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How the U.S. Military Can Save $1 Trillion
That’s the bottom line of a study I produced along with several colleagues as part of “Developing Alternative Defense Strategies 2016,” an exercise organized by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, where groups from five think tanks used CSBA’s “Strategic Choices” software to reimagine the U.S. military budget.
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Turkey’s Role in the Battle to Retake Mosul
Turkey has made it clear it wants a role in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS, creating tensions within Iraq. Defense News Associate Editor Aaron Mehta discusses the situation with a panel of experts.
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Use Of Nuclear Weapons If Trump President?
"Regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, the Japan-US alliance will continue to be the foundation of the security of the Western Pacific Region.
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Pentagon Readies $6 Billion Supplemental OCO Request
Kate Blakeley, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments who previously worked at the Congressional Research Service, said splitting the $6 billion OCO supplemental between supporting troop levels in Afghanistan and the fight against ISIL would give both Democrats and Republicans "additional ammunition in the upcoming budget fight."
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Pentagon Will Need To Fund ‘Enduring Requirements,’ Now In OCO Account, Once Combat Ends
Kate Blakeley, a defense budget analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said the statement confirms what many people already know behind-the-scenes.
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Admirals: Navy Needs a Bigger Fleet, and Now May Be the Best Time to Plan for It
The Navy is nearing the end of a triplet of Future Fleet Architecture studies – conducted by MITRE Corporation, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis (CSBA) and the Navy – to look at how new technologies and concepts may change the size and composition of the Navy in the mid-term. While the Navy has not yet released the details of the three studies, the general consensus is that the future fleet will have to be larger than today’s.