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National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Foreign Policy Ambition Overlooks War Lessons The Obama administration has endorsed a major expansion of ground forces, and a surge in military capabilities to conduct "irregular" warfare against non-state actors. |
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper |
NATO Funding Shortfalls Likely to Continue The latest Russian military intervention in Ukraine is forcing NATO to refocus its attention on its eastern flank. But concerns about a resurgent Russia will not prompt a large boost in alliance procurement. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller |
Taking the Pulse of Defense Spending As the war in Iraq has become a political sore spot, we can expect the Pentagon's leaders to hunker down to the status quo on military spending at least through the presidential election in November |
Parameters Summer 2007 Gary L. Guertner |
European Views of Preemption in US National Security Strategy The transatlantic divide over preemption. |
National Defense August 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Five Key Questions About the Defense Budget Here are some of the key questions that policymakers should bear in mind when it comes to the defense budget. |
National Defense September 2014 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Defense Strategy in a Square Corner A square corner is an apt description of the situation now facing the Defense Department. It has a strategy laid out in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review that could not possibly be executed with its current resources. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller |
Election Aftermath: What's in it for the Military? One potential target of the new Congress is the large supplemental spending budgets that fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
InternetNews November 15, 2007 |
U.S. Panel Urges Vigilance on China Spying, Cyber War Chinese espionage poses "single greatest risk" to American technology, a congressional report says. |
National Defense March 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Tough Decisions on Future Military Roles and Missions A new commander in chief next year will decide if and when U.S. troops will leave Iraq. |
National Defense April 2013 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
10 Reasons to Reform U.S. National Security Policy The U.S. security enterprise must be reformed to bring foreign policy in line with national values, and to enable improved fiscal health at the federal level. |
Reason April 2009 Cathy Young |
Unclenching the Fist U.S.-Russian relations in the age of Obama. |
National Defense August 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Climate Change Fears Spill Over To The Defense Community Politicians and environmentalists who want to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions pumped into the atmosphere are using this argument to woo conservative skeptics to their side in the ongoing energy/global warming debate. |
National Defense November 2014 Sandra I. Erwin |
Top 10 Disruptive Technologies for a New Era of Global Instability How the nation's military will keep up in a rapidly changing and dangerous world is the proverbial 64-million-dollar question. |
National Defense November 2012 Erwin et al. |
Top Five Threats to National Security in the Coming Decade The next wave of national security threats might be more than the technology community can handle. They are complex, multidimensional problems against which no degree of U.S. technical superiority in stealth, fifth-generation air warfare or night-vision is likely to suffice. |
Reason October 2008 David Weigel |
Obama's Wars Liberal interventionism makes a comeback |
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Special Forces' Skills `Needed More Than Ever' Experts are questioning whether the Pentagon is making the best use of highly skilled special operations forces in the nation's war against extremist Islamic groups. |
Popular Mechanics July 2008 |
New Cold War: Mapping 6 Hotspots in the U.S.-Russian Arms Race Equipment designed by the the U.S. and Russia remains on opposite sides of 21st-century battlefields. A resurgent Russia wants cash and international influence, while the United States hopes to link its defense industries with foreign customers and simultaneously offer perks to allies. |
Registered Rep. September 12, 2014 Diana Britton |
Advisors Say ISIS Is Biggest Geopolitical Risk Advisors say that of all the geopolitical risks in the world right now, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the extremist Sunni Islamic group attempting to establish a caliphate in the Middle East, is the most threatening. |
National Defense December 2010 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
Military Spending: How Much Defense Will the American People Support? The American public must become better educated about the budget process and national security. Citizens should be aware that the current trends of government spending can be ruinous and unsustainable. |
National Defense November 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Plenty of Resources, But Even Greater Demand The politics of military spending have reached fever pitch as Congress attempts to pass the Defense Department's fiscal year 2008 budget and weighs massive war spending requests. |
National Defense October 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Why Is Congress Launching Yet Another Roles-and-Missions Probe? Congress may have the power of the purse, but it has been largely powerless in just about every attempt to influence the course of the war in Iraq and to substantially reshape military spending priorities. |
National Defense September 2009 Frodl & Manoyan |
National Security and Energy: Setting the Right Priorities The Center for Naval Analyses report, "Powering America's Defenses: Energy and the Risks to National Security," makes a case that national security interests are consistent with concerns about climate change. |
Parameters Spring 2005 Metz & Millen |
Intervention, Stabilization, and Transformation Operations: The Role of Landpower in the New Strategic Environment A historic shift has taken place in the strategic environment as globalization and interconnectedness propel the concept of security in new, unforeseen directions |
National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Drawdown: It's Been All Talk, Now It's Time to Walk U.S. military spending peaked in 2010 at $668 billion. It has dropped slightly since then, as the military started withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. But real austerity has yet to come. |
