Defense Policy
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Essay,
JUL/AUG
2009
The military foundations of U.S. dominance are eroding, thanks to the spread of advanced military technologies to rising powers, hostile states, and nonstate actors. In response, Washington should pursue new sources of military advantage and a more modest grand strategy.
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Postscript,
April 9, 2009
With its new policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Obama administration has taken ownership of an orphaned conflict. But can it achieve victory, and how?
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Essay,
Jan/Feb
2009
The Pentagon has to do more than modernize its conventional forces; it must also focus on today's unconventional conflicts -- and tomorrow's.
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Essay,
Jan/Feb
2009
One of the most important figures in Obama’s administration will be his national security adviser. An examination of past advisers shows how to get the job right—or wrong.
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Essay,
Jan/Feb
2009
If it hopes to achieve its foreign policy agenda, the Obama administration will need to undo the damage to the Foreign Service wrought by the Bush administration.
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Essay,
Nov/Dec
2008
Washington must lead the way to a world without nuclear weapons. The first step will be dramatically limiting the U.S. nuclear arsenal's declared size and purpose.
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Essay,
Jan/Feb
2008
After the Cold War, NATO and the EU opened their doors to central and eastern Europe, making the continent safer and freer than ever before. Today, NATO and the EU must articulate a new rationale for enlarging still further, once again extending democracy and prosperity to the East, this time in the face of a more powerful and defiant Russia.
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Essay,
Nov/Dec
2007
The United States now spends almost as much on defense in real dollars as it ever has before -- even though it has no plausible rationale for using most of its impressive military forces. Why? Because without political incentives for restraint, policymakers have lost the ability to think clearly about defense policy. Washington's new mantra should be "Half a trillion dollars is more than enough."
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