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Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
The U.S. defense industrial base is not prepared for the international security environment that now exists, including to deal with China. The United States should take several steps now to strengthen the industrial base to improve deterrence and warfighting.
Report by Seth G. Jones — January 23, 2023

Drones Galore: Changing Battlefields
Commentary by Will Brown — December 6, 2022
Inflating the Risk? Contracting in the Face of Inflation
Critical Questions by Gregory Sanders and Alexander Holderness — December 1, 2022

Combined Arms Warfare and Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Report by Seth G. Jones , Jake Harrington , Christopher K. Reid , and Matthew Strohmeyer — November 10, 2022
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Understanding the Broader Transatlantic Security Implications of Greater Sino-Russian Military Alignment

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Report Launch: Software-Defined Warfare

The Future of Army Vertical Lift

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Tracking Developments in Counterspace Weapons

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Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
Report by Seth G. Jones — January 23, 2023

Understanding the Broader Transatlantic Security Implications of Greater Sino-Russian Military Alignment
Event by Max Bergmann , Brian Hart , and Meia Nouwens — December 8, 2022

Can Kicking – the American National Sport
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Scott Miller , and William Alan Reinsch — December 8, 2022

Drones Galore: Changing Battlefields
Commentary by Will Brown — December 6, 2022

Report Launch: Growing Challenges, Rising Ambitions: AUSMIN 2022 and Expanding U.S.-Australia Cooperation
Event by Charles Edel , Matthew P. Goodman , Mick Ryan , Kelsey Hartigan , and Seiyeon Ji — December 1, 2022

Inflating the Risk? Contracting in the Face of Inflation
Critical Questions by Gregory Sanders and Alexander Holderness — December 1, 2022
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Arms Control
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 23, 2022

Combined Arms Warfare and Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Report by Seth G. Jones , Jake Harrington , Christopher K. Reid , and Matthew Strohmeyer — November 10, 2022

Navigating Byzantine Bureaucracies: Capitol Hill and the Pentagon
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis — November 9, 2022

Keeping the U.S. Military Engine Edge: Budget and Contract Trends
Brief by Gregory Sanders and Nicholas Velazquez — October 31, 2022
