On December 6, Congress reached a bipartisan agreement on the amended 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDA Act) which the Senate passed on December 15. Thedocumentstretches to several thousand pages and includes 16 pages outlining a National Strategy for the research and development of distri...
elaborate further an approach to civil-military relations going beyond control to include effectiveness; and, to argue that outsourcing by the Department of Defense (DoD) results in opportunity costs making very difficult the implementation of the national security strategy of "great power competition....
General Martin Dempsey, outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has just released a new, remarkably readableNational Military Strategy(NMS). This document, alongside the President’s National Security Strategy (NSS) and the Secretary of Defense’s National Defense Strategy (NDS), forms the...
6 The US Department of Defense launched its National Defense Industrial Strategy in January 2024 to guide investment and support the development of a modern and innovative defense industrial ecosystem. The overarching goals are to improve supply chain resiliency, enhance acquisition flexibility,...
In 2018, Trump launched the China Initiative as part of his national security strategy. This was a controversial counter-espionage measure targeting Chinese academics and researchers working in the US. The China Initiative allowed the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and prosecute “non...
revenue last year came from sales of high-end and super-premium spirits, mostly led by tequila and American whiskey, said Christine LoCascio, the group’s chief of public policy and strategy. Those high-end products fetch the highest prices. “While many consumers are feeling the pinch from ...
Hu Bo, director of Peking University's Center for Maritime Strategy Studies, said that the DPCT serves as a crucial platform for China and the US to exchange views on military relations and policies. Its primary function is...
Canada to sustain and expand the capability to produce space-qualified germanium substrates used in solar cells for both commercial and national security defense satellites. The effort supports the 2024 National Defense Industrial Strategy to continue and expand support for domestic production within the ...
Sep 30, 2024 Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at RAND focused on a range of national security policy and Indo-Pacific security issues. He closely tracks intensifying U.S.-China competition throughout the region, including Asia and Oceania. Grossman was interviewed recently by Wang Zhi...
In 2018, the US published the DoD Cyber Strategy, which initiated the “hunt forward” principle of cyber warfare, and extended its cyber defense line to other countries. In the mid of October, 2022, the US Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) published policy documents on cyber warfare. Based on the ...