Kagan: Preemptive Superpower Suicide

I am attaching a link to a short clip of an interview with Robert Kagan of FPI. In it he discusses how we can turn the financial crisis into preemptive superpower suicide if we rush to raid the Pentagon coffers. We will address the economy – gutting defense is something that we dont have to do. [...]

The bigger the defense cuts, the more urgent the need for a new security strategy

It is clear that the Pentagon will see some serious cuts as the country tries to deal with its fiscal situation. To an extent, this is as it should be – with wars winding down and the chances of us engaging in another land war slim, we can afford to rethink the military. The move [...]

Defense spending should be more than the output of budget math

The recent budget deal in Congress, for what it is worth, has kicked the tough decisions of who will bear the pain of cuts down the road to a later point in time. Just what will get cut will be decided by a super-committee of Congressmen drawn from both parties. If the committee cannot agree, [...]