Meagan L. Smith

Monitoring Social Media

Lessons for Future Department of Defense Social Media Analysis in Support of Information Operations

To support the U.S. Department of Defense in expanding its capacity for social media analysis, this report reviews the analytic approaches that will b...

Forecasting Demand for U.S. Ground Forces

Assessing Future Trends in Armed Conflict and U.S. Military Interventions

This report identifies potential future demands for U.S. ground forces under different scenarios, including size, location, and capabilities, to infor...

Distributed Operations in a Contested Environment

Implications for USAF Force Presentation

This report's authors identify capabilities the Air Force needs to carry out distributed operations in a contested environment. They then assess wheth...

Gaining the Edge

Identifying and Leveraging Frameworks for Enabling Army Contributions to Competition

This report supports the U.S. Army's effort to rethink its roles and responsibilities to meet the demands of competition with near peers below the thr...

The Army's Local Economic Effects

This report updates a previous report with findings on the economic activity supported by national-level Army spending in each of the 435 congressiona...

Understanding the Deterrent Impact of U.S. Overseas Forces

This report provides empirical evidence on the deterrent effects of U.S. overseas military forces. It also offers guidance about how the deterrent eff...

Characteristics of Successful U.S. Military Interventions

Using an original data set of 145 ground, air, and naval interventions from 1898 through 2016, this report identifies those factors that have made U.S...

The People's Liberation Army's Search for Overseas Basing and Access

A Framework to Assess Potential Host Nations

Using a framework of 17 indicators, the authors assess and rank potential host nations for Chinese overseas basing and access. They recommend steps to...

Quantifying Cost and Schedule Uncertainty for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs)

"To help the Air Force better anticipate cost and schedule challenges and manage programs throughout their life cycles, this study developed a methodo...

BENCHMARKING SCHEDULES FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

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The Army's Local Economic Effects

Appendix B, Volume 2. Mississippi through Wyoming

To help inform decisionmaking in the event that the Army experiences significant changes to its budget, the U.S. Army Quadrennial Defense Review Offic...

The Thickening Web of Asian Security Cooperation

Deepening Defense Ties Among U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

Since the year 2000, U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific have been deepening their defense ties. The authors explore the dimensions, causes, ...