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Why The Military Plays Down Vital Afghan Battle
  • October 31, 2010
  • Reuters

If winter arrives and insurgents are still capable of mounting major attacks and intimidating the local population, it could further chill Western governments’ already diminishing appetite for a long-term presence in Afghanistan. “To strike at the heart of the insurgency, strike at the historical and spiritual home of the Taliban movement sends a very clear message — with the resources we have, we are on the offensive,” said Dakota Wood, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. “If we end up having to pull back, or are not successful, there will have to be a serious review of Western aims and resources in Afghanistan.”

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CSBA Releases New Long-Range Strike Report
  • September 14, 2010

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments announces the release of a new report by Senior Fellow Mark Gunzinger: Sustaining America’s Strategic Advantage in Long-Range Strike.

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CSBA Releases New Report
  • May 18, 2010

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments today released its latest report: AirSea Battle: A Point-of-Departure Operational Concept, by Jan van Tol with Mark Gunzinger, Andrew Krepinevich and Jim Thomas.

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Mark Gunzinger Joins CSBA
  • January 20, 2010

Mr. Gunzinger most recently served as a senior advisor to the Air Force for the 2010 QDR. He previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Transformation and Resources. Mr. Gunzinger has been a key player in every major defense review since the end of the Cold War.

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Release of Defense Planning for the Long Haul Report
  • January 11, 2010

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 – radical extremism, the rise of China, and the wider proliferation of nuclear weapons — into a set of plausible scenarios:

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CSBA Welcomes New Board Members
  • January 8, 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: Pete du Pont, Vic H. Fazio, Nelson M. Ford, James J. Shinn and Laurence Zuriff.

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