Policy
Some US Military Bases Begin to Loosen Mask Rules
As some states drop COVID restrictions, commanders from coast to coast are attempting to walk a safe line.
Business
What's In Biden’s First Budget? And How Late Will It Be?
The White House could submit its defense budget request later than any administration in at least a century.
Policy
US Air Force, Navy Extend 50% Work-From-Home Indefinitely
New memos suggest office space occupancy may never return to 100 percent.
Threats
State of Defense 2021
Our annual service-by-service look at where the U.S. military is, and where it's going.
Ideas
Illegal Fishing Is a National Security Problem
The stability of countries and regions are threatened by the declining health of fish stocks, and by the groups and governments that run lawless fishing fleets.
Ideas
Why the US Military Is Leading the Charge on 5G
It’s not unlike the way that the armed forces invested in radar technology during World War II.
Ideas
Countering China’s Military Challenge, Today
Denying the PLA its objectives in the 2020s requires diversification, distribution, and resiliency across posture and mission.
Ideas
Biden Should Sink This Proposed Nuclear Weapon
None of the arguments for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile hold water.
Policy
‘It’s Time to End the Forever War’: Biden Announces Withdrawal from Afghanistan
As for the idea that U.S. troops on the ground would produce a solution: “We gave that argument a decade.”
Policy
US, NATO Troops to Withdraw from Afghanistan by 9/11, US Official Says
Decision for a September pullout follows “rigorous policy review.”
Ideas
US Army’s Plan Needlessly Duplicates Air Force Strike Capabilities
The service would do better to follow the Marines’ path toward specialization.
Ideas
Let’s Get Real About US Military ‘Dominance’
American strategists need to drop the assumption that the U.S. military will be the superior force in any given situation.
Business
New Small Aircraft Carrier Unlikely, Admiral Says As US Navy Begins New Assessment
Air warfare chief: “I believe the L-class ships operating with the F-35B fit that bill.”
Ideas
The Suez Grounding Was an Accident. The Next Blocked Chokepoint Might Not Be.
Military planners must bear in mind the tactic of blockships.
Policy