Ultra-modern warfare has now reached a stage where use of the most lethal weapons and tactics are not always the most decisive factors on the battlefield. Inevitably, modern military strategy has evolved to encompass a wide array of measures and countermeasures that the modern army must utilize to ensure its maximum, operational effectiveness. Thus the high-tech battlefield will soon infiltrate into every aspect of a combatant's national infrastructure, which will ensure that not just military objectives...
In keeping with our goal to instruct our readers on the latest developments in strategic assessments from across the global military arena, we found this interesting article from our friends at Foreign Policy magazine. Because it is always sound intelligence strategy to know what your potential enemy is doing at all times, it can also be of great benefit to know what the enemy of your potential enemy is doing as well, so as to develop contingency plans far in advance of military conflict. Messengers Ely ...
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Bremenspeak Ever since it was revealed that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had resorted to using chemical weapons to crush the two-year old rebellion sweeping the country, a steady stream of America’s most hawkish lawmakers have been pressing the Obama Administration to tak...
We found this recent article in Foreign Policy.com quite riveting and provocative. But it goes to show you the extent that extremist groups will go to in order to recruit prospects, establish financial safe-havens, funnel expenses to terrorist cells and to take advantage of America's democratic freedoms. We commend the author for exposing these shocking transgressions and urge all Americans to remain vigilant in the ongoing fight in the war on terrorism. ARGUMENT PRINT | TEXT SIZE Share on email| ...
Coming on the heels of the recent terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon, we thought our audience would be very interested to read this guest article from our great friends at foreignpolicy.com. This was a great article posted by contributing writer Stephen M. Walt, a professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Walt America the Skittish Drezner The New Dubya? Same As the Old Dubya. The Cable Obama Thanked Putin for Help in Boston America the skittis...
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Bremenspeak In light of the tragic terrorist bombing during yesterday’s Boston Marathon, we would like to offer our condolences to the friends and family members of those that were killed and injured in this grievous and despicable act. Our hearts and minds are forever with the great peopl...
Col. Max von Schoppenburg Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE What can we make of the months-long, nuclear sabre-rattling emanating from the wayward regime in Pyongyang? Are they being candid or is it merely more bluster? The consensus in the western media seems to be that the alarming talk of nuclear bombs raining down a...
As we promised, while we attend to further construction on our webblog Pages section, we will begin to intersperse our main blog posts with a host of contributing articles from our most esteemed colleagues throughout the world of military strategy in order to keep our readers up to date on the most relevant issues in strategic studies throughout the world. We found this article by acclaimed American military strategist Edward Luttwak, in the February 7th, 2012 edition of the Wall St. Journal to be a quit...
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In keeping with our goal to make von Clausewitz’ Wit a valuable tool for educational purposes, we plan on making some subtle changes to our web-blog to make it easier for our readers to reference some of our past blog items. What we want to do is to add more material to our pages section so ...
Rzhev residents stand beside the ruins of their home Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Sgt. B. Borodin 4.) Operation Mars (the failed Soviet attempt to cut off the German Army Group Center along the Moscow axis.): In researching Soviet archives of the Great Patriotic War (WWII), historians are naturally taken aback by...
