December 31, 2020
There is a post -Clausewitzian military axiom that says that no longer is a war won on the battlefield with men and materiel: it is won when the victor successfully imposes his ideology on the vanquished. And that is a more enduring and fulfilling victory.
America’s wipeout ideological conquest of the subcontinent required inputs from various fronts: the first prong was globalisation and pro-US acculturation this is already so firmly in place that much of urban India is today really wannabe Little America; the second prong was getting the Indian government to do the US’ military bidding pronto and without protest and this the Bush Administration accomplished yesterday by getting the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to summarily transfer Lt Gen Kapil Vij from his post as commander of 2 Corps, one of India’s three strike corps, ostensibly because an American spy satellite had caught him deploying his corps into battle formation close to the India-Pakistan b
The Future of DHS project: Time to reform Congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security
Thu, Dec 17, 2020 4:45 PM
The Hon. Bennie Thompson and distinguished former officials discuss why now is the time to streamline congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.
Please join the
Forward Defense practice of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Center for a New American Security for a public conversation on
“The Future of DHS Project: Time to Reform Congressional Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.” This virtual event will take place on
Thursday, December 17, 2020 from
4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. EST via Zoom.