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Does the Pentagon Understand What a Navy Is For?
Fleet-force planning has been seized by a Joint Staff and Defense Secretary who put budget-slicing before strategy.
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The NDAA Should Prompt a Rethinking of Costly U.S. Foreign Policy
The annual defense authorization bill offers a chance to end wars and programs that are not worth their price.
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Build a National Counter-Drone Network
Defensive drones stationed at airports and other likely points of attack could be teleoperated from one or more central facilities.
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The US Pioneered Digital Contact Tracing. Why Aren't We Using It to Fight COVID-19?
Other countries' experience with tracing apps helps explain why.
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Why Is Russia Undermining International Efforts in Syria?
Western negotiators must give no ground in Moscow’s attempts to evade its responsibilities.
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SPECIAL REPORT: What if Biden Wins?
Part 1: Here’s what the world should expect from Joe Biden.
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I Am Vanessa Guillen
I, too, was harassed, belittled, groped, touched, rubbed, threatened, assaulted, and demeaned. I was raped. Military justice needs to change.
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The ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Designation Won’t Stop Extremism
Neither the historical record nor today's decentralization suggest that a government designation will have much effect
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The Military We Have Vs. The Military We Need
We only pretend to build armed forces to confront the threats we face.
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Trump Admin Lacks Solid Plan to Reopen Federal Offices, GAO Says
Republicans say feds should swiftly go back to work: "It’s time to take our chances," one argues.
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The US Intelligence Community Is Being Disrupted
Intel agencies aren’t businesses, but they'd better learn from private-sector giants gone by.
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Does the Pentagon’s Checkbook Diplomacy Actually Work?
We know more about waste and corruption than about whether DoD's preferential procurement produces the desired results.
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It’s Too Late for US-Russia-China Arms-Control Fantasies
As U.S. and Russian negotiators open two days of talks in Vienna, they should waste no more time talking about a tripartite agreement.
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Congress Has Less Than a Month to Ward Off Needless Harm to the US Military
The ranking member of the House’s Defense Appropriations panel lays out how it would hurt to start fiscal 2021 with a continuing resolution.
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Ending Accompanied Tours to the Gulf Is a Message Delivered at a Cost
The Pentagon wants Iran — and U.S. allies — to pay close attention to its decision to keep troops' families out of the region.
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The Pentagon Must Not Falter in Its Drive To Network Its Weapons and Sensors
American military superiority depends on a complete and successful integration of all services' forces.
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Airpower Gets a Big Boost in the Senate’s Authorization Bill
Air Force leaders won’t be entirely happy with it, but the country should be.
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Look at Great Power Competition Through a Special Operations Lens
Most of this competition is far short of combat, which makes the principles and expertise of SOF keenly relevant.
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