mark Mazzetti
By Emily Poole I recently read The Way of the Knife, the new book by Mark Mazzetti, a journalist who covers national security for the New York Times. In his book, Mazzetti explores the different...
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Comments on Lawfare: Law and Conflict in the 21st Century
I have always felt slightly stuck between the theories of Realism and Liberal Institutionalism/Neoliberalism when it comes to international conflict and the use of force. I tend to believe in power...
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New Defense Secretary, Same Security Issues?
Hi everyone, I hope you all are well. Since we are currently in a transition period between defense secretaries (and calendar years), I was hoping we could share our thoughts on the incoming Defense...
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