Joan Johnson-Freese

 

Posts by Joan Johnson-Freese

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Homeland Security Department: ‘Colossal, Inefficient Boondoggle’

This article marks the beginning of our examination of just what America’s national security leaders should do next to secure our national security, 10 years after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. We will post at least one analytic piece each day until the anniversary. One of the lasting legacies of 9/11 that continues […]

Teach Tough, Think Tough: Three Ways to Fix War Colleges

Critics continue to advocate slamming the doors on at least some of the country’s professional military education institutions, the war colleges. But no one can realistically advocate for a less educated modern military. Instead, what we need is a more effectively educated military. The civil-military gap between faculty members, including the lack of diversity among […]

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China in Space: Not Time for Bright, Shiny Objects

As America’s Space Shuttle program comes to an end, commentators often link that event to the view that the United States is abrogating leadership in space to the Chinese. The Shuttle, however, is one part of a much larger US space program, and replacing it will be part of a new US approach to space, […]

Teach Tough, Think Tough: Why Military Education Must Change

The National War College at Fort McNair. The Army War College at Carlisle. The Naval War College at Newport. The Air War College at Maxwell Field. These are the launching pads for America’s senior military leaders. The Pentagon spends substantial monies on these august institutions but are their graduates getting the education they need and […]