After a decade of conflict - is the impact and influence of Counter Insurgency (COIN) doctrine creating an imbalance in how we equip and train our armed forces?
As we invest our intellectual efforts in the Middle East and Central Asia - how has the situation in the East and Northeast Asia changed?
Join my co-host EagleOne from EagleSpeak and me this Sunday, August 8th, as we bring on two guests to discuss.
Guest Douglas A. Macgregor Col. USA, (Ret) , the author of USNI Press's Warrior's Rage: The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting
, and Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights
.Second guest Michael (Misha) Auslin, Director of Japan Studies and Resident Scholar in Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
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What is the possibility that you guys could discuss the reorganization / realignment of the Armed Services to eliminate duplication and overlap of missions and capabilities? Maybe a series of shows. Could the Navy assume all nuclear deterrence roles with subs? Could the Marines provide all light infantry and leave the heavy stuff to the Army? Should the Army be garrisoned back in the US? Do we need multiple space and cyber commands? Should the Coast Guard be the littoral Navy? Should the Army assume the CAS role? Is the F-35B practical for the Marines, or should they rely on Navy airpower? Should the USAF be disolved and its missions reabsorbed by the Army and Navy? Just throwing some ideas out there...
I am hoping to be able to check in for this episode. I've been unable to arrange the time for live listening and participation these past weeks, but hopefully that will change up this weekend.
trouble spot no 1: NK - nukes, hunger and political instability make bad combination
trouble spot no 2: Taiwan - still far in the future... Chinese are patient, and so far even few us subs in the straits are gonna mess any invasion plan
trouble spot no 3: Amur - Russia is being much infiltrated by Chinese immigranst, and has few troops locally - buy lots od nukes in the back. low probability of going hot but if it does its gonna be infernal pyre
@ewok:
Would submit that eventually (in another generation) Taiwan will resolve itself. South China Sea seems to be a potentially greater sparking point since there are more players and more claims (mineral and otherwise) over the same area...
w/r, SJS
you think Taiwan will go the peaceful annexation HK style? quite possible, especially if mainland China evolves a bit more democratic - they already are somewhat drifting that way, despie communist party stern measures - people gathering, strikes etc.
SJS, expect the flashpoint will be diminishing resources and the need to fuel a rising middle class in the PRC. That's why the PRC is working to push a rail line into Pakistan (and a pipeline across a fair part of Asia). The SCS is going to be a fairly important pond in the next ten years.
CDR, thanks again for another hour of insight and education. Glad to see that CDR Hendrix is listening in. Wish I'd bought HIS book instead of the other one I saw in YOUR widget :)
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Thanks! Good guest. Glad we had the full hour.
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