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Mark Gunzinger Joins CSBA
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

01/20/2010

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments welcomes Mark A. Gunzinger as the Center’s new Senior Fellow. “Mark joins us at an extremely opportune moment, as we focus our activities on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and the strategic direction of the Air Force,” notes CSBA’s Vice President for Strategic Studies, Jim Thomas.


Release of Defense Planning for the Long Haul Report
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

01/11/2010
dod strategy and policy, national defense components, qdr 2009, scenarios, SLH

CSBA’s newest release, Defense Planning for the Long Haul: Scenarios, Operational Concepts, and the Future Security Environment, translates the principal strategic challenges the United States is likely to confront into a set of plausible scenarios. The report comes just weeks in advance of the Defense Department’s submission of the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress in early February.


CSBA Welcomes New Board Members
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

01/08/2010

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a recognized leader in innovative thinking on defense planning and investment strategies, today announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors: Pierre Samuel “Pete” du Pont, Victor “Vic” H. Fazio, Nelson M. Ford, James “Jim” J. Shinn and Laurence Zuriff. The new members will be joining Dave McCurdy (Chair), Dan Coats, Devon Gaffney Cross, Jack Keane, Elihu Rose and R. James Woolsey.


Ambassador Eric Edelman Joins CSBA
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

06/01/2009

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments welcomes Ambassador Eric S. Edelman as the Center’s new Distinguished Fellow.


Budget Request Begins Shift Toward Balanced Defense Posture
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

05/07/2009
adb (year), annual defense budget, cost of defense-overview, defense budget by title, defense budget topline, dod strategy and policy, qdr 2009, transformation strategy

Today’s release of the Obama Administration’s FY 2010 budget request signals a new direction for the Department of Defense. While the top-line budget figures and many of the programmatic decisions have already been released, the detailed budget unveiled today provides some clues as to how the new administration plans to remake the Defense Department. It begins the process of rebalancing the DoD’s portfolio of programs and activities to align them better with the national defense strategy.


Jim Thomas and Todd Harrison Join CSBA Team
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

04/09/2009

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Thomas and Todd Harrison to its expert team. Jim Thomas joins CSBA as Vice President for Studies, and will direct the organization’s strategic studies and defense spending research and programs. Todd Harrison will lead the budget program as Fellow for Defense Budget Studies.


Gates Fires Opening Salvo in the Obama Administration's Defense Review
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

04/06/2009
adb (year), annual defense budget, cost of defense-overview, critical technologies, defense budget topline, dod strategy and policy, qdr, qdr 2009, select weapons systems, systems/force structure

CSBA's Comment on Secretary Gates' Announcement


Release of New Book on Piracy and Maritime Terrorism
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By Martin Murphy

03/13/2009
radical islamism, navy

press release announcing release of new book by Martin Murphy


Think Tank Warns Against Deferring LRSS Programs
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By Barry Watts

02/03/2009
air force, competitive/grand strategies, critical technologies, nuclear forces, revolution in military affairs, scenarios, select weapons systems, service-focused analysis, systems/force structure

Announcement of the Release of New Report on Long-Range Strike


Seven Deadly Scenarios to Be Released Today
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By Andrew Krepinevich

01/27/2009
scenarios

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments announces the release of 7 DEADLY SCENARIOS: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century, a new book written by the Center’s President and CEO, Dr. Andrew Krepinevich.


Dissuasion Strategy
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By Andrew Krepinevich and Robert Martinage

05/06/2008
alliances, china, competitive/grand strategies, dod strategy and policy


CSBA New Report on GWOT
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By Robert Martinage

02/25/2008
homeland security, radical islamism

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released a new report, “The Global War on Terrorism: An Assessment,” authored by Senior Fellow Robert C. Martinage.The report concludes that the United States reached a high-water mark in the war on terrorism in 2003. At that time, the Taliban had been overthrown and al Qaeda stripped of its sanctuary in Afghanistan, ten of al Qaeda’s senior-most leaders had been captured or killed, dozens of jihadi cells had been rolled up, and several partner countries had significantly improved their counterterrorism capabilities.


