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One dollar notes with the signature of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are unveiled at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility on December 8, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas.

A better bridge across the ‘valley of death’

As the Pentagon’s Small Business Strategy makes clear, small companies are key to helping the U.S. ensure its technological superiority.

13 days ago

Give the Defense Innovation Unit a slice of Ukraine funds

Calls to make Ukraine a laboratory and a testing ground for our own weapons and platforms are the right ones.

14 days ago

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The Defense Department is finally getting workforce development right

To ensure the success of budding workforce initiatives, we must avoid burdening them with well-intentioned but overreaching bureaucracy.

What’s in the defense wish lists? Unraveling FY24 unfunded priorities

Given the political drama stemming from the FY24 budget request, it is worth investigating what’s not in the president's submission.

7 weeks ago

Guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Nov. 29, 2022.

Sea power is essential to countering communist China

China is on a fast track to displace America as the world’s dominant naval power.

7 weeks ago

How to ensure Iranian drones don’t include US components

While the Iranian drone threat may have previously seemed distant for Europe, the appearance of these weapons in Ukraine has brought the problem home.

8 weeks ago

The EU is finding its voice on defense. The US should embrace it.

A stronger European defense is in the making, emerging in fits and starts from the war in Ukraine.

8 weeks ago

The global nuclear energy market is a geopolitical battleground

By weaving energy security into the heart of our national security strategy, we can bolster our capacity to deter and resist authoritarian aggression.

2 months ago

Any perception that China doesn’t affect NATO is invalid

U.S., NATO and SEATO leadership must collaborate on reinforcing deterrence in Northeast Asia.

2 months ago

Why is China strengthening its military? It’s not all about war.

A grasp of the myriad drivers could help observers more accurately assess the danger posed by the People's Liberation Army modernization.

2 months ago

What difference will Polish, Slovakian fighter jets make to Ukraine?

Other NATO allies will now be under increased pressure to offer Ukraine their own, Western-designed aircraft.

2 months ago

Superlatives in the FY24 budget request won’t cut it for US forces

Congress will have to bail out the military again and pay the full costs of inflation.

2 months ago

Why the US military should build modular nuclear reactors

One of the main objections to the expansion of nuclear power in the U.S. is based on the perception that it is dangerous.

2 months ago