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Commentary

The US must reject a ‘sole purpose’ nuclear policy

No one wants to see the use of nuclear weapons ever again. However, endorsing a sole purpose doctrine and surrendering our nuclear capabilities before the rest of the world agrees to do so will only destabilize the international system.

16 hours ago

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Are adversaries using US critical infrastructure as a training range?

Critical infrastructure is a significant attack vector to track and defend. Still, cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure create reactions that might not be wholly predictable — creating risk for the adversary. For the U.S., the risk is that we try too hard to find strategic intent where there is none.

4 days ago

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The U.S. is wholly unequipped to resupply forces in a great-power conflict

The current American consumer goods crisis presages the effects of a militarized Sino-American confrontation.

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The Army is getting great power competition all wrong

The U.S. Army does not need to go abroad in search of missions to make itself appear relevant. What it very much needs to do is focus on its core warfighting skills and hone its ability to fight and win battles that might crop up involving major opponents — in the defense of our country, rather than risk our soldiers getting dragged into fighting wars for other countries.

6 days ago

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A Central American missile crisis?

El Salvador has the potential to be the Soviet Union’s Cuba.

6 days ago

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The US must separate nuclear deterrence from biological weapons

Though much work remains to be done, the technologies and capabilities now being deployed for pandemic responses are giving rise to an historical opportunity for the nation: It is time to end the U.S. policy of using nuclear weapons to deter biological weapon threats.

7 days ago

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Needed: A transatlantic agreement on European strategic autonomy

The place to begin transatlantic discussions might be the upcoming meeting between Presidents Biden and Macron in late October.

2 weeks ago

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An autonomous robot may have already killed people — here’s how the weapons could be more destabilizing than nukes

Autonomous weapon systems are robots with lethal weapons that can operate independently, selecting and attacking targets without a human weighing in on those decisions.

4 weeks ago

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Defense Department shakeup must not derail homeland missile defense priorities

News broke last week that as part of a reorganization within the Department of Defense, the position of deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy was eliminated. The timing of the move is curious.

4 weeks ago

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Congress should accelerate the Navy’s unmanned revolution

The U.S. Navy’s welcome surge in experimentation during the past year is at risk of running aground due to a lack of focus and equipment.

4 weeks ago

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America needs a permanent military presence in the Baltics, and here’s why

The seemingly rushed, chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has caused some American allies in Europe to question Washington’s commitment to NATO.

5 weeks ago

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Presentation is key: Why the Pentagon’s budget data needs a makeover

Data is dispersed across PDFs and Excel files, making it difficult to accurately and comprehensively cover the financial tracks of an entire program.

5 weeks ago