Senior defense officials face a host of critical issues when assessing the nation’s military posture.
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Defense Planning for the Long Haul: Scenarios, Operational Concepts, and the Future Security Environment
January 11, 2010 • By Evan B. Montgomery • Studies
Estimating Funding for Afghanistan
December 1, 2009 • By Todd Harrison • Briefs
The deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan over the coming months will require additional funding in Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10). It is difficult to precisely estimate the cost that will…
The War in Afghanistan in Strategic Context
November 17, 2009 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich • Testimony
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the subcommittee, I welcome the opportunity to discuss our strategy in Afghanistan and to place it within the context of our overall strategic position. Background…
US Nuclear Forces: Meeting the Challenge of a Proliferated World
October 2, 2009 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich • Studies
This report seeks to provide the basis for an informed and constructive debate over the role of nuclear weapons in the overall US defense posture. To this end, the principal focus is on identifying the existing and emerging security environment as it pertains to nuclear weapons. The report also offers some recommendations on how the United States might best respond to the challenges posed by nuclear proliferation, and, hopefully, create a more secure global environment.
An Air Force Strategy for the Long Haul
September 17, 2009 • By Tom Ehrhard • Studies
This monograph discusses the current state of the United States Air Force and how it can better align its institutional identity and force posture to the future security environment. It offers a fiscally-constrained menu of recommendations for how that realignment might be realized over the next twenty years, with a larger force posture in mind.