sequestration

Pentagon Needs A Strategy For National Mobilization

July 22, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. It is evident to anyone paying attention that the United States has run out the string on its post-World War Two strategy of global engagement, forward military presence and a full spectrum military. The long-standing consensus on the role of [Read More...]

If America Treated Its World Cup Soccer Team As Badly As It Does Its Military

June 27, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. The country has caught football fever – that’s soccer to you unreconstructed, tunnel-visioned fans of American football. The U.S. World Cup Soccer Team has shown determination, good team work, great heart and even occasional flashes of brilliance. While losing to [Read More...]

Defining The Right Military For A New Era Requires An Enduring Analytic Yardstick

June 16, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. The United States is a global power with worldwide interests, investments, relationships and concerns. It is also the leader, primus inter pares if you like, of a community of like-minded nations, a set of alliance structures and security relationships and [Read More...]

Sequestration Could Break The Air Force First

May 20, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. It is one thing to look for ways of reducing defense spending as part of an overall program to rein in the size and cost of government. It is quite another to do so in such a maladroit and downright [Read More...]