The Trump administration’s plan to cut 12,000 US troops from Germany will hurt NATO, undermine America’s global reputation, help Russia by reducing US troops in Germany by a third and stoking discord among key alliance members, and waste time and money.
Joseph Vick, the manager of museum education at the US Space & Rocket Center, discusses the importance of Germany’s V-2 missile in advancing American rocketry with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Huntsville, Ala.
Col. Alex Crowther, PhD, US Army Ret., senior research fellow for NATO-Europe and cyber policy at the National Defense University’s Center for Strategic Research, discusses the implications of the recent Baltimore cyber ransomware attack and German defense spending outlook with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the European Union’s annual defense and security conference in Washington, sponsored by the EU and Foreign Policy.
Col. Dave Des Roches, US Army Ret., assistant professor at the Near East-South Asia Center at the National Defense University and former deputy director of the US Army History Center, discusses logistics and leadership lessons from the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, 75 years ago on June 6, 1944, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Lt. Gen. Christian Badia, German Air Force, the director general for planning at Germany’s defense ministry, discusses Berlin’s military spending increases, improving standardization to rapidly improve European capabilities, deterring Russia, and changing culture with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Atlantic Council think tank’s Washington headquarters.
Lt. Gen. Ted Martin, US Army, the deputy commanding general of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Va., discusses rebuilding high-end warfighting skills, lessons from the Cold War, capabilities as well as recruiting and retention with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Army Aviation Association of America’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Nashville., Tenn., where our coverage was sponsored by Bell and Leonardo DRS.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., the chairman of the House government operations subcommittee as well as chairman of the US delegation to the NATO parliamentary assembly, discusses NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s historic address to a joint session of Congress and the Atlantic Alliance on its 70th anniversary with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event marking the 70th anniversary of the Washington Treaty that founded the alliance on April 4, 1949, sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and numerous other leading think tanks.
Fred Kempe, the president and CEO of the Atlantic Council think tank, discusses the need for a global NATO and the alliance at 70, his take on Vice President Mike Pence’s address to the NATO Engages conference — co-sponsored by the Atlantic Council, German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other key think tank’s — as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s address to the US Congress. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event marking the 70th anniversary of the Washington Treaty that founded the alliance on April 4, 1949, with 12 nations that over the decades as grown to 29 nations.