Don’t sell arms to the Philippines The last thing the United States needs is for the Philippines to provoke a conflict with China thinking that the United States will step in to save them. By: A. Trevor Thrall and Jordan Cohen
It’s time to transform the DoD enterprise cloud to a war-fighting cloud A critical moment has been reached in the modernization of the DoD, and a cloud that effectively supports war-fighting capabilities will be critical in maintaining a competitive advantage, the author says. By: Matthew Leybold
Biden’s Mideast drawdown poses perils Drawing down America’s posture in the Middle East sends the wrong message as the Biden administration simultaneously pursues nuclear negotiations with Iran. By: Vice Adm. John W. Miller (ret.)
No one will win the competition in the High North Climate change in the Arctic represents a geopolitical contest no one is going to win, regardless of any investment in military materiel. By: Sharon E. Burke
Beijing has pierced Washington’s deterrence bubble. How can the US recover? The Whitsun Reef spectacle lays bare that the United States' continued embrace of a costly, conventional deterrence strategy is alone unlikely to prevent China from achieving many of its security objectives. By: Craig Singleton
Think twice before bringing back the COCOM export control regime Resuscitating the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls is a bad idea. By: Scott Jones
Punishing Germany for Nord Stream 2 does nothing to stop Putin Threats to punish Germany sound outright frivolous when the United States is buying oil from Russia. By: Eugene Rumer
The Pentagon must act now to address vulnerability in its enterprise The Defense Department’s spare parts ecosystem provides an illuminating example of fragility and how targeted actions can mitigate risk. By: Tara Murphy Dougherty and Billy Fabian
Why slashing the Pentagon budget would be a disaster Two former Defense Department comptrollers explain why slashing the U.S. defense budget would be a disaster. By: Dov S. Zakheim and Elaine McCusker
America and its military need a blockchain strategy Given blockchain technology’s potential, the U.S. military, private cybersecurity firms and security researchers should explore cybersecurity-related applications, the authors say. By: Trevor Logan and Theo Lebryk