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Defense budget analysis Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Kori Schake |Todd Harrison |John Ferrari |Nicholas Eberstadt

Article Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade Event The Defense Department’s 8 Percent Challenge: What to Cut and Where to Invest Multimedia CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Can Europe Still Rely on The United States?
Tag Archive: Defense cuts

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Kori Schake |John Ferrari |Todd Harrison

Article Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade Working Paper How DOGE Can Retake the Commanding Heights: Overhauling How America Equips Its Warfighter Op-Ed America Opens the Door to Its Adversaries Op-Ed Will Musk’s “Algorithm” Reduce Military Inefficiency—or Increase Risk? Multimedia What Does Trump’s Cabinet Mean for US Policy? Post The Pentagon Is a Terrible Customer to Its Industry Partners Op-Ed The US Military Must Move Beyond Defense-Reform Theater Op-Ed The U.S. Military Is in Decline....
Prioritizing the Nation’s Defense

4 weeks ago | aei.org | Todd Harrison |John Ferrari

The federal budget is so big, with so many pieces, rules, and priorities it can be easy to get lost in it. While everyone wants the government to run effectively and to use taxpayer money wisely, all the moving parts can make it difficult to decipher what is happening and how it impacts us.
defense spending Archives

4 weeks ago | aei.org | Todd Harrison |John Ferrari |Mackenzie Eaglen

Working Paper Prioritizing the Nation’s Defense Working Paper Behind NATO’s 2 Percent: Measuring the True Scope of Alliance Defense Investments and the NATO Defense Deficit Event The Defense Department’s 8 Percent Challenge: What to Cut and Where to Invest Post Canada and the Trump Administration: Part III Article American Enterprise Institute Embracing Space Force Exceptionalism Post Stopping the Federal Waste from Temporary Funding Article American Enterprise Institute How Much Is Too Much?...
Tag Archive: missile defense | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

1 month ago | aei.org | Todd Harrison |James Pethokoukis |Kyle Balzer |William Greenwalt

Press Discussing Trump’s Golden Dome strategy: Harrison on Global News’ ‘Global News Morning’ Article Up Wing/Down Wing #35 Post How Much Would a Space-Based Missile Interceptor System Cost and Does It Make Sense?
Defense Strategy and the Decision Drivers of Force Structure and Posture

1 month ago | aei.org | John Ferrari |Todd Harrison

The new Pentagon leadership is overseeing fundamental changes that could dramatically improve military warfighting capabilities for decades to come. Over the course of three previous working papers published in February[i], March[ii], and April[iii], we provided specific recommendations on where to save money through defense reform and reductions, how to reform the acquisition system, and how to reorganize the department.
Defense and national security Archives

1 month ago | aei.org | Todd Harrison |Kori Schake |John Ferrari

Working Paper Space Force Personnel Reform: Costs, Impact, and Implementation Multimedia What’s America Without Allies? With Kori Schake Working Paper Decentralizing the Department of Defense: Reorganizing to Empower the Warfighters Op-Ed Signalgate Is Bad.
Tag Archive: The Pentagon

1 month ago | aei.org | Mackenzie Eaglen |Brady Africk |John Ferrari |Todd Harrison

Op-Ed The U.S. Can’t Handle a War Op-Ed Political Leaders Need to Stop Standing in the Way of Defense Innovation Press Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Aug 27, 24] AEI’s Todd Harrison Report American Enterprise Institute Beyond Monopsony: Pentagon Reform in the Information Age Post The Defense Policy Turducken Podcast WTH Is Going on 20 Years After 9/11? An Afghanistan War Veteran Who Lost His Dad in the Twin Towers Remembers Post Presidential Unity and the Afghanistan Disaster Article...
Opinion - A once-in-a-lifetime chance to upgrade the Department of Defense

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Todd Harrison |John Ferrari

The Department of Defense was created in the immediate aftermath of World War II to fight and win America’s wars. It has evolved over time through mission creep and congressional action, driven by a philosophy of centralization that has added tangled layers of bureaucracy that negatively impact warfighter readiness. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears aware of this — he has directed the bureaucracy to present him with “future-state organization charts” — but he lacks a guiding philosophy.
Decentralizing the Department of Defense: Reorganizing to Empower the Warfighters

2 months ago | aei.org | John Ferrari |Todd Harrison

Several forces acting on the Pentagon this year could fundamentally improve its organization, weapons procurement, operational support, and personnel management.