Four steps to creating a National Defense Strategy built on strength
In this op-ed, analysts from the American Enterprise Institute lay out four priorities Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should focus on in the next National Defense Strategy.
In this op-ed, analysts from the American Enterprise Institute lay out four priorities Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should focus on in the next National Defense Strategy.
"Standing in the way [of innovation] are three roadblocks, none of which are technological, and all of which the next President and Congress should consider challenging," writes John Ferrari of AEI.
Explore how networked warfare, AI, and 3D-printed drones are reshaping US Indo-Pacific strategy.
In this op-ed, John Ferrari of AEI argues the Pentagon needs to stop creating and rearranging offices for procurement and lays out what they should do instead.
In this new analysis, budget experts Elaine McCusker and John Ferrari lay out a trio of likely scenarios for the upcoming budget negotiations - including one they deem the "doomsday" scenario for DoD.
A new proposal from Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall seems helpful on its face, but Bill Greenwalt and John Ferrari of AEI see red flags in the details.
Funding unfunded priorities and taking inflation into account means a bigger topline, argues AEI’s John Ferrari.
"No matter what China’s timeline for war might be, America’s timeline for deterrence is right now," writes Dustin Walker of the American Enterprise Institute.
Another Continuing Resolution would impact military readiness when it comes to everything from munitions relevant to the fight in Ukraine to the newly revealed B-21 stealth bomber, warns Elaine McCusker of AEI.
“Something like a G/ATOR would have enormous utility in Ukraine,” said John Ferrari, a former commander of White Sands Missile Range.
AEI's John Ferrari and Mackenzie Eaglen write that in failing to adjust its budget to the realities of inflation, the Pentagon is careening towards budgetary trouble.
Lawmakers and taxpayers should know PDI is not reflective of the defense investment to counter the pacing challenge of China, AEI's Elaine McCusker writes.
With inflation soaring, Americans are starting to feel the pinch in everyday life. That could be even worse for members of the military, according to American Enterprise Institute budget experts John Ferrari and Elaine McCusker. In this new op-ed, they call for the Pentagon to avoid the usual games defense leaders play with inflation and […]
With the long saga of the fiscal year 2022 budget looking like it will be finalized in March, eyes now turn to the FY23 defense budget and what it might look like. Between Russian aggression, inflation and a Congress that appears supportive of increasing defense spending, it’s unclear how high the Pentagon’s budget will go. […]
John Ferrari of AEI lays out why it would benefit the Biden White House to give a big defense budget topline now -- and how DoD should spend the money.