Defense Policy

Preble on Net Assessment: A strategy-budget mismatch?

By Atlantic Council

On April 29, Christopher Preble and his co-hosts of the Net Assessment podcast debated the National Defense Strategy — at least the unclassified details that are currently available. They considered whether the professed strategy aligns with the budget, if either clearly signals the Biden administration’s priorities, and what it says that strategy documents are being […]

Badi quoted in The New Arab on Russia’s deployment of Libya-based Wagner Group mercenaries to Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Fontenrose quoted in The Guardian on US-Saudi relations amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Bird in The National Interest: How the United States can get Taiwan right

By Atlantic Council

On April 20, an article by former NAEI YGP Sam Bird was published in the National Interest, challenging prevailing thinking about US policy towards Taiwan. Bird made the case for the US enabling Taiwan’s defense by providing low-cost weapons, but not overcommitting to the island’s security and risking US interests. The essay won the John […]

Barranco and Wetzel in the New York Times on the Donbas campaign

By Atlantic Council

The New York Times cites Col John Barranco and Lt Col Tyson Wetzel's Atlantic Council military assessment, "How Ukraine can take the fight to Russia."

Grundman in Aviation Week Network on the FY2023 defense budget

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense senior fellow Steven Grundman defends the newly released fiscal year 2023 defense budget from critics who claim that it is not high enough given inflation.