by Justin Yarros | Apr 3, 2013 | Monitor
At the top of the list of challenges to American competitiveness and national security is the lack of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) graduates in our schools and universities. The U.S. is facing a shortfall of 230,000 STEM jobs because Americans are...
by Justin Yarros | Apr 1, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 1 April 2013 South Korea Gives Military Leeway to Answer North Choe Sang-Hun/NY Times President Park Geun-hye of South Korea ordered the country’s military on Monday to deliver a strong and immediate response to any North Korean...
by Justin Yarros | Mar 20, 2013 | Monitor
Source: USA.gov The Pentagon’s recent release (subscription required) of the annual Strategic and Critical Materials report assesses the risk of critical materials shortages for America’s military. The Defense Department (DoD) studied 76 of these materials used by the...
by Justin Yarros | Mar 20, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 20 March 2013 Afghans Compromise on Special Forces Ban Azam Ahmed/NY Times President Hamid Karzai’s government agreed to compromise on his demand that American Special Operations forces immediately leave Wardak Province. Iranians hopeful...
by Justin Yarros | Mar 19, 2013 | Monitor
The proposed Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline, which would carry natural gas from Iran to Pakistan, recently made headlines as construction crews broke ground on the controversial project. The pipeline would transport an estimated 750 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of...