"Industrial policy requires making strategic public investments designed to strengthen economic and national security — not [just in] what is traditionally thought of as the defense industrial base," write Mara Rudman and Becca Wasser.
In this op-ed, Jennifer Kavanagh argues the Commission on the National Defense Strategy needs to prioritize the threats in Asia, as opposed to the “multi-theater force construct” it recommended this year.
With potential adversaries no longer predictable, training must move beyond just live exercises and flight simulators.
Boldest among the report's recommendations is a proposal for what it calls a new "Multiple Theater Force Construct" to fix the current, "out-of-date" version.
“I’m surprised at times, some of the people who just fall into full-scale China bashing and talk about how terrible China is, which it isn’t. We can't let them do this,” said Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash.
Opponents of defense spending may cite the economic consequences of COVID-19 — huge deficits and ballooning national debt— in an effort to slash the Department of Defense’s budget. If they succeed, American military supremacy will erode further, inviting aggression from adversaries and decisively undermining American security.
The best way for America to develop a consensus on what our defense and global security commitments should be is for Congress to have a lengthy series of posture hearings that delve deeply into these issues. They could be jointly held by the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees from the two chambers, patterned […]
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