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7 Habits of Highly Effective Austerity Planners

June 29, 2012 • In the News • Original: Foreign Policy Magazine

/…/The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a defense think tank, recently submitted its own advice to struggling policymakers, “Strategy in Austerity,” which examines two case studies of leading…

CSBA Strategists Explain How a Weapon Can Help You Win Without Ever Being Used

June 28, 2012 • In the News • Original: Foreign Policy Magazine

In a new study of strategy in an age of austerity, three CSBA authors, led by Andrew Krepinevich, state that the B-1 bomber imposed disproportionate costs on the Soviet military,…

Serco to Help Close Bases in Afghanistan

June 25, 2012 • In the News • Original: Washington Post

After years of building up the military’s presence in Afghanistan, some contractors are now helping the military move out. Reston-based Serco Inc., a subsidiary of Serco Group, last week announced…

Pentagon Tests New Way Of Estimating Program Costs

June 23, 2012 • In the News • Original: Defense News

The Pentagon is putting its new weapons cost-cutting strategy to its first big test as it negotiates with Lockheed Martin over the price of the next batch of F-35 Joint…

Obama Should Copy Nixon: Avoid Foreign Conflicts, Use Allies, Invest in R&D

June 21, 2012 • In the News • Original: AOL Defense

Nixon, Ford, and Carter aren’t anyone’s three favorite presidents. But defense policymakers today could learn something from how they handled the hard times of the 1970s: They shifted costly security…