Security & Defense

What’s left of Europe if the far right has its way?

By Alina Polyakova and Anton Shekhovtsov

Far-right parties are on the rise in Europe, particularly in the post-soviet space. The 2008 financial crisis provided these parties with an electoral boost, and the refugee crisis threatening the continent has inflamed nationalist and xenophobic populism. In this new issue brief, “What’s Left of Europe if the Far Right Has Its Way?”, Dr. Alina […]

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: The Military is From Mars, Civilians are From Venus: Avoiding Planetary Collisions in the Conference Room

By David Barno & Nora Bensahel

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Hasik Quoted by National Defense Magazine on US Military Tactical Vehicle Purchases

By James Hasik

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Pavel Joins NBC Nightly News to Discuss US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Position on NATO and United States Foreign Policy

By Barry Pavel

Train, hone, deter

By Matt Brand

NATO exercises play a vital role in ensuring that Alliance forces can respond to any contingency quickly and effectively. Not since the early 1990s has NATO’s exercise program drawn as much attention from NATO’s national leaders as it does now, due in large part to Russia’s increasingly aggressive misbehavior. The NATO exercise program provides the vital functions of keeping the member states’ forces interoperable by integrating new technologies into the force, practicing new doctrine, and validating units for their rotation into contingency roles, like the NATO Response Force.

Bending those cost curves, a year on.

By James Hasik

The Pentagon is making progress with better-faster-cheaper, just on a small scale. In January 2015 at the Atlantic Council, Air Force Secretary Debbie James delivered an address on “Bending the Cost Curve,” emphasizing that her department needed to get off the path towards Augustinian singularity. The initiative she outlined had three parts: enhancing communication with […]

Du Mont Featured in Speaker Series at World Policy Institute

By Malia K. Du Mont