Security consultant Thomas P.M. Barnett is a sought-after man. He’s a bestselling author, a former professor of strategy at the Naval War College who has a popular Weblog and makes numerous speaking engagements. Despite the fact he is also a vocal critic of defense planners for failing to adequately anticipate the current Iraq situation, the Pentagon still wants to talk with him. His book “The Pentagon’s New Map” is widely read in military and intelligence circles, and, , according to the Washington Post, DOD asked him to unveil the book’s sequel at a closed door speech Wednesday at the National Defense University.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…
