December 01, 2016
Rebuilding America's Military: A Defense Transition Brief
Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director of the Future of Warfare Initiative, provides three recommendations for rebuilding America's military:
- Increase funding with a stable and predictable budget;
- Adapt military capabilities to current and future threats; and
- Reform DoD to accelerate innovation, reduce overhead, and eliminate waste
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