Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Afghanistan/USA – Biden’s Debacle in Afghanistan (Hudson Institute)

In a panel discussion for the Center for Security Policy, Rob Greenway discusses the current crisis in Afghanistan. Biden’s Debacle in Afghanistan - by Robert...

Pubblicato l’annuario ISTAT 2021 (Esri Italia)

L'edizione 2021 del Rapporto dell'ISTAT esamina la situazione del Paese e lo scenario determinato dall'emergenza sanitaria, con i relativi impatti su economia e società. Il...

Shopping for the Map’s Meaning (Esri)

Emily Meriam I recently got involved with a project that mapped grocery store accessibility by scoring every census block in the United States by the number of grocery stores...

What’s New in the ArcGIS Earth Mobile App (August 2021) (Esri)

Cici Chen, Avonlea Fotheringham ArcGIS Earth mobile users got a major update for ArcGIS Earth on iOS and Android in January 2021, and we’re excited to now...

The COVID-19 Delta Variant: This Map Provides Answers (Esri)

Este Geraghty, MD, MS, MPH, GISP The United States is experiencing the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, due to the far more infectious Delta variant...

Afghanistan/USA – Why Was the Administration So Slow to Evacuate US Allies in Afghanistan? (Defense One)

Russell Berman That was how President Joe Biden, in his address to the nation on Monday, tried to explain why his administration had not acted sooner,...

Afghanistan/USA – These Afghans Were Our Allies. Now We Must All Help Them Become Our Neighbors (Defense One)

Doug Wilson, Matt Zeller As we write this, Americans from both political parties and from across the country—many of whom support President Biden’s decision to...

Afghanistan/USA – We Have One Last Chance to Save Our Allies (Defense One)

George Packer “This is not Saigon,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on CNN on Sunday—and he was right. By the time helicopters took off...

Lessons from a Failed Stealth Jet Can Guide Naval Aviation’s Future (Defense One)

Brent D. Sadler Attendees of the recent Sea Air Space conference in Maryland could have learned any number of things about current and future naval...

New US Air Force secretary to shake up Advanced Battle Management Program (Defense News)

Valerie Insinna The new U.S. Air Force secretary says he’s skeptical about current plans to build the service’s Advanced Battle Management System, signaling the program could...

Dickinson: US Space Command is on ‘good glide path’ to full operational capability (Defense News)

Jen Judson Gen. James Dickinson, the first commander of U.S. Space Command, has been focused on putting meat on the bones of the new organization since...

Army Special Forces want to integrate more with other military units on info warfare (Defense News)

Mark Pomerleau  U.S. Army Special Forces have worked to develop top tier information warfare capabilities and want to mix their skills more often with conventional military...

Belarus/Russia – Lukashenka Says No to Russian Military Base and Deeper Integration With Russia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor In his marathon question-and-answer session on August 9, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka again ruled out the integration of Belarus with Russia at the...

Afghanistan/North Caucasus – Taliban Triumph in Afghanistan Echoes in Russia’s North Caucasus (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan threatens to destabilize the North Caucasus for three interrelated reasons. First, the Taliban victory is certain to inspire...

Russia – Russia Warns Ukraine and Other Neighbors to Draw Lessons From Fall of Kabul (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel E. Felgenhauer The sudden collapse of the Afghan National Army and security forces, the fall of Kabul without a fight, President Ashraf Ghani fleeing...

Japan needs a better military drone strategy (East Asia Forum)

Tsuyoshi Minami, Shanghai Normal University Japan has been advancing its military modernisation program for several years. The driving motivation appears to be China, which aims to...