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Gaining Competitve Advantage in Great Power Conflicts
Great power competition has returned after a generation of absence, and the U.S. military edge over prospective opponents is eroding. Whereas the Unit...
The Last Year of Growth?
CSIS's Mark Cancian analyzes the U.S. military forces in FY 2021, their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends, and challenges, as the United ...
Peering Into the Abyss
This CSIS report is a compilation of the "U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022" white paper series, covering in detail the overall strategy and priorities ...
Military Advice, Strategic Goals, and the “Forever War” in Afghanistan
When the United States invaded Afghanistan after the attacks on September 11, 2001, and then overthrew the Taliban regime, senior military officers we...
Stable Plans, Disruptive Threats, and Strategic Inflection Points
This timely study examines the Defense Department’s FY 2017 budget proposal for the size and shape of military forces; what that proposal means for ...
Capabilities, Presence, and Partnerships
In 2015, Congress tasked the Department of Defense to commission an independent assessment of U.S. military strategy and force posture in the Asia-Pac...
This study identifies five alternative strategies and, using CSIS’s Force Cost Calculator, builds a cost-capped force structure, modernization progr...
Force Requirements and Budget Costs
Past NATO enlargement helped create a Europe whole, free, and at peace, but future enlargement, should it occur, faces a hostile and militarily revita...
The Struggle to Align Forces with Strategy
Annually, CSIS senior adviser Mark Cancian publishes a series of papers on U.S. military forces—their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends...
The Buildup and Its Limits
The Trump administration’s FY 2019 budget proposal laid out a set of priorities. To pay for these initiatives, the FY 2019 defense budget rose 14 pe...
Pacific Amphibious Development and Implications
Investments in amphibious capabilities by U.S. partners and allies in the Asia Pacific is altering the range of capabilities available in that region....
The Uncertain Buildup
The Department of Defense (DOD) faces a strategic choice: whether to focus on modernization for high-tech conflicts with China and Russia or expand fo...
Surprise has always been an element of warfare, but the return of great power competition—and the high-level threat that it poses—gives urgency to...
Peering Into the Abyss, the Budget and Strategy Overview
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What to Know, What to Expect
This is the inaugural report in the CSIS Defense Outlook Series, an annual review of what happened in the U.S. Department of Defense in the past year ...