The United States is currently in a situation comparable to the one it confronted in the early days of the Cold War, when US civilian and military leaders were faced…
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The Challenges to U.S. National Security
August 21, 2008 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich, Robert Martinage, and Robert Work • Studies
Defense Investment Strategies in an Uncertain World
August 21, 2008 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich • Studies
This report addresses the critical issue of allocating resources to deal with current and future discontinuities in the security environment. For the Defense Department, strategy is fundamentally about making choices…
U.S. Combat Training, Operational Art and Strategic Competence
August 21, 2008 • By Barry Watts • Studies
Starting with the establishment of the US Navy’s Fighter Weapons School (Topgun) in late 1968, the American military Services began committing themselves to longterm, sustained investments in realistic combat training…
Range, Persistence, Stealth and Networking: The Case for a Carrier-Based Unmanned Combat Air System
June 18, 2008 • By Tom Ehrhard and Robert Work • Studies
The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) identified four key national security challenges of the early 21st century. These four challenges are: defending the homeland in depth; fighting the Long War…
Dissuasion Strategy
May 6, 2008 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich and Robert Martinage • Studies
In the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld introduced the concept of dissuasion, citing it as one of the “four key goals that will guide the…