Defense Policy

Sean Welch quoted in National Defense Magazine on the Marine Corps’ modernization plan

On October 21, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Sean Welch was quoted in a National Defense Magazine article on the Ground Combat Element 2040 Fiscal Year 2026. Welch argued that the plan continues the service’s existing modernization efforts rather than breaking new ground and warned that the rapid pace of AI and machine learning advances […]

Budginaite-Froehly published in International Centre for Defence and Security

By Atlantic Council

On September 16, nonresident senior fellow Justina Budginaite-Froehly published a report with the International Centre for Defence and Security, “Europeanising NATO: Keeping America Onside,” which focuses on how Europe can build up its own capabilities to rebalance and ultimately bolster the transatlantic alliance.