Report Raises Questions About Costs and Effectiveness of Space-Based Weapons
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By Steven Kosiak

11/01/2007
critical technologies, defense budget by title, nuclear forces, proliferation, select weapons systems, systems/force structure

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released a new report “Arming the Heavens: A Preliminary Assessment of the Potential Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Space-Based Weapons” authored by Steven Kosiak, CSBA’s Vice President for Budget Studies.


CSBA Questions DoD's Substantial Investment in MRAP
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

10/17/2007
army, critical technologies, defense industry, iraq, military operations, personnel and readiness, select weapons systems, systems/force structure, usmc

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments today released Of IEDs and MRAPs: Force Protection in Complex Irregular Operations, by Andrew F. Krepinevich, President, and Dakota L. Wood, Senior Fellow. This analysis reviews the current effort by the Defense Department to acquire and field thousands of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) class vehicles, and to do so on a crash program basis, in support of US forces in Iraq.


CSBA Issues New Bioterror Report
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

05/09/2007
defense budget by title, homeland security, federal budget

CSBA releases new Report "Avoiding the Plague: an Assessment of U.S. Plans and Funding for Countering Bioterrorism" by Steven Kosiak


CSBA Announces Two New Board Members
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

01/18/2007

CSBA Announes TwoNew Board Members


CSBA Releases New Report: Thinking About Seabasing: All Ahead, Slow
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

10/19/2006
critical technologies, nuclear forces, personnel and readiness, proliferation"

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released Thinking About Seabasing: All Ahead, Slow by Senior Analyst Robert Work


CSBA Releases New Report: Spending on US Nuclear Forces
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By Natalya Anfilofyeva

09/14/2006
critical technologies, nuclear forces, personnel and readiness, proliferation"

The report analyzes options the United States might pursue over the next several decades to modernize its nuclear offensive strategic forces.


CSBA and Lieberman Host Capacity Crowd On Iraq Strategy
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By Alise Frye

12/06/2005
congressional action, iraq

This press release highlights the important discussion held December 6th, 2005 between Senator Joe Lieberman and CSBA Executive Director Andrew Krepinevich on how to win the war in Iraq.


CSBA Announces McCurdy as Board Chairman
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By Alise Frye

07/27/2005

Press release announcing the election of Congressman Dave McCurdy as CSBA Board of Directors Chairman.


CSBA Releases Report on Controversial Littoral Combat Ship
Press Release
By Alise Frye

02/18/20004
navy, transformation, littoral combat ship

Press release announcing the availability of Naval Transformation and the Littoral Combat Ship.


CSBA Releases Operation Iraqi Freedom
Press Release
By Alise Frye

09/16/2003
Iraq, Strategy, war, conflict, terrorism

Press release announcing "Operation Iraqi Freedom: A First Blush Assessment."


CSBA Releases 20th Annual Defense Budget Analysis
Press Release
By Alise Frye

04/24/2003
defense budget

Today’s release of Steven M. Kosiak’s Analysis of the FY 2004 Defense Budget Request marks the 20th anniversary of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment’s unparalleled efforts in defense budget analysis.


CSBA Releases Paper on Iraq War Policy
Press Release
By Alise Frye

02/04/2003
Iraq, war, preemption

Press release describing the latest CSBA report: "Preemption in Iraq: Rationale, Risks, and Requirements."


CSBA Releases Defining Transformation Report
Press Release
By Alise Frye

10/03/2002
Military-Technical Revolution, Krepinevich, RMA

CSBA announces the release of the seminal 1992 report, "The Military-Technical Revolution: A Preliminary Assessment."


CSBA Releases Report on Anti-Access and Theater Bases
Press Release
By Alise Frye

09/24/2002
Bowie, air bases, anti-access threats

CSBA released today a report with important implications for fighting future wars overseas.


CSBA Hires Barry Watts as Senior Fellow
Press Release
By Alise Frye

08/26/2002
Barry Watts

CSBA is pleased to announce the addition of Barry Watts as a Senior Fellow to its team of top researchers and analysts.


CSBA Releases Report on the Nuclear Posture Review
Press Release
By Alise Frye

08/15/2002
Nuclear Posture Review, Strategy, nuclear weapons

The report notes that, in the wake of the geopolitical and military-technical revolutions, much of the conventional wisdom about strategic warfare that developed during the Cold War merits careful reconsideration.


