So it’s time to do more and do it increasingly quietly. Transparency has its place, but so does secrecy. Detailing what’s going to Ukraine only helps Russia better prepare for what’s coming their way, or how depleted NATO’s own stocks are becoming.
Revised on Mar 22, 2022 at 09:37 When NATO leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday,…
For many around the world, however, the events of the last week have reinforced the perception that the United States is simply not ready for prime time, whether in launching — and dragging allies into — costly, destabilizing and ultimately pointless wars, embracing questionable financial practices that plunged the world into an economic crisis, or proving unable fight a devastating pandemic that’s killed more 620,000 Americans. The world, rightly, expects the United States to do big things well, whether in crafting strategy, meaningful capabilities, starting wars or ending them.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses Russia’s recent anti-satellite test during which larger spacecraft deployed a smaller one, implications of a new generation of ground- as well as space-based weapons, how to deter adversaries from attacking US and allied space assets, update on Space Force legislation and budget, and a look ahead to CSIS’ “State of the Space Industrial Base 2020” event at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Event Registration required–link.
Whoever wins the presidency in November must take a cue from President Eisenhower to craft a similar long-term approach toward China — as well as Russia — and shape a force needed to deter, and if necessary, defeat both, but on a budget.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute on the stand-up of The Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson, the intersection of defense operations and new technologies, the upcoming release of the center’s antisubmarine warfare study and the fallout from the recent fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard.
On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest is Bruce Jette, PhD, the assistant secretary of the US Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, on accelerating acquisition cycles, the service’s engineering role, harnessing innovation, competition and cutting logistics burdens.
The urgent coronavirus crisis has not eclipsed pre-existing strategic conundrums like Russian threats to Europe and NATO and the urgency of adapting the alliance to meet them. Moscow shows no sign of negotiating on Ukraine or reducing its information warfare and other threats to European security, quite the opposite.
Raphael “Rafi” Cohen, PhD, senior political scientist and the associate director for strategy and doctrine, discusses the new report — “Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground” — co-authored by a team he co-led with RAND’s Distinguished Chair in Diplomacy and Security Amb. James Dobbins — that details how the United States and its allies can “stress” Moscow with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
On this week’s Cyber Report, Benjamin Jensen, PhD, professor at American University and Marine Corps University as well as a member of the Cyber Security Solarium Commission, discusses the need for more research to better understand the dynamics of cyber deterrence and escalation among great powers and the report he coauthored with Brandon Valentino, PhD, “What Do We Know About Cyber Escalation? Observations From Simulations and Surveys,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Northrop Grumman sponsors the Cyber Report and our cyber coverage.