This volume examines the connection between culture and defence by providing an inside look at Brazil s aerospace strategies.

Brazil is becoming increasingly important geopolitically and several studies have sought to further understanding of this new position in the international arena. This volume aims to provide a better understanding of the Brazilian nation, its security dilemmas, and how the country seeks to develop its defence training process and improve its professional military education. Organised into two parts, the chapters offer academic dialogues on several aspects of...

This book discusses the limitations of the practice of imposing no fly zones and considers the potential utility of a no fly zone in the case of Syria.

Imposing no fly zones on governments that use force from the air against their own people has been a practice of the United States since the closing days of the first Iraq war. A no fly zone was imposed on Iraq from 1991 to 2003, on Bosnia from 1993-1995 and on Libya for three months in 2011. No fly zones have come to be viewed as an easily feasible, moderately costly, acceptably risky, essentially nonviolent form of intervention...

This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the future of US warfare, including its military practices and the domestic and global challenges it faces. The need to undertake a comprehensive analysis about the future of warfare for the US is more pressing today than ever before. New technologies and adversaries, both old and new, have the potential to revolutionize how wars are fought, and it is imperative that policy makers, military planners, and scholars engage with the latest analyses regarding these new threats and weapon systems. The primary aim of this book is to provide a...