Events

Book Talk—American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump

Event Date: January 24, 2018
Related Experts: Thomas G. Mahnken, Eric Edelman, Hal Brands

Please join CSBA for a discussion of Hal Brands's American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump

CSBA Book Talk—Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015

Event Date: October 30, 2017
Related Experts: Thomas G. Mahnken, Eric Edelman, Hal Brands

Please join CSBA and the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies for a discussion of Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism

40th Anniversary of The Journal of Strategic Studies

Event Date: June 16, 2017
Related Experts: Thomas G. Mahnken, Eric Edelman, Hal Brands, Toshi Yoshihara

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and The Journal of Strategic Studies hosted a discussion on the state of the field of strategic studies. The discussion included a view of the current state of the field and a look to the future.

A Preview of the Trump Administration’s FY2018 Budget Request

Event Date: May 18, 2017
Related Expert: Katherine Blakeley

Please consider joining CSBA Research Fellow Katherine Blakeley for a preview of the Trump Administration’s FY2018 budget request, where she will present forecasts of the overall defense budget and major service priorities. Kate will discuss the major decision points for the Trump administration, and highlight divergences of the Trump administration’s budget request from the Budget Control Act caps and the FY17 Obama defense budget.

Advanced Strategy Program: Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region

Event Date: May 8, 2017
Related Experts: Thomas G. Mahnken, Toshi Yoshihara, Katherine Blakeley, Hal Brands, Bryan Clark, Jacob Cohn, Mark Gunzinger, Julian Snelder, Jan van Tol

Mid-career professionals in the national security community, please join us for a unique opportunity to receive a graduate-level education in Asia and strategy from topflight scholars and practitioners.

Book Talk - Australia’s American Alliance

Event Date: April 6, 2017
Related Expert: Thomas G. Mahnken

Please join us for a discussion of Australia's American Alliance, the U.S. - Australian relationship under President Trump, and the United States' Asia policy.

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Has Turkey Gone Rogue?

February 23, 2018 Breaking Defense

When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Ankara on Thursday, he will find Turkey unrecognizable as the ostensibly Muslim democracy and close ally that U.S. officials once held up as a model for the Islamic world. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to complete his long transformation of Turkey from a raucous -- if imperfect democracy -- to an autocracy, one ruled by caprice and fear.

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Trump’s Quick Fix Approach to Iran Nuclear Deal Creates Untenable Policy Dilemma

February 21, 2018 The Hill

President Trump’s latest quick-fix approach to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear program creates an untenable policy dilemma. Because the deal sacrificed significant U.S. leverage upfront, right now there is currently little Congress can accomplish singlehandedly in trying to strengthen it, and much the administration would place at risk in abruptly leaving it.

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US Must Overcome ‘Hubris’ And Prepare For Surprise: Experts

February 21, 2018 Breaking Defense

“If you’re a combat veteran, your chances of getting promoted are greater, (but that) means that you have deep searing personal experiences with a certain type of warfare,” said Thomas Mahnken, head of the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments. “That didn’t serve the British and French militaries well” at the start of World War II, he said, when they were so intent on not repeating the horrors of trench warfare that they were blindsided by the new and much more mobile threat of blitzkrieg.

Analysis

The Chinese Century?

February 15, 2018 The National Interest

No one can say we didn’t see it coming. Since the end of the Cold War, and even before, it has been obvious that a rapidly rising China could eventually menace America’s position and influence in East Asia—and, perhaps, globally as well.

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Air Force’s new stealth bomber will replace B-1s and B-2s while older B-52s keep flying

February 15, 2018 Los Angeles Times

The U.S. Air Force plans to phase out its B-1B and B-2 bomber fleets as the new B-21 bomber, currently being built in Palmdale by Northrop Grumman Corp., becomes operational in the mid-2020s. Mark Gunzinger, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said the move to phase out the B-1Bs and B-2s is likely budget-driven. The Air Force needs to modernize and reinvest in a number of its key assets, including its fighter jets, bomber forces and unmanned systems, and that is a "daunting challenge."

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Turkey Is Out of Control. Time for the U.S. to Say So.

February 13, 2018 Politico

There’s a real danger of a clash between U.S. and Turkish forces. The administration should make clear that it won’t tolerate any more bad behavior—now.

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