Pentagon Takes Major Step Toward Military Transformation
Press Release
By Alise Frye

05/08/2002
Crusader, Defense, Pentagon, Army

Cutting the Crusader is the best example yet of DoD's commitment to creating tomorrow's military.


CSBA Releases Study on Naval Trasformation
Press Release
By Alise Frye

04/17/2002
Strategy

CSBA releases The Challenge of Maritime Transformation: Is Bigger Better?, a study of US naval transformation by Bob Work


CSBA's Executive Director to Testify Before the Senate Armed Services Committee
Press Release
By Alise Frye

04/08/2002
transformation, defense, testimony

Dr. Krepinevich will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, April 9.


CSBA Releases In Depth Defense Budget Review for FY03
Press Release
By Alise Frye

04/03/2002
defense budget, FY 2003, DoD, Steven Kosiak

The report includes an overview of significant defense policy issues, such as funding for the war on terrorism, homeland security, and military transformation.


CSBA Announces Important Staff Additions
Press Release
By Alise Frye

04/02/2002
staff changes, James Carafano, Kurt Guthe, Alise Frye, Bob Work

CSBA has added 4 staff members


DoD Needs to Change Its Approach to Field Exercises and Experimentation
Press Release
By Alise Frye

02/25/2002
experimentation, DoD, field exercises, CSBA

CSBA releases a new report, Lighting the Path Ahead: Field Exercises and Transformation, making the case that field exercises play a critical but undervalued role in military transformation and innovation.


Budget Experts Available for Commentary
Press Release
By Laureen Andrews

01/30/2002
budget experts, DoD budget

With the upcoming release of the DoD budget, CSBA has experts available for analysis and commentary.


Promoting Efficiency in the Department of Defense
Press Release
By Steve Kosiak

01/25/2002
efficiency, Defense Department, savings

CSBA releases Promoting Efficiency in the Department of Defense: Keep Trying, But Be Realistic by Robert F. Hale


The Transformation of Strategic-Strike Operations
Press Release
By Andrew Krepinevich and Robert Martinage

01/11/2002
Nuclear Posture Review, Quadrennial Defense Review, NPR, QDR, strategic-strike operations

CSBA's report recommended that the Nuclear Posture Review consider the merits of a new type of strategic triad. The findings of the NPR released this week track closely with CSBA's recommendation.


QDR Offers Good Diagnosis, But Lacks Prescription
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

10/12/2001
QDR, Quadrennial Defense Review, strategy, defense policy

Dr. Andrew Krepinevich outlined his assessment of DoD's recently released Quadrennial Defense Review.


More Funding Needed for Weapons Procurement
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

05/15/2001
defense capital stock, defense industry, procurement, defense spending

CSBA released it latest report, Buying Tomorrow's Military: Options for Modernizing the US Defense Capital Stock, today.


Emerging Capabilities May Permit Fundamental Change in US Strategic Force Posture
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

03/21/2001
strategic strike, nuclear weapons, PGM, precision guided munitions, transformation

In releasing their latest report today on The Transformation of Strategic-Strike Operations, Andrew Krepinevich and Robert Martinage present a thought-provoiking framework for considering how America's strategic forces might be reshaped to meet tomorrow's


CSBA Releases Comprehensive Report on Space Militarization
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

03/08/2001
space militarization, military, space, Rumsfeld report, military use of space, Barry Watts

CSBA released its latest report, The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment, by Barry Watts, evaluating the current state of military competition in near-earth space and its expected evolution over the next quarter century.


CSBA Proposes New Defense Strategy
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

01/30/2001
military transformation, defense strategy, military strategy

CSBA proposes in its report, A Strategy for a Long Peace, a new defense strategy to respond to the changing security environment and to ensure the US maintains the military superiority to underwrite a long peace.


CSBA Joins the Rumsfeld Commission in Highlighting Potential of Space Capabilities
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

01/11/2001
space, militarization of space, military space, weaponization of space, satellites

CSBA released a summary version of The Military Use of Space: A Diagnostic Assessment that assesses how the competition in space might evolve over the next quarter century.


