Naval Postgraduate School
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Influence through airpower security cooperation in Egypt and Pakistan lessons for Iraq
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
The recent demise of the Iraqi Air Force creates an airpower vacuum in the region that affords the United States an opportunity to garner influence through the development of a robust airpower security cooperation program. ...
Islamic banking financing terrorism or meeting economic demand?
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This thesis investigates the recent world-wide rise in Islamic banking. In doing so it (1) surveys the underlying religious foundation of Islamic finance, (2) examines the attempts of Islamists to use Islamic banking to ...
Counterinsurgency in the 21st century the foundation and implications of the new U.S. doctrine
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
In December 2006, the U.S. Army published its new counterinsurgency (COIN) Field Manual (FM 3-24). FM 3-24 is the much-anticipated capstone doctrinal COIN guide for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. Its intent is "to fill ...
Confronting the ghost of Stalin Euro-Atlantic efforts to secure Georgia
(Monterey, CaliforniaNaval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
Since achieving independence in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union, Georgia has become the most westward-oriented state in the Transcaucasus. The government in Tbilisi has departed from two centuries of union with ...
A view from the teeth in the war of the flea an analysis of U.S. Army tactics in Iraq
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This thesis examines the tactics used by the U.S. Army during 2004-2005 in Iraq. The central aim of this study is to understand why the Army chose tactics that were ill-suited to the conflict and why it took nearly three ...
Testing the nuclear will of Japan
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
Increasing instability in the Northeast Asian region, decreasing faith in the U.S.-Japan security alliance, and the growing Chinese presence in the Northeast Asian region have caused Japanese politicians to revisit an ...
Bridging the Strait implications for Japan and the United States following a peaceful reunification of China and Taiwan
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
Ever since the Nationalist Party retreated from the Chinese mainland to the island of Taiwan after its defeat in the Chinese civil war by the Chinese Communists in 1949, China has been a divided country. The division has ...
Four kilograms to tip the scale China's exploitation of the North Korean nuclear crisis
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
China has incentives to exploit the North Korean nuclear crisis to exact diplomatic, economic and security advantages. The inherent dangers involved in the crisis (that it sparks a nuclear cascade or regional proliferation ...
Falling out of formation a look at the Navy's search for a new maritime strategy
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
Since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Navy has continued to chart a path relying on a maritime strategy enacted in 1986, which successfully drove all aspects of naval warfare, from training to procurement and ...
From oil wells to institution building an approach for fair oil distribution in Iraq
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This thesis represents a case study of the current problems surrounding the distribution of oil revenues in Iraq. First, the main problems facing Iraq's oil economy are examined. Second, an assessment is made of the ...
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