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Developing Alternative Defense Strategies
Experts
Mark Gunzinger
Non-Resident Senior FellowTimothy A. Walton
Research FellowRyan Boone
Analyst - on assignment
Research & Analysis
How Much is Enough? Alternative Defense Strategies
Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, the United States once again faces the need to prepare for great power competition and confrontation. Russian aggression along the eastern front of NATO presents military challenges to European security not seen in decades. China’s military modernization and coercive behavior toward U.S. allies and partners threaten stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Both nations are disrupting an international order that has long provided relative peace and prosperity for the United States, its allies and partners, and much of the rest of the world.

