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Context is our bimonthly newsletter, available only on subscription. Context is a geopolitical and geo-economic view of major advanced technology weapons systems. We regularly publish extracts of the publication to give a taste of its content.

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To The Point, Context n°111, December 2007 — F-15 crisis, A US(AF) Crisis

The USAF F-15's fleet is becoming older, faster than the USAF anticipated. This is opening a crisis in the US arsenal, which is mirroring the crisis of the overextended US power. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°108, September 2007 — Return to Reality

Israel is taking a second, hard look to JSF, with an order which is downed from 100 to 25. For the first time, the new “wonder hyper-technological plane” is appreciated in relation with its real combat capabilities. (suite...)

To The point, Context n°107, July-August, 2007 — A Raptor fo All Seasons

Japan wants the F-22 Raptor for its forces and some people in Australia are favouring the F-22 in place of the JSF. Key question and an audacious hypothesis: is the Raptor becoming a concurrent of the JSF on the export market∫ (suite...)

Editorial, Context n°105, May 2007 — La Grande Nation Speaks Out Loud and Clear

The first round of the Presidential election in France was, in a sense, the most important moment of this essential event. France, la Grande Nation, has rediscovered the soul of itself. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°92, February 2006 — Failed and Hijacked QDR

The QDR 2005 was announced as a major revolutionnary event. The whole thing has failed and the process has been hijacked by the Pentagon bureaucracy. Rumsfeld is the main casualty. (suite...)

To The Point, context n°79 (December 2004) — The Polish F-16 Deal & BPJ

As we saw (see Faits & Commentaires, 22 September, 2005), Bruce P. Jackson is back in town. To documente his lobbying skill, we published the story of the Polish F-16 Deal in which he payed an important role. (suite...)

Editorial, Context n°86 (July 2005) — Did Someone Say ‘Blitz’?

Certainly, there is the horror of all terrorist acts. Expatiating on them and lashing out against their barbarity comes all to easily. That makes it possible to gauge the ignorance and the superficiality of analysis which characterize what could be term (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°85 (June 2005) — Where Is Europe Heading?

From the affirmation of European Defense by French Minister of Defense Michèle Alliot-Marie (MAM) to the first official European questionning about the 'European Preference' problematic (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°84 (May 2005) — Bureaucratic Imperialism & Bureaucratic Coup

A ‘perfect operation’ in the Italian sky on 8 April, with US intelligence informations and scrambling Italian's F-16. US Bureaucratic imperialism in action, to take control of the Italian forces. But will this 'bureaucratic Coup' succeed∫ Not so sure. (suite...)

Analysis, Context n°79 (December, 2004) — The French Factor

Treated with contempt, ridiculed, sidelined, France today is prominent, if not preeminent in all the institutions that matter in providing an alternative to Americanization. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°75 (July 2004) — Somber Anniversary, Ten Years of US Defense Industry's Consolidation

While the Pentagon is reopening the competition for the $23 billion tankers bid for the USAF after the collapse of the KC-767 Boeing programm, an analysis of the main cause of this turmoil: the failure of the consolidation of the US industry. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°72 (April 2004) — A Furtive Revolution Founded on Stealth

Stealth technology is a myth, a sort of “technologie-culte” of our time. The abandonment of the Comanche combat helicopter is the first time that such a decision is taken for a stealth system. We look at the history and raison d'être of stealth. (suite...)

To The point, Context n°66 (October, 2003) — Comparing Iraqi Freedom and Operation Artemis

In comparing Iraqi Freedom (March-April 2003 in Irak) and Operation Artemis (June-September in Congo), we try de look at the evolution of the concept of “war” in the post-9/11 world. (suite...)

Analysis, Context n°58 (January, 2003) — Defense Export: The JSF Ideology

Evolution of weapons exports in broad outline: the example selected is the most structured and as well as the most radical. The US holds center stage, with the JSF and its global reach, but with an unexpected dimension — an ideological one. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°57 (December, 2002) — Europe in the Making?

Analysis of the strategic position of Europe in the transatlantic situation (relations between Europe and USA). Position and evolution of the strategic industry (armament, aerospace) in this context. Centrality of the JSF factor. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°55 (October, 2002) — The “Babelization” of the JSF

* The striking success of the marketing campaign of the JSF programm is making of it a true international programm. * But this success has its own weakness, a threat of fragmentation and disorder within the programm. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°54 (August-September 2002) — EFA, JSF and their strategic relationship

* British strategy, including strategy with the Irakian crisis, and the Eurofighter (EFA) destiny. * EFA and the American JSF, are they Friend or Foe∫ Or Friend and Foe∫ (suite...)

Analysis, Context n°53 (July 2002) — Revolution from Above

The Pentagon is having its revolution It is now a matter of putting on the back-burner all the war-making capability in favor of communicating information on the war. (suite...)

Analysis, Context n°51 (May 2002) - Stealth by Any Means

From Context Archives: in the pantheon of technological marvels, stealth technology is in first place. We revisit the Pentagon intra-bureaucratic squabbling which resulted in enshrining stealth in that position. (suite...)

To The Point, Context n°50 (March-April 2002) - The Road to Chaos and The Dutch Way-

* The Washington scene, in time of huge DoD budget increase: reality and prospect. * The JSF choice by the Netherlands in February 2002, in National context and in European perspective. (suite...)