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Wargame offers lessons for Defense Department
An operational wargame called “Dangerous Straits: Battle for Taiwan 2027,” led by the Gaming Lab at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), presents a scenario where Ch...
By Becca Wasser
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A Fight Over Taiwan Could Go Nuclear
A fight between China and the United States could very well go nuclear....
By Becca Wasser & Stacie Pettyjohn
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War Game in Taiwan: A “home game” for China, an “away game” for the U.S.
The year is 2027 and China has decided to attack Taiwan and bring the island nation under direct control. Now the U-S has to answer: do we fight for Taiwan’s freedom? How far ...
By Becca Wasser & Dr. ED McGrady
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US, Russia Should Establish Deconfliction Line for Air Operations Over the Black Sea – Now
This new reality should shift American Western thinking about the role of airpower in managing Western-Russian relations....
By Becca Wasser
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United States Military Strategy Should Better Match Interests, Says Defense Research Expert
Becca Wasser discusses how U.S. military strategy has been linked to outdated priorities and should better reflect the country’s interests, including protection of the homelan...
By Becca Wasser
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The Unmet Promise of the Global Posture Review
The review missed an opportunity to realign U.S. military presence overseas with the strategic priorities laid out in the interim National Security Strategic Guidance....
By Becca Wasser
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Rightsizing in the Middle East
Washington’s large Middle East presence is more than just wasteful....
By Becca Wasser & Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Getting Force Design Right: Looking Ahead to the 2022 NDS
Aaron Stein speaks with Becca Wasser about her recent article for War on the Rocks about the next National Defense Strategy, integrated deterrence, and the issues Washington s...
By Becca Wasser
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Why the Pentagon Should Abandon ‘Strategic Competition’
The U.S. Defense Department has recently been taught it too needs to say the magic word in every force, capability, or resource request. But the magic word isn’t please; it’s ...
By Becca Wasser & Stacie Pettyjohn
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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: Getting Force Design Right in the Next National Defense Strategy
Biden should narrowly focus the DoD on high-end deterrence against China and Russia instead of strategic competition or managing an expanded array of lesser threats....
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Becca Wasser
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All About Access: Solving America’s Force Posture Puzzle
This impulse to remake the US global footprint reflects a desire to address a new era of strategic competition with China and to expend finite resources and taxpayer dollars m...
By Becca Wasser & Renanah M. Joyce
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How Air Warfare is Changing
Guests Stacie Pettyjohn and Becca Wasser join Defense One Radio to describe lessons from Iraq, Azerbaijan, Gaza, and more in the future of air warfare. Listen to the full con...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Becca Wasser
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Pettyjohn & Wasser on Evolution of Air Power
Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn and Becca Wasser of the Center for a New American Security discuss the evolution of air power since the Gulf War and lessons from Operation Inherent Resol...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Becca Wasser
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From Forever Wars to Great-Power Wars: Lessons Learned from Operation Inherent Resolve
It is important that the Pentagon does not relegate the lessons learned from its recent operational experience in the Middle East to the trash bin....
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Becca Wasser
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From Desert Storm to Inherent Resolve: The Evolution of Airpower
On June 27, U.S. fighter jets struck weapons storage facilities used by Iranian proxy groups Kataib Hizballah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada in retaliation for launching drone a...
By Becca Wasser & Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense & Aerospace Podcast
Becca Wasser joins the Defense & Aerospace Report weekly roundtable to discuss topics of the week including the defense budget. Listen to the full conversation from Defense &...
By Becca Wasser
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U.S And 25 Other Nations To Participate In Huge Joint Training Exercise
Last year the pandemic derailed large-scale war gaming – this year it's back with a vengeance. The U.S. military is taking part in a massive joint training exercise across Eur...
By Becca Wasser & Jay Price
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The Air War Against the Islamic State
Becca Wasser and Stacie Pettyjohn are interviewed about the air war against the Islamic State that was critical to the territorial defeat of the group’s territorial caliphate ...
By Becca Wasser
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The Middle East and America’s Global Posture
To discuss the process and the likely implications for U.S. posture in the Central Command area of operation, Aaron speaks this week with Becca Wasser. Listen to the full con...
By Becca Wasser
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National security priorities for the Biden administration
Becca Wasser discusses what we can expect from the next National Defense Strategy and how it will be different from the last one....
By Becca Wasser