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It’s Time for a True Industrial Strategy for American National Security
Commentary
For an industrial strategy to work, the president must make it a White House priority that pulls together all elements of national power....
By Becca Wasser & Mara Rudman
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Networked deterrence in a multipolar Indo-Pacific
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For integrated deterrence to succeed in the Indo-Pacific, the United States needs to bolster both deterrence by denial and resilience by working with allies and partners....
By Becca Wasser
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The Kadena Conundrum: Developing a Resilient Indo-Pacific Posture
Commentary
This article originally appeared in War on The Rocks. The long-standing debate over whether the United States is prioritizing China and the Indo-Pacific region has reignited o...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Andrew Metrick & Becca Wasser
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A Fight Over Taiwan Could Go Nuclear
Commentary
A fight between China and the United States could very well go nuclear....
By Becca Wasser & Stacie Pettyjohn
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US, Russia Should Establish Deconfliction Line for Air Operations Over the Black Sea – Now
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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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The Unmet Promise of the Global Posture Review
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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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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
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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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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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Small, Distributed, and Secure: A New Basing Architecture for the Middle East
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A rethink of U.S. basing architecture is needed....
By Becca Wasser & Aaron Stein
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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
