Pentagon Blog Posts

Questions about Nuclear Weapons

How inertia and a slavish devotion to the status quo dictate America's nuclear-weapons policy.

Cutting Military Spending, Rethinking Grand Strategy

The U.S. military tries to be everywhere and do everything. To make cuts, we must make priorities.

Why Defense Debates Are Unbalanced

Why most Americans will never hear a balanced debate about defense spending.

The Pentagon and Jobs

DoD has forgotten how to prioritize. Shrinking budgets will infuse a long-overdue measure of restraint.

Strategy vs. Jointness

Military budget cuts can induce competition that saves money and improves strategic thought. The national interest is to let the services fight it out.

Hollow Claims of a Hollow Force

Opponents of military spending cuts are getting creative. And they won't let facts stand in their way.

Strength vs. Spending

We spend too much on our military because we ask our troops to do too much. To spend less, we must do less.

The Growing Hysteria About the Fake Pentagon Cuts

Ignore the fearmongering. Much-maligned budget cuts are little more than legislative sleight of hand.

Defense Cuts Still on the Table, Not in the Bank

The debt deal is done. Now the real fighting begins.

U.S. Grand Strategy and the Debt Crisis

Fewer troops + less money + more missions = a hollow force. It simply isn’t realistic to expect a single country to underwrite the security of the entire planet.

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May 26, 2012