http://battleland.blogs.time.com Where military intelligence is not a contradiction in terms Wed, 23 May 2012 21:34:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/c065f7f4495e21fd12fbfa8af086eafd?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://battleland.blogs.time.com http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/05/17/obama-cleverly-leading-from-behind-again/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/05/17/obama-cleverly-leading-from-behind-again/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:33:32 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=74362 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/05/17/obama-cleverly-leading-from-behind-again/feed/ 0 Reuters Free Syrian Army fighters shout "Allahu Akbar" near Deraa thomaspmbarnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/05/14/how-america-settles-down-somalia-and-by-extension-the-piracy-problem/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/05/14/how-america-settles-down-somalia-and-by-extension-the-piracy-problem/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:33:09 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=73874 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/05/14/how-america-settles-down-somalia-and-by-extension-the-piracy-problem/feed/ 0 REUTERS / James Akena Somali government soldiers, dressed in Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) uniform and trained by the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) team, attend their passing out ceremony at Bihanga army training school thomaspmbarnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/25/would-assads-fall-limit-the-nuclear-menace-in-the-middle-east/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/25/would-assads-fall-limit-the-nuclear-menace-in-the-middle-east/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:55:14 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=64664 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/25/would-assads-fall-limit-the-nuclear-menace-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Syrian soldiers attend the funeral of their comrades at a military hospital in Homs thomaspmbarnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/13/the-perfect-headline-on-the-silent-sino-american-limited-liability-partnership/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/13/the-perfect-headline-on-the-silent-sino-american-limited-liability-partnership/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:55:33 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=63831 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/13/the-perfect-headline-on-the-silent-sino-american-limited-liability-partnership/feed/ 0 REUTERS/Jamejamonline/Ebrahim Norouzi Iranian ships participate in a naval parade on the last day of the Velayat-90 war game on the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz thomaspmbarnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/06/how-america-painted-itself-into-a-corner-on-north-korean-succession/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/06/how-america-painted-itself-into-a-corner-on-north-korean-succession/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:46:03 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=63331 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/06/how-america-painted-itself-into-a-corner-on-north-korean-succession/feed/ 0 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Panetta takes questions during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington thomaspmbarnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/04/more-evidence-of-the-glorious-do-loop-that-is-the-east-asian-arms-race/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/04/more-evidence-of-the-glorious-do-loop-that-is-the-east-asian-arms-race/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:42:15 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=63237 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/04/more-evidence-of-the-glorious-do-loop-that-is-the-east-asian-arms-race/feed/ 0 REUTERS/Bobby Yip U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Haley meets journalists in front of a Chinese flag on board U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington, during its routine port visit to Hong Kong thomaspmbarnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/03/the-strategic-pivot-to-asia-now-committed-pentagon-can-float-allegedly-deep-cuts/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/03/the-strategic-pivot-to-asia-now-committed-pentagon-can-float-allegedly-deep-cuts/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:29:41 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=63143 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/03/the-strategic-pivot-to-asia-now-committed-pentagon-can-float-allegedly-deep-cuts/feed/ 0 (Getty) The gathering Chinese horde China Starts New Excavation Of Terracotta Warriors thomaspmbarnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/04/why-japan-wont-go-all-caldicott-over-fukushima/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/04/why-japan-wont-go-all-caldicott-over-fukushima/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:25:51 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=59765 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/04/why-japan-wont-go-all-caldicott-over-fukushima/feed/ 0 Drink water, skip Kool-Aid thomaspmbarnett Yasuhiro Sonoda, a cabinet office parliamentary secretary, drinks a water taken from a radioactive puddle from the tsunami crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Tokyo http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/03/for-all-you-iran-is-winning-types-the-sad-truth/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/03/for-all-you-iran-is-winning-types-the-sad-truth/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:01:06 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=59683 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/03/for-all-you-iran-is-winning-types-the-sad-truth/feed/ 0 Funny, that doesn't look like the Iranian flag. thomaspmbarnett Turkish_flag http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/10/21/why-america-should-go-slow-on-declaring-victory-in-libya-or-making-promises/ http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/10/21/why-america-should-go-slow-on-declaring-victory-in-libya-or-making-promises/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:33:56 +0000 Thomas P. M. Barnett http://battleland.blogs.time.com/?p=58967 ]]> http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/10/21/why-america-should-go-slow-on-declaring-victory-in-libya-or-making-promises/feed/ 0 Good to be rid of Qaddafi, yes, but what comes next matters more. thomaspmbarnett RTR2SXNH