Harold Brown, US Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter, is author of Star Spangled Security: Applying Lessons Learned Over Six Decades Safeguarding America. He sits on the Defense Policy Board of the US Department of Defense, is Trustee Emeritus of the RAND Corporation, and a trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
With the US an increasingly reluctant world policeman, European countries – especially Britain and France – will have to bear principal responsibility for dealing with African security issues. Fortuna… read more
History teaches us that rising powers inevitably compete with status quo leading powers, and that this conflict often leads to war. Indeed, as Xi Jinping takes over the reins of power in China, the pr… read more
Just as Syria comprises a more complex society than the other Arab countries that are currently in the throes of political transition, so it has more complex external relations. As a result, any attem… read more
