Some attacks come out of nowhere. Others arrive with plenty of warning. The 2011 Budget Control Act (BCA), also known as the sequester, was one of the latter. But for…
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Squeezing the Pentagon: The wrong way to cut America’s military budget
July 6, 2013 • In the News • Original: the Economist
China’s Naval Aspirations: A ‘Blue-Water’ Force
June 25, 2013 • In the News • Original: Stars and Stripes
Today, fueled by a booming economy, Chinese naval power is on the rise again. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has been producing frigates, destroyers, submarines and missile boats at…
Analyst: 2014 Defense Review Offers Opportunity for Real Reform
June 17, 2013 • In the News • Original: National Defense Magazine
Instead of shoehorning its current force structure within a confined budget, the U.S. military should decide what it wants to be able to accomplish in the future and then design…
Air Force Chief: Time to Stop Talking and Start Making Strategy, Budget Choices
June 17, 2013 • In the News • Original: National Defense Magazine
Mark Gunzinger, a retired Air Force colonel and now senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said the Pentagon no longer has the luxury of indulging in…
US Military Still Budgets for Wars Like It’s 1993
June 14, 2013 • In the News • Original: U.S. News and World Report
The military must move beyond preparing its entire force to address one or two particular kinds of threats as it did in 1993. In 1993, the Defense Department conducted a…