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Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future
One of the most interesting books on military affairs that I have read in some time is ARMY OF NONE: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War (Norton, $27.95). Its author, Pau...
By Paul Scharre
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Who is right about how our nation wages war, Samuel Huntington or Eliot Cohen?
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Hon. Michèle Flournoy is mentioned in regards to her apperance at New America's Future of War Conference in Foreign Policy....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Bensahel: Active-Reserve relations need to be overhauled -- and the Army is in trouble
Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Responsible Defense Program Dr. Nora Bensahel discusses the growing concerns of where the U.S. military is at and how it could do better i...
By Nora Bensahel
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Want to reform military education? An easy 1st step would be banning PowerPoint
Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Responsible Defense Program LTG David Barno, USA (retired) is quoted on banning of Powerpoint and a general officers ability to write. ...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Sharp on defense budget: We're taking risks with ground forces, so it would be prudent to plan for ways to rebuild them
A short piece in Foreign Policy discusses adjunct fellow Travis Sharp's new brief he wrote on the FY 2015 budget and 2014 QDR. ...
By Thomas E. Ricks & Travis Sharp
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Kafka and Orwell: The rest of this headline has been redacted by the NSA
Technology and National Security Program Director and Senior Fellow Ben FitzGerald ben article for Foreign Policy where he addresses the Kafkaesque aspects of the government....
By Ben FitzGerald
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The Gates files (VIIth, and last): Why the Pentagon didn't care about fighting wars
Colonel (USA ret) Bob Killebrew is quoted in a Foreign Policy article reviewing Robert Gates' memoir....
By USA (Ret.) & Robert Killebrew
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Can the military learn from its mistakes?
Tom Ricks, a Senior Fellow at CNAS, authored an op-ed appearing in The Washington Post questioning why there has not been a major review of the military's lessons learned from...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Gen. Hodges vs. Gen. Barno: Is the Army losing too many talented officers?
Senior Fellow Tom Ricks, discusses the Army's need for flexibility and new faces in his blog on Foreign Policy....
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Battle Tested Insiders Debate America's Misfires in Iraq and Afghanistan
CNAS' Michѐle Flournoy, Shawn Brimley, and Tom Ricks are amongst experts who debated the American strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq in Foreign Policy. ...
By Shawn Brimley & Thomas E. Ricks
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Audio: Tom Ricks "The Generals" Book Launch
On November 8, CNAS hosted the book launch for The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to the Present by Thomas E. Ricks, Senior Fellow at CNAS and Contribut...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Ricks: Time To Radically Alter The U.S.-Pakistan relationship; Why Send Them Billions More?
Senior Fellow Tom Ricks answers five questions about U.S.-Pakistan relations in CNN's In the Arena blog. ...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Dave Barno’s Top 10 Tasks for General Dempsey, the New Army Chief of Staff
CNAS Senior Fellow Lt. Gen. David Barno (U.S. Army, ret.) provides his advice for new Army Chief of Staff General Dempsey in a guest entry on Tom Ricks' blog The Best Defense....
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Determined to Strike
CNAS Senior fellow Tom Ricks reviews Peter Bergen's new book "The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and al Qaeda" for The New York Times....
By Thomas E. Ricks