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Want to Save the Defense Budget? Kick Those Nasty Habits

In the big picture of 2015, the US military is facing a complex, demanding, and significantly resource-constrained national security environment.  ...
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Destroy the State in Islamic State

The rise of ISIS has given America an enemy that it clearly must fight. Yet, public and political reluctance to ...
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Time to Squeeze Iran Harder

Iran’s economy has been on a wild ride over the past years. The trouble began with chronic mismanagement under former ...
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America Needs an Open Source Intelligence Fusion Center

The humanitarian world often has a healthy suspicion of the military. This is understandable. It can be very dangerous for ...
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America Needs an Open Source Intelligence Fusion Center

The humanitarian world often has a healthy suspicion of the military. This is understandable. It can be very dangerous for ...
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A Bitter Pill: Fake Drugs and Global Health Security

There is an emerging discourse in the security field regarding health security and how issues within the realm of defense ...
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UK General Election: There Are No Votes in Defence

The astute reader may have noticed the “c” in “defence” contained in the title – these words weren’t spoken by ...
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The NFLs Phony Patriotism

On the face of it, the photo looks inspirational: Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman posing next to three men in ...
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Is Afghanistan Turning a Corner?

The news since 2001 from Afghanistan has been steady drumbeat of bleak headlines. With the exception of the occasional good ...
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Fixing Military Intelligence Gathering, but of the Medical Kind

Exploring the history of military preventive medicine, one thing becomes certain: Science and humankind have made significant progress in preventing casualties due ...