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A future fighter aircraft is likely to need more range and payload than speed and agility as countries like Russia, China and Iran invest in long-range air defenses that can keep high-value support assets including aerial refueling tankers up to 1,000 nautical miles away from their military installations, but stealth remains critical despite advances in radar technology, according to a new Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments study.
The heart of CSBA is our team of uniquely qualified defense experts and operations professionals. We are thrilled to introduce staff who have joined our team in 2024 and those who have recently stepped into new roles within our organization.
Yesterday, the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States released its final report, and today, Commissioners presented their unanimous conclusions and recommendations before Congress.
This July, CSBA hosted the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows program for a two-week orientation ahead of the Fellows’ training appointments in the private sector.
On July 17, 2024, Ambassador Eric Edelman, CSBA Counselor and Vice Chair of the National Defense Strategy Commission (NDS), joined NDS Commission Chair Jane Harman, and NDS Commission Members GEN Jack Keane (USA, Ret.) and Mara Rudman, and moderator Courtney Kube of NBC News for a readout of the forthcoming NDS Commission Report.
This year's NATO Summit was stalked by two quite different phantasms – the spectre of weak leadership among Western leaders, and what former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has characterized as the most dangerous and challenging international security environment since World War Two.
Eric and Eliot host Sergey Radchenko, the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies based in Bologna, Italy
