CSBA "Third Offset" paper

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The Future of Chinese Power

The policies and practices of the country’s dynasties offer insights into how modern Chinese leaders may wield their strength.

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It’s Time for the Pentagon to Take Data Principles More Seriously - War on the Rocks

Since 1996, China’s military has beaten countless U.S. forecasts for how long it would take it to develop and field new weapon systems. By comparison, the

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The Battle of Shusha City and the Missed Lessons of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War - Modern War Institute

There has been no shortage of attention paid to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. Commentary and analysis have produced a range of claims about what the six-week-long war means for the […]

mwi.usma.edu

 

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A Toxic Brew of Careerism and Fear: Why the Navy Could Lose a War To China

How do you change a culture? That question courses through a new congressionally mandated report from retired marine Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle and retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery. Read the whole thing. Titled “A Report on the Fighting Culture of the United States Navy Surface Fleet,” the...

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The Marine Corps Battles for Its Identity, Over Women in Boot Camp (Published 2020)

Keeping men and women in separate platoons during recruit training is the last stand for the Marine Corps, which has been slow to move toward gender integration.

www.nytimes.com

 

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How the Intelligence Community Can Get Better at Open Source Intel

Several factors make it harder to use publicly available information in all-source assessment than classified information.

www.defenseone.com

 

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Gallery: Great power competition in the Arctic

A strategic competition is on the horizon for untapped resources and new maritime routes in the Arctic Circle.

www.defensenews.com

 

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What if military recruiting could screen for wash-outs?

There may be some factors that make someone more likely to leave the military before their first contract ends.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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What If the Pentagon Skipped 5G?

The answer to the headaches and security risks of next-generation mobile communications just might be a technological leap past them.

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The Future of Warfare Will Continue to Be Human - War on the Rocks

The dustbin of history is full of predictions of technological innovations that would surely change the nature of warfare. Machine guns, tanks, and modern

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Is Human Rights Training Working with Foreign Militaries? No One Knows and That’s O.K. - War on the Rocks

Training a foreign army is not like training your own military. This seems obvious, but the differences are often not accepted in practice. For example,

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The Intelligence Community’s Deadly Bias Toward Classified Sources

Its willful blindness to publicly available information is hurting national security.

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China may seek to close nuclear gap as US and Russia extend treaty

The deal between Moscow and Washington gives Beijing the chance to play catch-up, but it may face increasing pressure to join future talks on non-proliferation.

www.scmp.com

 

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Special Operations Command wants to upgrade its data analytics platform

Special Operations Command wants to increase artificial intelligence and add new software development techniques as part of upgrades worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Recruits to America’s armed forces are not what they used to be

Once a ladder into the middle class, military service has gone upscale

www.economist.com

 

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EXCLUSIVE: Southcom commander describes Chinese and Russian threats in the Americas - Washington Examiner

The great power threats that exist in the Western Hemisphere look different than those in other parts of the globe, U.S. Southern Command’s Adm. Craig Faller told the Washington Examiner, with China seeking port rights and technological penetration and Russia increasing disinformation and...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

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Army Officials Working on Proposal That Could Lead to Electric JLTVs

Designers at Tesla have already shown that electric motor technology can be scaled up to run vehicles the size of the JLTV.

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Machine Learning and Life-and-Death Decisions on the Battlefield - War on the Rocks

In 1946 the New York Times revealed one of World War II’s top secrets — "an amazing machine which applies electronic speeds for the first time to

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Replace fossil fuels for the military? Not so fast.

First, consider budget and time.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Defeat Is Possible - War on the Rocks

If the United States is to have a reasonable hope of winning a war, it needs to think very seriously about what it would be like to lose. For several

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Death Without Deterrence, or Why Tripwire Forces Are Not Enough - War on the Rocks

Many people think that U.S. troops deployed abroad have only one function: to die in the event of war. Before conflict breaks out, troops are often

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Are Nuclear Weapons Gaining New Salience in National Security Strategies?

Nuclear states are clearly planning for the long-term future of their nuclear capabilities.

thediplomat.com

 

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You Can Teach a Marine Deterrence: Understanding Coercion Requires Changing PME - War on the Rocks

There is a disturbance in the force. A return to great-power competition requires an understanding of the competition continuum. Generals want a new breed

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On the Path to Intellectual Overmatch - War on the Rocks

Two brand-new Joint Chiefs of Staff publications have rekindled the often-impassioned debate at the nation’s war colleges over the future of joint

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America Must Shape the World’s AI Norms — or Dictators Will

Four former U.S. defense secretaries issue a warning about China and a wake-up call to Americans on artificial intelligence.

www.defenseone.com

 

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The military needs a real plan to recruit and retain women, report finds

One in six service members is a woman, a slight increase in the last 15 years.

www.militarytimes.com

 

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The U.S. Military Should Turn to Remote-Enabled Advising - War on the Rocks

Sgt. 1st Class Bill Yung rubbed his tired eyes as he logged into an encrypted videoconference system in his Fort Lewis, Washington, team room. Yung’s team

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Irregular Warfare in a New Era of Great-Power Competition - Modern War Institute

Author’s note: This article evolved from a paper delivered at a March 2019 conference on the role of US special operations forces in the era of great-power competition. The conference […]

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Did your state receive the most defense dollars? We’ve got the numbers.

Overall Pentagon contracts and payroll spending in the 50 states and Washington, D.C., totaled $550.9 billion, per Defense Department numbers.

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The U.S. Defense Industry in a New Era - War on the Rocks

Does the United States have the defense industry that it needs? As China and other countries develop increasingly capable defense sectors, pressure rises

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Senators Call for U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group

Two prominent members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are leading a bipartisan effort to establish a U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working Group (OTWG) that would coordinate and catalyze combined...

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New force generation model aims to regionally align Army units, give troops predictability

“If we call you ... you’re going to go first because your equipment is tailored for that, you understand the environment ... you know the adversary [and] you know the plan," said one Army general.

www.armytimes.com

 

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The US needs to rethink its overseas supply chain

America's national security depends on having a deeper knowledge of the full supply chains of subcomponents, including how and where they are produced.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Army Seeks Security For 'Smart' Base Networks - Breaking Defense

How can the Army bring the Internet Of Things and 'Smart Cities' technology to its bases, without opening new avenues for cyber attack?

breakingdefense.com

 

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New method creates path for more efficient Army diesel engines

www.army.mil

 

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The Intelligence Community’s Deadly Bias Toward Classified Sources

Its willful blindness to publicly available information is hurting national security.

www.defenseone.com

More reason that the advent JADC2 argues for the diffusion of the NSA, NGA, DIA, NRO back into the Service NGIC, MCIA, ONI, AIA organizations. Enough bloated beltway bureaucratic bandits.

 

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What the Afghanistan Withdrawal Means for Georgia’s NATO Dreams

The Caucasian nation is losing one of its best ways to demonstrate that it belongs in the Western alliance.

www.defenseone.com

 

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AI could transform open source intelligence in the developing world

Open source intelligence requires different techniques in nations with limited smartphone use.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Ball hits milestone with weather satellite for military operations

The satellite will be used to gather information on ocean surface vector winds, tropical cyclone intensity and space weather in support of military operations.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Why Are So Few Women Being Selected for Army Battalion Command?

The Army just announced its next generation of battalion commanders, and the number of women selected is concerning.

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