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Published October 04, 2013
China is playing a game of great-power “chicken”—except it’s no game. The risk of miscalculation and conflict is real.
Published July 25, 2013
When it comes the export of natural gas, U.S. policy is at odds with what’s economically sound for the country.
Published June 06, 2013
To stem the tide of harmful cyber attacks by the Chinese there has to be a cyber response on America’s part that deters continued cyber aggression.
Published November 05, 2012
More than likely, what a candidate says before being elected will not necessarily define how his presidency in fact plays out. The world gets a vote, too.
Published October 01, 2012
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) told defense contractors that they could disregard a statute requiring them to tell employees that they might lose their jobs.
Published May 29, 2012
Failure in Afghanistan also will have implications in regions outside of Central Asia. America’s allies and partners from the Middle East to East Asia are closely watching to see whether we will prematurely abandon our Afghan allies.
Published January 27, 2012
Because the Department of Defense is, by far, the largest piece of the pie when it comes to the “discretionary” part of the federal budget, it became a natural target for reductions.
Published January 06, 2012
President Obama has unveiled his new defense strategy. The question is do we want the next serious conflict we face to be one in which America’s military is sized and equipped based on what we can afford as a result of ObamaCare or, more prudently, based on what the nation’s security requires?
Published September 14, 2011
Cutting our nation's defense budget not only makes little sense when it comes to Americans and jobs, it makes even less sense when it comes to dealing effectively with the threats we still face.
Published July 21, 2011
Understandably, the country wants its elected representatives to address the nation’s fiscal crisis. But in doing so, will it be creating a crisis on the national security front?