In early 2002, the Department of Defense (DoD) unveiled the results of its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The NPR was conducted to meet a congressional requirement for a “comprehensive review”…
Studies
The Challenge of Maritime Transformation: Is Bigger Better?
March 21, 2002 • By Robert Work • Studies
The once mighty U.S. Navy is in precipitous decline. At least, that is what a vocal group of naval officers, defense analysts and Congressional leaders strongly believe. They support their…
Lighting the Path Ahead: Field Exercises and Transformation
February 25, 2002 • By Andrew F. Krepinevich • Studies
Today the US military finds itself in a period of large-scale change in the conduct of warfare. There is wide verbal acceptance in American military circles that we are in…
Promoting Efficiency in the Department of Defense: Keep Trying, But Be Realistic
January 25, 2002 • By Robert F. Hale • Studies
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has suggested that his department could save $15 billion a year through efficiencies if given the freedom to do so. Numerous studies have also asserted…
Buying Tomorrow’s Military: Options for Modernizing the US Defense Capital Stock
May 15, 2001 • By Steven Kosiak • Studies
Critical to the Bush Administration’s ongoing review of national security requirements and strategy is the question of how much the Department of Defense (DoD) should spend on the development and…