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United States Military Strategy Should Better Match Interests, Says Defense Research Expert
Video
Becca Wasser discusses how U.S. military strategy has been linked to outdated priorities and should better reflect the country’s interests, including protection of the homelan...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
Commentary
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
Commentary
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
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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
Commentary
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
Podcast
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
Podcast
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
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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
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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
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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
Podcast
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
Podcast
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
Podcast
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
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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
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Small, Distributed, and Secure: A New Basing Architecture for the Middle East
Commentary
A rethink of U.S. basing architecture is needed....
By Becca Wasser & Aaron Stein
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Like Your Brain Has Just Gone To the Gym (Wargaming Room)
A Better Peace welcomes Chris Dougherty and Becca Wasser from The Gaming Lab at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). Chris and Becca join host Ken Gilliam in our speci...
By Chris Dougherty & Becca Wasser
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Making Critical Choices for Better Posture Approaches
Commentary
The U.S. Department of Defense must make critical choices in the next NDS to better link strategic objectives with posture in support of U.S. interests....
By Becca Wasser
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A Deadly Game: East China Sea Crisis 2030
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On July 22, 2020, audience members played along as the CNAS Defense team and leading experts conducted a virtual wargame in the year 2030, exploring command and information co...
By Richard Fontaine, Susanna V. Blume, Shai Korman, Chris Dougherty, Becca Wasser, Dr. ED McGrady, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, Bryan Walsh, LTG Anthony R. "Tony" Ierardi, USA (Ret.), Sarah Mineiro & Eric Heginbotham