Preparing for the Anti-Access Threat: Looking Beyond the 2MTW Posture
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

09/27/2000
anti-access, QDR, Quadrennial Defense Review, Bush administration

CSBA's seminar featuring the Services and campaign advisors provided a timely focus on the emerging challenge of access to future theaters of conflict.


Improved Readiness Will Involve More Than Raising The Defense Budget Topline
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

09/27/2000
Armed Services, Joint Chiefs of Staff, military readiness

CSBA comments on today's congressional readiness testimony by the Joint Chiefs of Staff


DoD Plans-Funding Mismatch Estimate Points to Need to Spend Smarter and Differently
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

09/14/2000
plans-funding mismatch, military spending

CSBA responds to CBO's study on the Defense Department's plans-funding mismatch


True Question on Military Readiness Is: Ready For What?
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

09/01/2000
military readines

CSBA Executive Director Andrew Krepinevich shifts the focus of the debate on military readiness to the more salient question: “Ready for what?” in his September 1 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed.


CSBA Claims Hart-Rudman Report Misses Opportunity to Chart New Security Strategy
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

04/19/2000
Hart-Rudman, National Security Strategy

Critique of U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart-Rudman Commission) Phase II Report


CSBA Claims Military Transformation Is Necessary Focus For Presidential Campaign
Press Release
By Stacey Towles

09/30/1999
RMA, military transformation

Military Transformation should be part of the 2000 election campaigns


CSBA Says Rosy Surplus Numbers Unlikely To Yield Much More For Defense
Press Release
By Stacey Towles

07/01/1999
budget surplus, defense, military spending

The surplus may improve prospects for defense spending in the future but won't be helpful in FY 2000


RMA and the Future of Land Forces: Era of Tank Primacy is Over
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

04/20/1999
RMA, Revolution in Military Affairs, land forces, Army, military transformation

Press release on CSBA's predictions for the future of land forces


CSBA Executive Director Testifies Before New Senate Committee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

03/05/1999
emerging threats, national security threats, future warfare

The purpose of Mr. Krepinevich's testimony was to provide an analysis of the most important national security threats facing the United States both now and in the future.


Further Study Needed Before Changing Military Retirement
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

02/25/1999
military retirement, military pension, military pay, House Armed Services Committee

A press release highlighting Steven Kosiak's testimony on military pay and retirement issues before the HASC


FY99 Defense Budget Wrap Up
Press Release
By Stacey Towles

11/18/1998
military readiness

press release on the final analysis of the defense budget for FY 1999


Modernization - Problem Is Not Budgetary In Nature - It Is Strategic
Press Release
By Stacey Towles

10/09/1998
military modernization, military readiness, R&D, Research and development

press release on Andrew Krepinevich's testimony on defense modernization


CSBA Focuses On The Readiness Question - How To Balance The Concerns Of Today With The Issues Of Tomorrow?
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

09/24/1998
Personnel & Readiness, military readiness

Press release discussing the readiness question of the US military


General Close Addresses Challenges And Opportunities Of Implementation
Press Release
By Stacey Towles

09/23/1998
military experimentation, Joint Vision 2010, military transformation

General Close discussed the role of experimentation in implementing Joint Vision 2010.


CSBA Analysis Of National Defense Panel Report: A Major Step In The Right Direction
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

12/01/1997
Strategy, National Defense Panel, NDP

Citing support for a transformation strategy and a program of funding for innovation and experimentation, CSBA analysis concludes that, " the NDP offers a real strategic alternative to the QDR."


CSBA Staff Available To Comment On The Release Of The Quadrennial Defense Review
Press Release
By Natalia Davidson

05/05/1997
Quadrennial Defense Review, QDR

CSBA staff is prepared to comment on the QDR


Clinton Administration’s FY 1997 Budget For National Defense
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

03/22/1996
defense budget request, FY 1997 budget request, defense spending

Adjusted for the effects of lower inflation estimates over the next six years, the administration's new FY 1997-FY 2002 plan would provide some $30.5 billion more for defense than last year's plan over the same period.


A Quick Look At The Clinton Administration’s FY 1997 Defense Budget Request
Press Release
By Stacey Shepard

03/01/1996
defense budget request, FY 1997 defense budget, defense spending

The Clinton Administration today announced that it would request $242.6 billion in budget authority for DoD in fiscal year 1997.


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