Defense
Remaining in Afghanistan Helps the U.S. Fight in Syria
U.S. leaders debate whether to put troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria because some officials believe political reformation will stop the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and other policymakers believe force is the key to defeating ISIS. A ...
Boeing To Build Its First Offshore Plane Factory In China As Ex-Im Bank Withers (From Forbes)
Facing severe pressure from state-subsidized foreign competitors and the end of federal export financing, Boeing has decided to build its first offshore aircraft factory in the company's 100-year history. The plant will be located in China, will be a ...
More And Better Radars Are The Next Step In Countering Missile Threats
The United States, its friends and allies face a serious and growing threat from adversaries armed with a spectrum of rockets, missiles and drones. Most recently we have seen the dangers posed by shorter range rockets and missiles such as short range, ...
Incentivizing a New Defense Industrial Base
Click here to download the full report as PDF. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is the contention of this study that private corporations are increasingly disincentivized to do business with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Contracting with DoD has always bee ...
GOP Candidates Obsess Over Iran Threat, Ignore Russian Nuclear Menace (from Forbes)
If you watched the Republican presidential debate this week, you heard a lot about the danger posed by Iran's nuclear-weapons program. North Korea's efforts came in for some criticism too. But Russia's nuclear arsenal got no mention, which is a littl ...
Export Control Regulations Will Undermine DoD Effort To Engage Silicon Valley
In his most recent foray to Silicon Valley, Defense Secretary Ash Carter sought new ways of engaging innovative commercial electronics companies in his effort to create a 21st Century U.S. military. This time he offered more than just nice words. The S ...
Iran Deal Fixes Nothing
Some supporters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iranian nuclear deal, argue that it is better to have some inspections in Iran as opposed to none. However, an agreement with Tehran should also take into account ...
Delays For Revolutionary Zumwalt Destroyer Offer Lesson For Navy’s Next Sub (From Forbes)
Integration of three Zumwalt-class destroyers at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Maine is taking longer than expected. Part of the problem is the sheer complexity of the Zumwalt warships, and part of the problem is that the Navy canceled the program after th ...
Military Competition In The Arctic Heats Up As Region Warms
With all the military activities going on in Eastern Europe, the South China Sea, the Korean peninsula, Sinai, Northern Nigeria, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen, it may have slipped most people’s notice that yet another region is rapidly becoming a zone o ...
Securing DoD Networks for the 21st Century
Click here to download the full report as PDF. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Some forty years ago, the U.S. Armed Forces began a revolution in military affairs based largely on the exploitation of information. A series of advances in position location, accurate mu ...