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The Navy is Rusting Away Thanks to a Crushing Deployment Cycle
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For decades, the Navy has pushed its ships and sailors to the breaking point in order to maintain a constant presence around the world, and now several Navy vessels are in suc...
By Becca Wasser
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Pentagon’s Global Posture Review Emphasizes China, but Lacks Major Strategic Changes
In The News
After a nine-month deep-dive by Defense Department planners and policy experts billed as a holistic look at where and how America is deployed around the world, the Pentagon ha...
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The U.S. ground war in Afghanistan is over. Now it’s the Navy’s turn.The American military’s involvement in Afghanistan could soon become largely the Navy’s responsibility, an ironic twist for a counterterrorism mission in a landlocked country....
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Why Joe Biden is ending America’s combat mission in IraqWhen the first American bombs began falling on Iraq on March 19th 2003, President George W. Bush predicted a hard slog. “A campaign on the harsh terrain of a nation as large a...
By Becca Wasser
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CSBA Report "DoD's Full Spectrum Competition has limitation due to budget constraints"
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The Center for New American Security (CNAS), a private research institute in Washington, analyzed on the 20th that the U.S. Department of Defense's approach with China and Rus...
By Becca Wasser
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Biden’s First Budget Tries ‘Too Much With Too Little,’ New Wargame Finds
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The Biden administration has a limited window to set America’s military on a new course – and the lack of a clear direction with its first budget means the Pentagon is already...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser & Jennie Matuschak
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US Naval Services Aim to Put Network-War Concepts to Global Test
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For the past several years, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have been developing super-agile networked versions of age-old warfighting concepts. Now the services will try them ...
By Becca Wasser
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Biden ordered airstrike after determining Iran supported rocket attacks
In The News
President Joe Biden’s decision to order a U.S. airstrike on a border crossing used by Iran-backed militia groups in eastern Syria on Thursday came after U.S. officials determi...
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Biden looks to recalibrate relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanAs a candidate, Joe Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state which must be punished for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the killing of civilians in airstrikes ...
By Becca Wasser
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What will a new US policy on Yemen mean for Saudi relations?
In The News
America’s recent freeze on the sale of approved munitions to Saudi Arabia, along with a new policy curtailing U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen, is setting up an early...
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensionsThe U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the m...
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies ‘to lift years-long blockade on Qatar, reopen border'Saudi Arabia and its regional allies will end a years-long crippling blockade of Qatar and re-open its borders in a breakthrough agreement, due to be signed on Tuesday.The dea...
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Slaughter in the East China SeaThe year is 2030. Chinese troops seize a Japanese island in the South China Sea. Japan dispatches an amphibious task force to retake the island. Soon, U.S. warships and aircra...
By Chris Dougherty, Susanna V. Blume, Becca Wasser & Dr. ED McGrady
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Renewed diplomacy 'should be central policy of new US president'
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A new US president should use diplomacy as a key tool to bring peace to Gulf region and Iran into line, leading American commentators have said. They have also called for a m...
By Becca Wasser
