The Uneasy Balance between Care and Provocation
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Coronavirus and the Military
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Offensive Operations and US Defense
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How to Support and Distance Yourself from the President’s DoD Budget
OPINION — Fine Print — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer last week joined the very public chorus of defense experts in questioning whether President Trump’s […] More
Boosting U.S. Hypersonic Capabilities
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Cutting Cyber Command’s Umbilical Cord to the NSA
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The New Nuclear Triad
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Columbia Class Submarine Improves Versatility, Endurance, and Stealth of the Triad
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How Will America’s Next-Generation ICBM Improve Nuclear Deterrence?
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Best Of: The Time is Right for Light Carriers
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Sizing Up America’s Aircraft Carriers of the Future
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Best Of: Aircraft Carriers: Bigger is Better
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Disentangling the NSA and Cyber Command
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Keeping Cyber Command and NSA Integrated Operationally
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U.S. Air Force: A Return to Full Spectrum Readiness
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Mattis as Defense Secretary: Wartime Experience for a Country at War
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The U.S. Military: Ready or Not?
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U.S. Army: Regaining Lost Ground
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Keep Ash Carter at Defense
Hillary Clinton should keep Ash Carter as Defense Secretary if, as expected, she wins the presidency next week. With American troops fighting in Syria, Iraq, […] More
The Problem is Congress, Not the Presidency
The Congress is the main cause of our broken government, not the Presidency. Yet public anger with Washington’s failure to act on key federal government […] More
What Trump Doesn’t Know About Nuclear Weapons
If there is one thing that Donald Trump knows little or nothing about, it is nuclear weapons, although as he told The Washington Post editorial […] More
Affecting the Powers of the Next Commander-in-Chief
While the public and the press seem totally focused on the presidential election six months from now, members of Congress are preparing to vote in […] More
Pursuing a ‘Fail Fast’ Ethos for Defense Acquisition Reform
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A Daring Step for the Secretary of Defense
“In today’s complex world, we need someone in uniform who can look across the services in combatant commands and make objective recommendations to the [Defense] […] More