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100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 29, 2021

#100: Create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention In the Department of Homeland Security

By: Caroline Multerer What is the kernel of the issue? For too long, officials across the US government have refused to identify the gun violence epidemic as what it really is: a national security crisis. Why is the issue important? It’s getting worse. Gun violence deaths rose in 2020 to 19,379 (not to mention the […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 28, 2021

#99: Engage With the African Region Beyond Competition With China and Counter-terrorism

By: Aude Darnal What is the kernel of the issue? The US foreign policy community is adding great power competition with China to the focus of US engagement strategy with Africa, which has been mostly oriented towards counterterrorism. This makes the region a battlefield for its policy towards China and is likely to create unnecessary tensions, as it subordinates African states to the role of pawns and […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 27, 2021

#98: Articulate a Clear Goal for Competition with China

By: Matthew Kroenig What is the kernel of the issue? The United States has declared that great power competition with China is a foremost priority of US national security policy, but it has not yet articulated clear goals for this competition.  Why is the issue important? As General Brent Scowcroft argued, good strategy begins with […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 26, 2021

#97: Study the Impact of Military Deployments on Extremism in the Ranks

By: Christopher Skaluba, Leah Scheunemann, and Clementine Starling What is the kernel of the issue? The ongoing DoD Global Posture Review (GPR) will necessarily be focused on how the US military footprint globally is aligned to the Department’s strategy goals with respect to defense and deterrence. However, posture reviews traditionally have overlooked the deployed experiences […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 25, 2021

#96: Impose Costs on China and Help Taiwan Defend Against Increasing Chinese Air Force Operations in Taiwanese Airspace

By: Sarah Kirchberger What is the the kernel of the issue? The Chinese Air Force has been ratcheting up pressure on Taiwan by violating the Taiwanese Air Identification Zone (ADIZ) with increasingly larger numbers of combat aircraft (25 Chinese aircraft constituted the most recent incursion) at an increasing frequency. If these trends continue, Chinese air […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 24, 2021

#95: Reverse the Cascade to Enhance IoT Security

By: Simon Handler, Safa Shahwan Edwards, and Trey Herr What is the kernel of the issue? Many Internet of Things (IoT) devices are manufactured abroad, and a lot of these products are built at extremely low cost with little consideration made for security. Whatever progress the United States and its allies make in setting better […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 23, 2021

#94: Shift the Landscape for Adversaries After Sunburst

By: Emma Schroeder and Will Loomis What is the kernel of the issue? Information sharing on cybersecurity issues between industry and government is all the rage, but to what end? While much of the last decade of debate over how and when to share information in cybersecurity has focused on responding to a crisis, the […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 22, 2021

#93: Adopt a Long-Term Space Strategy

By: Christopher P. Mulder, Clementine Starling, Mark J. Massa, and Julia Siegel What is the kernel of the issue? The US lacks a long-term, actionable strategy that will secure space for many years to come. Previous such strategy documents lay out shorter timeframes for securing space. However, space activity requires a much longer-term vision and […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 21, 2021

#92: Accelerate Sending Americans to Mars

By: Christopher P. Mulder What is the kernel of the issue? China and Russia have publicly stated their ambitions to send humans to Mars in the coming years. Why is the issue important? If China and Russia accomplish this goal first, US credibility and resolve will be significantly degraded and questioned. Making our way to […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Apr 20, 2021

#91: Commit to Drones for Both Warfighting and Presence

By: Christian Trotti What is the kernel of the issue? Force planners have long agonized over the tradeoff between warfighting and presence. The former has often involved fewer and more exquisite systems (i.e., capability, or “quality”) to fight and deter great-power wars. The latter necessitates greater numbers (i.e., capacity, or “quantity”) to maintain regional deterrence. […]

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