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Op-Ed

The US military is feeling invincible, and that’s dangerous

What happened in Venezuela is the exception, not the rule.
January 7, 2026
Dan Grazier
Op-Ed

Cutting this much red tape, Santa comes early to weapons industry

Provisions in this year's NDAA dismantle oversight, guarantee profits for contractors, and shift financial risk to taxpayers.
December 12, 2025
Julia Gledhill
Op-Ed

The US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fire

The cancellation of the Constellation-class program shows that the military's shipbuilding problem is Washington, not China.
December 4, 2025
Dan Grazier
Op-Ed

Hegseth wants to make the Pentagon a global arms bazaar

The defense secretary is expected to roll out new mandates that would in part assist the weapons industry with international business. Why?
November 6, 2025
Dan Grazier
Op-Ed

Fighting China, Fast and Slow

Senior Fellow Kelly Grieco and Maximillian Bremer write on the need for effective logistics to form credible U.S. deterrence in a Taiwan
October 10, 2025
Maximilian Bremer
Op-Ed

How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe

Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining the delivery of safe
October 9, 2025
Julia Gledhill
Op-Ed

US gov’t admits F-35 is a failure

With some wonky, hard to decipher language, a recent GAO report concluded the beleaguered jet will never meet expectations.
October 7, 2025
Dan Grazier
Op-Ed

This Storm in US-India Relations Will Pass, but Ahead Lie Treacherous Waters

India’s anxieties with Washington under Trump 2.0 are real, but contrary to the naysayers, the bottom hasn’t fallen out of the US-India
September 24, 2025
Daniel Markey
Op-Ed

The Future of Airpower Is Denial

The United States needs a new plan for fighting in contested skies.
August 31, 2025
Kelly A. Grieco
Op-Ed

Is nationalizing the defense industry such a bad idea?

Removing the profit motive that has allowed private interests to abuse, corrupt, and metastasize the system might be a way forward —
August 27, 2025
Julia Gledhill
Op-Ed

The Future Is Being Delivered by Chinese Drones

Washington needs to move quickly if it hopes to compete in this critical industry.
August 25, 2025
Maximilian Bremer
Op-Ed

The 8-Point Buzzsaw Facing Any Invasion of Taiwan

Hundreds of billions of dollars have gone to aiding Taipei, but geography is still the island's best defense
July 11, 2025
Dan Grazier
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