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The Pentagon Saw a Warship Boondoggle. Congress Saw Jobs
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The 387-foot-long warships tied up at the Jacksonville Navy base were acclaimed as some of the most modern in the United States fleet: nimble, superfast vessels designed…
Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., Frances F. Townsend and and Michael J. Morell Op-ed: Ensuring America Wins Tech Innovation Race Against China
China is America’s greatest geopolitical threat. Consider Beijing’s efforts to undermine the U.S.-led international order, its export of authoritarianism, mercantilist economic policies, its military threat to Taiwan, and its human…
It’s Time to Recognize Sustainment as a Strategic Imperative
In a previous article, “Ukraine and the Future of Offensive Maneuver,” Stephen Biddle rejected recent claims that an era of defensive dominance had dawned. As he noted, offensive maneuver has long been…
The Navy’s Very Expensive Mistake
Amid growing threats from rivals like China, the United States military is determined to invest in new forms of defense and abandon those that no longer meet its needs. On…
NSA Woos Laid-Off Tech Workers
With tens of thousands of workers let go over the past several months by tech behemoths such as Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft, the National Security Agency is joining other…
Defense Management Institute Looks to Centralize Unwieldy DoD Management
Managing 3 million people worldwide, 33 different agencies and arguably the world’s most complicated acquisition program requires a correspondingly sophisticated management system, and the Defense Department keeps trying to up…
Ensuring America Wins the Technology Innovation Race Against China
China is America’s greatest geopolitical threat. Consider Beijing’s efforts to undermine the U.S.-led international order, its export of authoritarianism, mercantilist economic policies, its military threat to Taiwan, and its human…
‘Reimagining How We Fight’: SASC Chairman Details 4 Priorities for Coming Year
WASHINGTON — As a divided Congress is gearing up for budget season, the Senate Armed Services Committee plans to focus on four imperatives: examining how the military will fight on…
Washington’s China Hawks Take Flight – The Story of How Decades of U.S. Engagement with China Gave Way to Estrangement
Barack Obama and Xi Jinping casually strolled around the exclusive Sunnylands retreat near Palm Springs, California, smiling to display warm and friendly U.S.-China relations. It was the summer of 2013,…