The world’s vast undersea energy infrastructure—oil and gas platforms, wellheads, pipelines and pumps—is now vulnerable to attack by cheap submarines and unmanned vehicles. Nearly 60 years ago the classic television…
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The Future of National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After 9/11
September 13, 2011 • By Natalya Anfilofyeva • Events
On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, CSBA Vice President Jim Thomas testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the Future of National Defense and the U.S. Military Ten Years After…
Get Ready for the Democratization of Destruction
August 15, 2011 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich • Analysis
As Niels Bohr famously observed, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” But we need not be caught entirely unaware by future events. The rapid pace of…
Panetta’s Challenge
July 15, 2011 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich • Analysis
Can he counter China’s and Iran’s game-changing new weapons? Leon Panetta has begun his tenure as secretary of defense with big challenges to manage–conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, and…
CSBA Releases New Report on the Maturation of the Precision-Strike Regime
June 3, 2011 • By Natalya Anfilofyeva • Press Releases
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments is pleased to release The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs. The report, authored by Center Senior Fellow Barry Watts, considers the maturation of the…
