Geopolitics / India – America's New Strategic Partner?

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Foreign Affairs – Over the last year, the U.S. and Indian governments struck a deal that recognizes India as a nuclear weapons power. Critics say Washington gave up too much too soon and at a great cost to nonproliferation efforts. Perhaps. But India could in time become a valuable security partner. So despite the deal’s flaws and the uncertainties surrounding its implementation, Washington should move forward with it.
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US Navy – Gonzalez home after Sea Swap stint

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Virginian Pilot – The guided missile destroyer Gonzalez returned home Thursday from an 18-month deployment that involved three crews under the Navy’s Sea Swap program. The Gonzalez was part of the now-defunct Sea Swap program, which kept the destroyer overseas for a longer-than-traditional deployment while three crews rotated aboard for six-month stints.
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History – Night Session of the Presidium of the Central Committee, 22ñ23 October 1962

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Naval War College Review – A Russian historian of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis argues from archival evidence that while authority to use tactical nuclear weapons was never delegated to local Soviet commanders, it was only with difficulty (and the assistance of the Navy commander in chief) that hard-liners were prevented from pushing through a potentially dangerous policy.
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Geopolitics / Iraq – When the Shiites Rise

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Foreign Affairs – By toppling Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has liberated and empowered Iraq’s Shiite majority and has helped launch a broad Shiite revival that will upset the sectarian balance in Iraq and the Middle East for years to come. This development is rattling some Sunni Arab governments, but for Washington, it could be a chance to build bridges with the region’s Shiites, especially in Iran.
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