- Adam Elkus offers a parable on the relationship between uncertainty, complexity, and difficulty in modern strategy.
- Defence News opines on the continued flexibility of frigates in a time of fiscal austerity.
- There's a new age of military intervention underway in Africa. This time, however, Africans are leading it.
- Anthony Cordesman explores the risks surrounding implementation of the Joint Plan of Action with respect to Iran's nuclear program.
- The Pentagon may be reducing spending on bullets and boots, but it's splurging on cyber.
- Trying to stem the tide of global defence integration, Russia mandates limits on foreign imports of defence components.
- NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is moving on after four and a half years. In what shape is the alliance as it heads into 2014?
- Finally, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently sponsored the Robotics Challenge Trials for humanoid robots. Here's a snapshot:
Military & strategy links: Flexible frigates, intervention in Africa, cyber, robots and more
Published 21 Jan 2014
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