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper |
Counter-ISIL Campaign Tops $3 Billion A year into the conflict, U.S. military operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have cost the Defense Department more than $3.2 billion, according to the Pentagon. |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Net Ushering in Era of War Without Borders Expert sees a new face of cyber warfare forcing 'some of the hardest national security decisions you'll have to make.' |
Reason January 2003 Mueller & Lindsey |
Should We Invade Iraq? A debate |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John Keller |
U.S. Military Stretched Thin at Just the Wrong Time Pressure is mounting from all sides to reduce spending for sophisticated U.S. military equipment and weapons, and it's coming at the wrong time. |
National Defense January 2016 Sid Ashworth |
Turning Point Coming for National Security The national security landscape has seen significant change over the past five years. The number of deployed forces declined by more than 60 percent from 2011 to the start of 2016, and the Budget Control Act of 2011 ushered in a period of uncertainty. |
National Defense July 2014 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
What a Difference World Events Make The latest Quadrennial Defense Review was shaped by a rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, but urgent events elsewhere may nullify those assumptions. |
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Wants More Help From Allies? Not Really The hope is that President Obama's extraordinary popularity in Europe will translate into "enhanced contributions to the efforts in Afghanistan." |
Parameters Summer 2005 R. D. Hooker |
Beyond Vom Kriege: The Character and Conduct of Modern War While the methods used to wage war are constantly evolving, the nature and character of war remain deeply and unchangeably rooted in the nature of man. |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Gregory L. Cantwell |
Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war? |
National Defense August 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Strategy and Budget Driven by Global War on Terror The final report is not scheduled to be completed and sent to Congress until February, but looking at what is happening in the world today, there are clear indicators of where the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review is headed -- to a change to the current military posture. |
Parameters Spring 2005 George H. Quester |
Demographic Trends and Military Recruitment: Surprising Possibilities This article will attempt to project current demographic trends in the United States and abroad, along with several related determinants, a substantial distance into the future, so as to explore some possibly surprising implications for the recruitment of armed forces |
National Defense August 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Support for U.S. Troops Should Always Rise Above Partisan Politics Heated debate continues over the impact of $1 trillion in automatic spending cuts to the federal budget that could begin next year. |
National Defense November 2014 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
U.S. Faces Evolving, Unpredictable Threats With a temporary spending measure for fiscal year 2015 scheduled to expire Dec. 11, Congress must act quickly to replace that with a full-year appropriation and fix the fiscal square corner that defense faces in the 2016 budget. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Nader Elhefnawy |
National Mobilization: An Option in Future Conflicts? Despite a great deal of hand-wringing on the part of social critics, the really difficult question was not asked: Would a World War II-scale mobilization even have been possible after 9/11 if it had been deemed an appropriate response? |
Searcher Nov/Dec 2008 Paul Piper |
Nets of Terror Terrorist activity on the Internet. |
Inc. March 1, 2003 Walter Russell Mead |
The Storm Before the Calm Might war with Iraq spur economic growth? And what will it mean for small companies? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 John Keller |
The DOD Budget is Out, and the News is Good The Obama Administration's military budget proposals for next year are out, and we can breathe a collective sigh of relief. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008 John Keller |
Dangerous Times Call for a Strong Military A continued strong U.S. military is our best chance of ensuring continued national prosperity. |
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s. |
National Defense April 2013 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
In the Grips of Crises Abroad and at Home When considering the nation's budget problems at home -- how do we fund increasingly expensive government programs, keep faith with all promises and underwrite U.S. security and worldwide commitments? The answer is that we cannot do it all. |
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Bruce Nussbaum |
Clark: What's Wrong with U.S. Policy in Iraq His new book, Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism and the American Empire, is, in effect, Clark's campaign manifesto, providing insights into what he believes and what he would do as Commander-in-Chief. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 |
Book Reviews In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. By Rick Atkinson... America's Inadvertent Empire. By William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric... The Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet. By James Mann... The Iraq War. By John Keegan... etc. |
AskMen.com November 12, 2013 |
At What Point Does Perception Of Weakness Become Reality? While George W. Bush earned plenty of derision when he famously declared himself to be "the decider," the American public also hasn't liked Obama looking like anything but. |
Parameters Autumn 2006 Michael R. Melillo |
Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities Unfortunately, it took the tragedy of 9/11 and the challenges posed by an adaptive enemy for the U.S. to realize it was not prepared to fight war on terms other than its own choosing. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 |
Letters Two Democrats respond to recent editorial: "Election aftermath: what's in it for the military?" |
Parameters November 2004 |
Book Reviews Surprise, Security and the American Experience... Arguing About War... The Regulars: The American Army 1898-1941... etc. |