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The Need for Innovation and Continuity in National Security Space during the Biden Administration

National security space policy is at an inflection point. President Biden’s administration has a number of new avenues for progress, but should also continue key Trump-era initiatives.

January 28, 2021 — Makena Young
Analysis / Strategy

A Better Way to Identify and Address Threats to National Security

For years, the U.S. government’s approach to prioritizing national security threats has been ad-hoc. It’s time to restructure and standardize the decisionmaking process to achieve better outcomes.

January 28, 2021 — Samuel Brannen
Analysis / Strategy

Escaping the Graveyard of Empires? U.S. Options in Afghanistan

One of the new administration’s most difficult decisions will be how to move forward in Afghanistan, particularly in light of the Trump administration’s recent decision to draw down troops. Doing so hastily would be a mistake.

January 26, 2021 — Seth G. Jones
Analysis / Reform, Strategy

Restore Trust in National Security Institutions

For some time, trust in U.S. democratic institutions has been declining. There is an immediate need to rebuild and sustain public confidence in democracy and in U.S. national security institutions, and that starts by elevating civic education as a national security imperative.

January 22, 2021 — Suzanne Spaulding, Devi Nair
Analysis / Forces, Strategy

Surveillance, Situational Awareness, and Warning at the Conventional-Strategic Interface

The expansion of dual-capable delivery systems and the diversification of strategic forms of warfare to include cyber, space, and advanced high precision conventional strike capabilities have sharply eroded structural conventional-nuclear firebreaks.

January 15, 2021 — Rebecca Hersman, Reja Younis
Opinion / Strategy

Bad Idea: Dismissing Russia as a Declining Power in U.S. Strategy

Russia has been dismissed as a declining by some policymakers and analysts who prefer to focus on competition with China. Yet Russia remains one of the most assertive and powerful states in the international system and ignoring the threat it poses is a strategic error.

December 18, 2020 — Michael Kofman
Opinion / Strategy

Bad Idea: All Sensors, All Shooters, All the Time – a Joint All-Domain Command and Control System That Prioritizes Centralization

JADC2 is supposed to give U.S. forces a competitive advantage by connecting sensors to shooters. But centralizing data streams only makes a bigger target — one that U.S. adversaries are already planning to take down. JADC2 should instead be reenvisioned into a more flexible, bottom-up system.

December 15, 2020 — Mark Seip
Opinion / Strategy

Bad Idea: Conflating Great Power Competition with High-Intensity Conflict

DoD should not make the mistake of preparing for “great power competition” by investing only in high-intensity capabilities. While the U.S. should indeed be prepared for direct conflict, much of the fighting will be conducted through irregular warfare operations.

December 15, 2020 — Todd Harrison, Nicholas Harrington
Opinion / Strategy

Bad Idea: Focusing International Space Cooperation on Established Space Powers

While the U.S. is prioritizing relationships with nations that have highly-developed space programs, China is building out partnerships with nations that have underdeveloped programs. If the U.S. does not reorient its focus, it risks ceding leadership in this critical domain to China.

December 11, 2020 — Brian Hart
Opinion / Strategy

Bad Idea: Halting or Reversing Trump-Era NASA Programs in a New Administration

A presidential transition usually means a new direction for NASA. But in this case, the Biden administration should prioritize two key Trump-era initiatives — the Artemis Program and LEO commercialization — given their importance to the future of space exploration and development.

December 11, 2020 — Makena Young
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