Reports
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Contractors in American Conflicts: Adapting to a New Reality
When our nation goes to war, contractors go with it. This working paper explores the problems posed by the increased reliance of contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq, includin...
By John A. Nagl & Richard Fontaine
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The Past and Present as Prologue: Future Warfare through the Lens of Contemporary Conflicts
April 2009 - Eight years of war have given the U.S. military an unparalleled opportunity to translate real war experience into a vision of how conflicts will be fought in the ...
By Robert H. Scales
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From Preponderance to Partnership: American Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Several naval analysts and commentators, including the observant Robert Kaplan, have argued that America’s present naval fleet constitutes an “elegant decline” or outright neg...
By Frank G. Hoffman
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Anecdotal Evidence of a Hollowing Force? A Closer Look at Junior Officer Retention
Today’s Army is “the most combat-experienced force the nation has witnessed in two generations. Our all-volunteer force is being asked to do more than ever and is showing rema...
By Jaron Wharton
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The Inheritance and the Way Forward
This essay explores the complex nature of the next president’s national security inheritance and offers recommendations for how the next president should begin to chart a new ...
By Kurt Campbell & Michèle Flournoy
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After an Attack
Responses to a catastrophic bioterror attack are likely to greatly amplify or substantially mitigate the attack’s consequences. No less significant, if our post-attack respons...
By Philipp Bleek, Rachel Kleinfeld & Richard Danzig