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Travis Sharp

Travis Sharp

 

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Topics: Iraq, Regional Security Challenges, Terrorism & Irregular Warfare, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military Forces & Operations, U.S. National Security Strategy, WMD & Nuclear Proliferation
Research Associate

Travis Sharp is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. Prior to joining CNAS, he served as Military Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, where he started as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. Sharp’s articles have appeared in Joint Force Quarterly, Parameters, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ForeignPolicy.com, Defense News, Politico, and The Korea Times. He has been quoted in most major news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Associated Press, and Reuters. Sharp has a B.A. in Politics and U.S. History from the University of San Francisco.

U.S. Budget: Is Defence Spending too Important to Cut?
Source: BBC News World Service
Date: 02/03/2010

February 3, 2010 - In an interview with BBC News, CNAS Research Associate Travis Sharp discusses potential tradeoffs that may arise in allocating future U.S. military spending, suggesting we will reach a point "when defense spending may not be as much of a sacred cow."

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How to Read the QDR
Author(s): Travis Sharp
Source: Foreign Policy
Date: 02/02/2010

February 2, 2010 - CNAS Researcher Travis Sharp outlines the structural and political constraints that the Pentagon will face as it tries to fund the long-term initiatives of the recently released QDR in Foreign Policy.

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Pentagon Prepares for Multiple Conflicts
Author(s): Eleanor Hall
Source: Australia's ABC News
Date: 02/02/2010

February 2, 2010 - CNAS Research Associate Travis Sharp discusses shifting priorities in the Pentagon's new Quadrennial Defense Review in an interview with Australia's ABC News, citing the creation of a new U.S Cyber Command and increased Defense Department efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism.

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QDR: Pentagon Revises its Long-Held Two-War Doctrine
Author(s): Gordon Lubold
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Date: 02/01/2010

February 1, 2010 - CNAS Researcher Travis Sharp analyzes the budgetary constraints on the ambitious strategic priorities outlined by the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review in a new article in The Christian Science Monitor.

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Too Big to Fail?
Author(s): Fred Kaplan
Source: Slate
Date: 02/01/2010

February 1, 2010 - Fred Kaplan cites CNAS Researcher Travis Sharp’s analysis of historical defense budgeting trends in a new article on DOD’s 2011 budget in Slate.

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Rocket Data Dispute Still Unresolved in U.S.-Russia Nuke Talks
Author(s): Josh Rogin, Travis Sharp
Source: Foreign Policy - The Cable
Date: 01/13/2010

January 13, 2010 - CNAS Research Associate Travis Sharp is interviewed in Foreign Policy's The Cable about delays in renewing the START Treaty.

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Vision Meets Reality: 2010 QDR and 2011 Defense Budget
Author(s): Travis Sharp
Type of Publication: Policy Brief
Date: 02/01/2010

This policy  brief  provides an  analysis of the FY 2011 defense budget  request, places it in the context of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and historical budgetary trends, and outlines the uncertain budgetary future that looms ahead. 

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CNAS Releases 2010 QDR and FY 2011 Defense Budget Analysis

02/01/2010

The Obama Administration's 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget request sent to Congress today illustrate the challenge of matching vision to reality, according to a new CNAS policy brief released today titled Vision Meets Reality: 2010 QDR and 2011 Defense Budget.

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