by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
PLA soldiers in formation outside the Green Pearl, China’s newest military cruise ship, during the ship’s August commissioning ceremony. Photo: People’s Liberation Army The media freaked out about China’s crappy aircraft carrier and...
by Dave Dilegge | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
By: Dave Dilegge Admiral James Stavridis: What I Read with John Hudson at The Atlantic's Wire (SWJ mentioned).
by Abu Muqawama | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
This will be my last post on this blog for at least a year. I am about to start a fellowship program with the Council on Foreign Relations that will place me in the U.S. government for the next 12 months. Because this blog has become such a big part of my idenity, I...
by Marc Lynch | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
What does it mean that no Kings have thus far fallen in the Arab uprisings while four non-monarchical rulers (Ben Ali, Mubarak, Qaddafi and Saleh) have toppled from their (non-royal) thrones and a fifth has plunged his country into a brutal civil war? Is there a...
by The Long War Journal | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
A gas cylinder and homemade explosives were part of the weapons cache confiscated during a raid by NDS personnel on Aug. 28. Homemade explosives were found concealed in kitchen appliances, pillows, a mattress, and other household items. In addition to the confiscated...
