Discussing US Munitions Stockpiles: Ferrari on WJLA’s “Government Matters”
Senior Fellow John Ferrari discusses US munitions stockpiles on WJLA’s Government Matters. The post Discussing US Munitions Stockpiles: Ferrari on WJLA’s “Government Matters” appeared first on...
View ArticleFour Ways to Begin Fixing the Army Recruiting Crisis
Calling the Army recruiting shortfall a crisis is like saying that the Titanic had a “small” problem in its crossing of the Atlantic. The Army’s shortfalls, at least six years in the making, are an...
View ArticleU.S. Military Bases Are Literally Falling Apart
Today, the US Navy maintains some of their fifth-generation fighters with advanced avionics in pre-first-generation—World War II—aviation maintenance facilities. One naval air station in the U.S. has...
View ArticleA Conversation with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX): China, Russia, and America’s...
Event Summary On January 23, AEI’s Hal Brands hosted Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) for a discussion on China, Russia, and the state of American military readiness. They began by discussing US military...
View ArticleTwelve Problems Negatively Impacting Defense Innovation
As the US wrestles with a rapidly changing security environment, the creation of new military capabilities to counter these growing threats is essential. Defense leaders are being forced to relearn,...
View ArticleHow We Get Europe to Ensure Ukraine’s Post-War Success
It’s been frustrating to watch German Chancellor Olaf Scholz drag his feet for weeks over the prospect of delivering his country’s Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, before agreeing to dispatch just one...
View ArticleFor Better Defense Spending, Split the Pentagon’s Budget into Two
In the pursuit of “life, liberty and happiness,” safety precedes the others. Therefore it makes sense that the federal government’s mandatory, exclusive and primary job is to provide for the common...
View ArticleFrom the Peace Dividend to War in Europe, with Brig. Gen. Carsten Rasmussen...
Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia are joined by Danish Brig. Gen. Carsten Rasmussen (ret.) to discuss Denmark and other European countries’ evolution from enjoying the post–Cold War “peace dividend” to...
View ArticleStress Testing American Grand Strategy II: Critical Assumptions and...
Key Points Although American politics today are defined by sharp, bitter disagreement, a bipartisan US grand strategy for great-power competition has emerged.This report makes explicit 17 critical...
View ArticleAn Utterly Trivial Reason to Give Away National Secrets
The biggest surprise in the latest major intelligence-leak case is the purported motive: The suspected leaker provided highly sensitive U.S. intelligence assessments, mostly about the war in Ukraine,...
View ArticleProtect the Force with Timely and Robust Readiness Funding
We were tragically reminded recently when two separate accidents claimed the lives of 12 service members that we must not shortchange training and readiness of the force. In March, two Black Hawk...
View ArticleDiscussing US military recruitment efforts: Thiessen on Fox News’‘Faulkner...
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Senior Fellow Marc Thiessen discusses US military recruitment efforts on Fox News’ ‘Faulkner Focus.’ The post Discussing US military recruitment efforts: Thiessen...
View ArticleHow to Build and Enhance America’s Defense Franchises
Key Points While some weapons systems possess the marks of a franchise, more American military platforms should become franchise products, exported to the countries of the free world and providing a...
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How to Build and Enhance America’s Defense Franchises
Download PDF Related Report 10 Ways the US Is Falling Behind China in National Security by Mackenzie Eaglen Adobe Stock (C) China is leveraging asymmetric structural advantages to rapidly reach parity...
View ArticleTo Strengthen America’s Warfighting Capabilities, the Military Should Learn...
As the military executes its strategy of “divest-to-invest,” it’s shedding equipment and procuring less to bring “leap-ahead” technologies online. While this may seem like a good strategy on paper...
View ArticleHow Congress Could End Our Munitions Shortage
“This is the third or fourth time we’ve run out of munitions in the last 20 years,” Under Secretary of Defense Bill LaPlante said at a recent CFR event. The United States military is regularly running...
View ArticleDiscussing the State of US Military Readiness: Ferrari on Bloomberg Radio
Senior Fellow John G. Ferrari discusses the state of US military readiness on Bloomberg Radio. The post Discussing the State of US Military Readiness: Ferrari on Bloomberg Radio appeared first on...
View ArticleTime to Move Past “Fortress America” with US Military Bases
General CQ Brown—President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—lamented about the recruiting crisis during an interview with me at the American Enterprise...
View Article10 Ways the US Is Falling Behind China in National Security
This report was updated on September 5, 2023. Key Points While the United States still enjoys advantages over China in many key fields of national security competition, recent trends illustrate that...
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10 Ways the US Is Falling Behind China in National Security
Download PDF Related Report 10 Ways the US Is Falling Behind China in National Security by Mackenzie Eaglen Adobe Stock (C) China is leveraging asymmetric structural advantages to rapidly reach parity...
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