{"id":3373,"date":"2013-01-13T19:58:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T09:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=3373"},"modified":"2013-01-13T20:00:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-13T10:00:16","slug":"aspi-suggests-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-14\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 2013 to all our Strategist readers! Welcome back for another round of new articles and links in the security, strategy and defence world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mali<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mali is heating up with the deployment of French troops at the request of Mali\u2019s interim government to help beat back Islamist rebels. If you need a quick primer, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/americansecurityproject.org\/featured-items\/2012\/mali-timeline-and-factsheet\/\">timeline and factsheet<\/a> put together by the American Security Project\u2019s Ashley S. Boyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-proliferation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Krepon at Arms Control Wonk blog shares his (bleak) <a href=\"http:\/\/krepon.armscontrolwonk.com\/archive\/3659\/portents-of-a-difficult-year#more-3019\">prognosis<\/a> for the year in nuclear arms reduction for Iran, Russia, India and North Korea. Earlier in the week, Tanya Ogilvie-White gave her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/prioritising-north-korea-in-the-un-security-council\/\">take<\/a> on dealing with North Korea\u2019s nuclear intransigence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Afghanistan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tempo of drone strike operations in Afghanistan is illustrated by this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/article\/20130107\/DEFREG02\/301070015\">Defense News item<\/a>. Two a day in December was a decline on the previous rate. Meanwhile, Kate Clark at Afghanistan Analysts Network <a href=\"http:\/\/aan-afghanistan.com\/index.asp?id=3193\">looks<\/a> at different US troop configurations other than the \u2018zero option\u2019 for 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indo\u2013Pacific<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Carnegie Endowment\u2019s Ashley J. Tellis has a <a href=\"http:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/2013\/01\/07\/opportunities-unbound-sustaining-transformation-in-u.s.-indian-relations\/ezut\">new paper<\/a> that\u2019s optimistic about the opportunities in the India\u2013US strategic relations. It echoes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/the-usindia-relationship-cold-war-politics-vs-globalisation\/\">observations<\/a> by Amit Gupta on <em>The Strategist<\/em> last year who also saw room for growth in the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s a \u2018pivot\u2019 or a \u2018rebalance\u2019, the increased American focus on the Asia-Pacific region <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/01\/01\/us-usa-asia-arms-sales-idUSBRE90005D20130101\">seems to be good for business<\/a>. It might be an appropriate time to have another look at <a href=\"http:\/\/coursesa.matrix.msu.edu\/~hst306\/documents\/indust.html\">US President Eisenhower\u2019s farewell address on the military-industrial complex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in aircraft carriers of the Indo-Pacific\u2019s Maritime Great Game? German blogger Felix Seidler has a <a href=\"http:\/\/cimsec.org\/carriers-of-the-indo-pacific-maritime-great-game\/\">round-up and analysis<\/a> of the region\u2019s big players over at CIMSEC blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defence projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The one-time head of DMO, Stephen Gumley, used to say that it wasn\u2019t budget issues with defence projects that kept him awake\u2014it was the schedules. The release just before Christmas of the Australian National Audit Office 2011\u201312\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anao.gov.au\/Publications\/Audit-Reports\/2012-2013\/2011-12-Major-Projects-Report\">Major Projects\u00a0Report<\/a>\u00a0bears out that observation:<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining Major Projects on schedule, the second major dimension of project performance, remains the most significant challenge for the DMO and its industry contractors; in turn affecting when the capability is made available for operational release and deployment by the ADF.<\/p>\n<p>But we shouldn\u2019t feel too special\u2014it seems that this is just another of the rich heritage of traditions we have inherited from the United Kingdom, whose own National Audit Office has just made\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/article\/20130109\/DEFREG01\/301090016\">essentially the same finding<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 2013 to all our Strategist readers! 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