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Dec 7, 2015

Barno and Bensahel: Now Women Should Register for the Draft

By Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel write for Time on the importance of gender equality in the Selective Service System:

In the News

Dec 6, 2015

Defense News Highlights Commander Series Event

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Defense News highlights the Brent Scowcroft Center Commander Series event with General Mark Welsh III on the future of American airpower:

In the News

Dec 5, 2015

Stefanini Quoted By Politico Europe on NATO Expansion in the Balkans

By Stefano Stefanini

Read the full article here.

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 4, 2015

Barno and Bensahel: Shattering the Military’s Glass Ceiling

By Barno and Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel cowrite for The Atlantic on Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s long-overdue announcement that all jobs in the US military will now be open to women:

In the News

Dec 4, 2015

Reuters Highlights Event on Airpower

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Reuters highlights an event with General Mark Welsh III about the future of American airpower:

In the News

Dec 3, 2015

Bensahel on Obama’s ISIS Strategy

By Nora Bensahel

The Hill quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Nora Bensahel on how the attacks in Paris shifted the Obama administration’s strategy against ISIS:

In the News

Dec 3, 2015

Jones Testifies on Defense Department Modernization

By James Jones

Brent Scowcroft Center Chairman General James L. Jones, Jr. testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on The Goldwater– Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act (GNA) of 1986 and what further reforms are needed modernize the Department of Defense to meet both present and future security challenges:

In the News

Dec 1, 2015

Reuters Highlights Event with US Air Force Chief General Mark Welsh

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Reuters highlights an Atlantic Council event with US Air Force Chief General Mark Welsh, where the recent military data breach was discussed:

In the News

Dec 1, 2015

Barno and Bensahel: First Steps Towards the Force of the Future

By Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel write for War on the Rocks on the issues within the military personnel system and the Department of Defense’s strategies to solve them: 

In the News

Nov 30, 2015

Hasik on the Defense Department Acquisitions Process

By James Hasik

Aviation Week quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Defense James Hasik on the Defense Department acquisitions process and how the Defense Department can more quickly begin the acquisition process: