Defense and the National Interest

lots of other stuff, including defense, joins in.  Rob Paterson has a detailed look at this issue, along with an extensive review of America’s Defense Meltdown, on his blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
What America does confront are “people’s wars”. Our “enemies” are not states at all. Aircraft carriers are impotent when facing a guerrilla movement. So are [...]

John has most kindly agreed to keynote the 2008 Boyd Conference, December 6 and 7, at the University of Prince Edward Island. As most visitors to this site are well aware, John is the author of the acclaimed book, Brave New War, which makes a compelling case for increasing resilience at the local level. [...]

Boyd 2008 Conference Agenda - Moving from Theory to Action
The first draft agenda for the December 6-7 conference is now up on Rob Paterson’s blog.  Please look it over and, if you haven’t already done so, join the discussion on the Boyd08 blog.

Compared to Rob Paterson, my co-organizer on the 2008 Boyd Conference.
As Laura Conaway over on NPR’s Plant Money blog described him in a piece yesterday:
Friend, social media guru and former investment banker Robert Paterson spies the worst in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapse. Paterson writes, “It is not a blip. It will get [...]

The 2008 Boyd Conference is now scheduled for December 6 & 7 At the University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown. Festivities will start with happy hour on the evening of December 5th.
The reason for the slip was not to ensure that attendees get a real taste of late fall Canadian weather — because the idea [...]