Covid Response Update: April 2- June 3
A roundup of the recent developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 by the CSIS International Security Program.
Read the most recent CSIS research on U.S. military force structure.
A roundup of the recent developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 by the CSIS International Security Program.
A roundup of the recent developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 by the CSIS International Security Program.
A roundup of the recent developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 by the CSIS International Security Program.
A roundup of the recent developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 by the CSIS International Security Program.
A roundup of the recent developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 by the CSIS International Security Program.
The officer-enlisted divide stymies the effectiveness of today’s armed forces, writes Nicholas Wood. Merging officers and enlisted into one hierarchical pyramid will unleash untapped leadership potential, remove redundancies, and put people in the positions for which they are best suited.
Navy and shipbuilding advocates tell us that global patrols of U.S. warships constantly protect sea-borne commerce. But this myth places demands for presence on the Navy that degrades its readiness.
In the latest paper of the FY 2022 Military Forces series, Mark Cancian discusses the newly-formed U.S. Space Force as it struggles to find an identity, special operations forces as they adjust from irregular warfare to great power conflict, and debates on the role of DOD civilians and contractors.
The Department of Defense, alongside the U.S. Coast Guard, seizes enormous quantities of cocaine in transit to the United States each year. But DoD needs better metrics to capture exactly how much over-market value it “pays” for the cocaine it seizes.
Today, seven geographic COCOMs are responsible for integrating forces across all domains for military operations within their respective Areas of Responsibility. But in today’s increasingly complex, connected, and multipolar strategic environment, the geographic COCOM structure is an outdated and counterproductive bad idea.