Israel’s attack on Lebanon, and the Hezbollah action that provoked it, pose strategic questions.  I want to focus on Israel for the moment, since its very forceful – disproportionate – response is, to my mind, the most significant… Continue reading

     Blogger Sun Bin makes the connection today between the deteriorating US military position in Iraq, as exemplified by the Haditha massacre, and the classical Chinese strategist Sun Tzu.  He argues that the breakdown in discipline on the part… Continue reading

    Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao apparently plans to give President Bush a copy of Sun Tzu’s Art of War when they meet tomorrow.  There are various interpretations of what this might mean.     Does it suggest a… Continue reading