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More than the Sum of its Parts: Developing a Coordinated U.S.-Australian Response to Potential Chinese Aggression
Commentary
If China engaged in a war of aggression, the United States, Australia, and other nations would not have much time to develop a coordinated response....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How Trump Will Change the World
Commentary
Trump has won the chance to determine U.S. national security policy and will wield the impressive power embodied in the men and women now waiting to work for him....
By Peter Feaver
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To Focus on China, U.S. Needs to Wean off Europe and Middle East Missions
Commentary
If the United States cannot rebalance its military focus toward the Indo-Pacific it risks expediting Chinese aggression in the region and furthering the decline of the US-led ...
By Carlton Haelig
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The Evolution of Drones with Stacie Pettyjohn, Center for a New American Security
Podcast
Stacie Pettyjohn, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins Squaring the Circle to discuss the evolution of drones. ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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It’s Time for a True Industrial Strategy for American National Security
Commentary
For an industrial strategy to work, the president must make it a White House priority that pulls together all elements of national power....
By Becca Wasser & Mara Rudman
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Sharper: Allies and Partners
Commentary
Amid intensifying geopolitical challenges, the United States is finding new ways to address security issues by cultivating and strengthening alliances and partnerships. How ca...
By Gwendolyn Nowaczyk & Charles Horn
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How We Survive Ep 5: Wargames
Podcast
Dr. Ed McGrady, Adjunct Senior Fellow for the Defense Program at CNAS, joins the show to discuss how climate began to factor into humanitarian crisis war games as far back as ...
By Dr. ED McGrady
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Wars Are Not Accidents
Commentary
The road to conflict is an action-reaction process. Leaders decide whether and how to respond to a rival’s moves, and they often search for ways to lower the temperature. Esca...
By Erik Lin-Greenberg
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Breaking Defense CCA: What Weapons and Engines Will Let Loyal Wingmen Drones Hit Their Potential?
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Stacie Pettyjohn joins Breaking Defense to discuss the possible need for the US to develop new weapons, engines and communication links for Collaborative Combat Aircraft to re...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Breaking Defense CCA Series: China, Russia and Others Want Their Own Loyal Wingman Drones
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Stacie Pettyjohn joins Breaking Defense to discuss the US Air Force pursuing Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones, and how Russia and China have begun their own programs. Wa...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Aiming higher: Accelerating US-Australia cooperation on precision-guided weapons
Commentary
Both the United States and Australia have made deterring coercion in the Indo-Pacific the focus of their defence strategies and plan to do so by denying an aggressor the abili...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Sharper: Drones on the Battlefield
Commentary
From the battlefields of Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh to Ukraine, the deployment of drones has become a critical element of modern warfare. Will the explosion of unmanned aerial ...
By Anna Pederson & Molly Campbell
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How the Space Force Can Better Tell Its Story
Commentary
Space Force guardians should use the spotlight from real world events — like this story — to educate the public and advocate for resources....
By Hannah Dennis
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What to know about CCA - US Air Force loyal wingman drones
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The U.S. Air Force is developing drones to accompany fighter jets into combat. Stacie Pettyjohn, senior fellow and director of the Defense program joined Breaking Defense to d...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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There Are No Magic Beans: Easy Options to Deter China Militarily Do Not Exist
Commentary
The only assured way to deter an attack on Taiwan is to have sufficient survivable forces and munitions properly postured before a Chinese attack....
By Tom Shugart
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Escalation Management in a Protracted War
Podcast
Guest host, Jim Howe, interviews Andrew Metrick and Phil Shears from the Center for New American Security (CNAS) on escalation management in a protracted war with China. They ...
By Philip Sheers & Andrew Metrick
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Into the unknown: Managing conventional and nuclear uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific
Commentary
Rather than dismiss, ignore, or overlook conventional-nuclear integration discussions, US operational leaders must understand that China’s nuclear future is dangerous and unce...
By Andrew Metrick & Philip Sheers
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Differentiating Innovation: From Performance Art to Production Scale
Commentary
The Department of Defense has an innovation problem, and it’s not the one you are probably thinking about. Certainly, the Department needs to improve its ability to move with ...
By Andrew Metrick
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The Pentagon Isn’t Buying Enough Ammo
Commentary
Even in today’s constrained budget environment, the U.S. Defense Department needs to do more to prioritize munitions buys and prove it has learned the lessons of Ukraine....
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Hannah Dennis
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Sharper: Nuclear Deterrence
Commentary
The United States faces two determined near-peer competitors with robust conventional military forces and increasingly advanced nuclear arsenals. In the Indo-Pacific, the Peop...
By Philip Sheers, Anna Pederson & Alexa Whaley
