The U.S. Department of Defense has redesigned its public web portal to incorporate web 2.0 links and to serve as the starting point for finding U.S. military information online. An extensive FAQ section is included (scroll down the webpage to view).
Taking up the security challenge of climate change by Rymn J. Parsons examines the destabilizing effects of climate change and how the military could be used to mitigate global warming and to assist at-risk peoples and states to adapt to climate change, thereby promoting stability and sustainable security.
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The Department of State has updated its Worldwide Caution travel information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against American citizens and interests throughout the world.
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Admiral Timothy Keating, the commander of the military in the Pacific region, answered questions from foreign journalists at the Foreign Press Center hosted by the U.S. Department of State.
In his brief introduction, he mentioned, “Exercise Talisman Saber off the northeast coast of our strong ally, Australia. It’s a very high-end bilateral military exercise with soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, ships, submarines, all kinds of assets in a very high-end, technologically challenging linked exercise between the United States and Australia.”
The July issue of Web Alert has been posted on our website. Compiled by the United States Reference Service, Web Alert is an annotated list of resources freely available through the internet.
The June Web Alert — a collection of freely available internet resources compiled by the United States Reference Service – has just been posted on our website.
The U.S.R.S. has also created an e-resource page to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
The Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States has published its final report with the U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2009 (360 pages).
We’ve just posted the latest issue of Web Alert, a list of freely-available internet resources on a wide range of topics. This edition has a special section on women’s history month and non-violent paths to social change.
Every year, the U.S. Department of Defense is required by law to submit a report to Congress on the Military power of the People’s Republic of China 2009 (PDF) . The report addresses the current and probable future course of military-technological development of the People’s Liberation Army.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been making the rounds in Washington DC with visits to President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and Secretary of Defense Gates among others. To learn more about what was said, check out these links:
