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Pentagon: Diversify Your Orbital Regimes
Commentary
Resilience is a key attribute of any defense space architecture – legacy or disruptive....
By Sarah Mineiro
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Video
Defense / National Security Human Capital
Early-career investment in personnel strengthens military leadership decades laterOn June 9, 2021, CNAS Senior Fellow and Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program Katherine Kuzminski discussed the possible confirmation of former California co...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Francis Rose
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Sharper: Defense TechThe prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, the growing centrality of information warfare, and threats to traditional command and control are redefining combat in ...
By Jennie Matuschak, Ainikki Riikonen & Anna Pederson
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United States can improve deterrence by posing dilemmas to China and Russia
Video
Chris Dougherty, Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins Government Matters to discuss strategy for multi-domain information warfare. Watch the full in...
By Chris Dougherty
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The Pentagon needs a plan to get punched in the mouth
The Pentagon should aim for degradation dominance: operating effectively enough with degraded systems. Put simply, the Pentagon needs a plan for getting punched in the mouth....
By Chris Dougherty
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Podcast
Defense / National Security Human Capital
U.S And 25 Other Nations To Participate In Huge Joint Training ExerciseLast year the pandemic derailed large-scale war gaming – this year it's back with a vengeance. The U.S. military is taking part in a massive joint training exercise across Eur...
By Becca Wasser & Jay Price
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Commentary
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Sharper: The Next 100 DaysAs the administration marks its 100th day in office, what lies ahead?...
By Anna Pederson & Chris Estep
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America’s Military Risks Losing Its Edge
Commentary
Much about the way the Pentagon operates continues to reflect business as usual, which is inadequate to meet the growing threats posed by a rising China and a revisionist Russ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The Pentagon must act now to address vulnerability in its enterprise
Commentary
The Defense Department cannot wait for another stress test before addressing fragility in its enterprise; it must learn and adapt now....
By Tara Murphy Dougherty & Billy Fabian
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Storm Clouds Ahead: Musings About the 2022 Defense Budget
Commentary
One hopes Washington won’t lose another year as its competitors continue to chip away at America’s conventional overmatch....
By Robert O. Work
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All About Eve: What Virtual Forever Wars Can Teach us About the Future of Combat
Commentary
The defense world could learn a lot from the gaming world. In some cases, it already has....
By Tom Shugart
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Want an Agile Pentagon? Don’t Go Chasing ‘Waterfalls’
Commentary
Clinging to familiar, outdated processes will provide little comfort when China surpasses the United States as the world’s foremost military power....
By Chris Dougherty
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Simulating War: Three Enduring Lessons from the Louisiana Maneuvers
Commentary
The Louisiana Maneuvers can provide contemporary defense planners with a number of valuable and enduring insights....
By Jennifer McArdle
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Revitalizing U.S. Global Leadership: The Case for an Alliance-Based Approach to Frontier Domain Engagement
Commentary
To strengthen U.S. global leadership and competitiveness, the United States should take an alliance-based approach to frontier domains like outer space, the Arctic, and the de...
By Khyle Eastin
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Ditch Use-or-Lose Budgets in the Department of Defense
The “use-it-or-lose-it” budget phenomenon remains problematic for the department....
By Luke Chen
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Trends, Timelines, and Uncertainty: An Assessment of the Military Balance in the Indo-Pacific
Congressional Testimony
Submitted Written TestimonyI. Introduction Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the mil...
By Tom Shugart
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Sharper: Civil-Military RelationsThe so-called “civil-military divide” has increasingly defined the relationship between America's civil society and its armed forces....
By Cole Stevens, Nathalie Grogan & Chris Estep
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DoD weather capabilities have lagged; Space Force can turn that around
Commentary
Today, U.S. service members are at risk of losing the most up-to-date knowledge of weather conditions....
By Sarah Mineiro
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Space Force Should Embrace the Natural Inclusivity of Space Nerds
Commentary
As the newest service branch finds its feet, it should embrace this ethos — a proven aid to recruitment, readiness, and mission success — as fundamental to its identity....
By Sarah Mineiro
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The Air War Against the Islamic State
Podcast
Becca Wasser and Stacie Pettyjohn are interviewed about the air war against the Islamic State that was critical to the territorial defeat of the group’s territorial caliphate ...
By Becca Wasser
