Defense
The State of Homeland Security: Assessing Progress in Securing the United States Against the Threat of Terrorism
When the terrorists struck on September 11, 2001 it fell to the Bush Administration to take the nation to war. This is a war fought on many fronts and in distant lands from Iraq and Afghanistan to Yemen and Indonesia. Most significant . . .
Sea-based Missile and Air Defenses
Robust sea-based air and missile defenses will constitute a key strategic capability for the U.S. Navy in the 21st Century. Today the Navy is confronting a serious anti-access threat that will only grow over time. . .
Iraq: The Problem Isn’t Terrorism
There's a lot of confusion in the national media about how well pacification efforts are faring in Iraq. Yesterday, the Pentagon's regional commander in the Middle East added to the confusion by asserting . . .
Does The Nation Need A Bigger Army?
Last week, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld traveled to Texas to brief President Bush on military transformation and discuss whether the nation needs a bigger military. Much of the conversation . . .
Homeland Security
Since September 11, 2001, the nation has been struggling with the problem of responding to an ill-defined but potentially very large and complex terrorist threat. Initial homeland security efforts have . . .
Alliance Project Seminar
On July 1, 2003, the Lexington Institute held the third in its seminar series on the limits of alliances. The speaker was Dr. Simon Serfaty, director of the European Studies Program at CSIS. The discussion . . .
Marine Corps Transformation : Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare
The flexibility and persistence of the U.S. Navy in forward areas provides an ideal staging “ground” for a Marine Corps which is much more than simply an amphibious force. The Marine Corps’ new operational . . .
Twilight of The Atlantic Alliance
In early June, defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreed to revitalize the alliance by streamlining its command structure, creating a rapid-response force, and acquiring more . . .
NATO’S Decay and the Search for a Few Key Friends
The notes the foundation sent me for the meeting posed three questions in the aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom: . . .
Defense Acquisition: Protect The Parts That Work
The Bush Administration came to office determined to reform the defense acquisition process. It took too long to get new hardware into the field, weapons were often out of date by the time they were fielded and . . .