Defense
Can The Air Force Juggle All Its Major Acquisition Programs? (from The National Interest) Like a profession juggler, the U.S. Air Force has a lot of balls in the air when it comes to major acquisition programs. It is modernizing simultaneously its fleets of tactical fighters, bombers and aerial refueling tankers. The service is about to re ...
Five Reasons Why Fixing the Export-Import Bank Will Be Vital To President Trump’s Economic Agenda (From Forbes) If President-elect Trump wants to preserve and protect U.S. manufacturing jobs, one of the easiest and cheapest options he has is to fix the Export-Import Bank. Ex-Im (as it is often called) is America's official export credit agency, but right now it ...
President Obama Supports Debt Relief for Greece (From The National Interest) Greece has implemented financial reforms, and now it is time to restructure Athens’ debt to allow its struggling economy to grow. Sustainable debt would increase investor confidence, improve the country’s credit rating, and play a significant role as to whether Athens reaches its 2017 budget targets. President Barack Obama will emphasize Greece’s need for debt relief during his visit to the country today. I have written a commentary for The National Interest here.
Will Elon Musk’s SpaceX Crash Land On Planet Trump? (From Forbes) During the eight years Barack Obama occupied the White House, Elon Musk assembled a sprawling industrial empire focused on what might be called politically-correct technologies. Now, the imminent arrival of the Trump era is casting doubt on whether Mu ...
The 5 Most Cost Effective Investments in Defense Trump Should Take Now (from The National Interest) President-elect Trump has made it clear he intends to rebuild a U.S. military that has been underfunded and overextended. The President-elect recognizes that there is a need for immediate action to redress this imbalance in military power. There will b ...
How California Is Protecting Its Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threats (from The National Interest) To protect power grid integration from cyber threats in California, the California Public Utilities Commission has funded a cyber information sharing program, California Energy Systems for the 21st Century (CES-21). According to Jamie Van Randwyck, pro ...
The New Defense Odd Couple: Trump and McCain (from The National Interest) Last night, the United States experienced a counter-revolution to the politics of Obama. Trump and McCain may well turn out to be the Odd Couple of that counter-revolution. If the U.S. military is to be restored after eight years of the Obama Administ ...
For the Defense Industry, Trump’s Win Means Happy Days Are Here Again (From Forbes) Although Donald Trump is sometimes said to be unpredictable, in fact he has been quite straightforward in describing what his military priorities would be as president. First, he would modernize the nation's aging nuclear deterrent. Second, he would ...
Why Would the Pentagon Hire A Russian State Company During a Time of Heightened Tensions? (from The National Interest) For the first time, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will allow Russian companies to supply unclassified communications and data transmission between U.S. service personnel deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families and friends ba ...
Military Transportation: Getting To The Next War Is Going To Be Tough (From National Interest) The National Defense Transportation Association held its annual meeting in Saint Louis during the first week in November, and the news was not good. Strategic lines of communication to overseas military theaters are increasingly vulnerable to interdic ...