
Arsenals of democracy
We are stronger when we act together. As the United States and its allies and partners prepare for an era of renewed great power competition, they are also seeking to leverage joint initiatives between national governments and industries to produce new systems that leverage interoperability and multiply the resources of allies and partners
Tue, Apr 23, 2019
Leveraging the National Technology Industrial Base to address great-power competition
The purpose of this report by William Greenwalt is to promote urgent deliberations over what a modern National Technology and Industrial Base should look like, and to encourage Congress and the administration to adopt measures that will enable access to defense-industrial resources that are more responsive to the needs of the National Defense Strategy.
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
Emerging technologies and the future of US-Japan defense collaboration
This report explores the drivers, tensions, and constraints shaping US-Japan collaboration on emerging defense technologies while providing concrete recommendations for the US-Japan alliance.
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Thu, Apr 4, 2019
NATO at seventy: Filling NATO’s critical defense-capability gaps
The need to outfit and equip NATO for great power competition, as well as increased pressure to invest more in defense, provides an opportunity to strengthen NATO for the future. Yet the path forward is still unclear. What investments should be prioritized to ensure that NATO retains its fighting mindset well past its seventieth anniversary in 2019?
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Tue, Oct 1, 2019
Reenergizing transatlantic space cooperation: Opportunities in security and beyond
The transatlantic alliance needs to recognize and address challenges to space assurance, and take full advantage of the many changes sweeping the space industry.
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Thu, May 28, 2020
Coronavirus should spur DoD to build back resilience and agility
A layered and targeted response is required to meet the proximate challenges to the defense and dual-use supply chain, which is critical to national security. This crisis, as terrible as it is, may be the catalyst for taking steps today that are necessary to build the supply chain resilience and industry agility required to meet future national crises.
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Tue, May 12, 2020
Nurkin writes article on DoD innovation for Defense iQ
Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin discusses the strengths and weaknesses of recent innovation efforts by the US Department of Defense.
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