by Jessica Binsch | Jun 10, 2010 | National Security
The Center for a New American Security, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington that focuses on U.S. security policy, is gathering experts and policy makers for its fourth annual conference. Panels and speakers will cover a range of topics from the war in...
by Jessica Binsch | Jun 10, 2010 | National Security
By Jessica Binsch/MNS James Locher III takes notes at a hearing of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee while Gordon Adams and John Pendleton (left) listen to a comment from James Thompson. Locher called on the president to take action to better sync the...
by Jessica Binsch | Jun 9, 2010 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – A recent congressional report on professional military education argues for a broad educational basis to foster critical thinking, and military educators say that means more officers should have master’s degrees or doctorates. “The [operational and...
by Jessica Binsch | Jun 9, 2010 | National Security, Topics
Military schools grapple with challenge of educating strategic thinkers in wartime WASHINGTON – To handle the increasingly complex challenges of operations like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is sending its next generation of strategic thinkers to...
by Jessica Binsch | Jun 8, 2010 | National Security
As Assistant Secretary of State for for the region, Robert Blake helps shape U.S. policy with South and Central Asia, home to countries such as Afghanistan, India and Bangladesh. He works with Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, make sure...