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China’s Missile Forces Are Growing: Is It Time to Modify the INF Treaty?
U.S. forces in East Asia are becoming increasingly vulnerable to China’s missiles, which could be used against the air bases and aircraft carriers that underpin U.S. power projection. Could a change to the INF treaty help?
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‘Magic Money’: DoD’s Overseas Contingency Budget Might Dry Up
While the US Defense Department’s Afghanistan war budget is expected to receive little resistance from lawmakers, the Pentagon is under pressure from the White House Office of Management Budget to lower, then eliminate supplemental requests, sources said.
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Base Closings Play into Campaigns
A specter is haunting Tuesday’s Senate primary in Mississippi and many other midterm races around the country: BRAC.
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In Africa Counterterror Pivot, a Focus on ISR
As the US pivots the counterterrorism mission toward Africa, Pentagon leaders are quick to point out that the size and scope of the continent provide significant challenges that will require a commitment to intelligence and surveillance technologies to give them, and their fledgling allies, a better picture of what lies over the next hill.
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How the U.S. Pays for Its Involvement in Iraq
The Obama Administration says 275 troops are deploying to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy and other interests. We don’t yet know the full cost of any U.S. action in Iraq, but we can lift the curtain a bit on the economics behind military intervention, and what the Pentagon gets for its half trillion dollar baseline budget.
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China’s Rising Military Might: A Grand-Strategy Surprise?
While proponents of different U.S. grand strategies might concur that China has the greatest potential to challenge America over the long run, they don’t see that challenge as a very serious one in the near term. Why?