In a forthcoming @cnas.bsky.social report we highlight several pitfalls with relying on reconciliation for defense modernization. (1/2) subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

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1/ The White House has been slow to release details on its FY26 defense budget request. We do know it aims to reallocate 8% of defense spending toward critical areas needed to modernize the military and retain its edge over competitors like China.

It’s time we take nuclear signaling srsly again. My @cnas.bsky.social colleague Phil Sheers makes a clear argument in favor of building up the US ability to do so and discusses what changes the US needs to make to ensure it can credibly signal in a future crisis. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/27/t...

I enjoyed sitting down for an interview with the @thecipherbrief.bsky.social this afternoon. We hit on several topics, including sluggish procurement practices, budgetary challenges to equipping the future force, and yes, even some Golden Dome. Thanks to Tom for having me. youtu.be/ALO2WzOQTc8?...

1. There is a lot to consider in the significant set of reorganizations and orders included in Hegseth's Army transformation memo released today. I want to highlight the significance of just one. (thread)

NEW: CNAS launches National Security Human Capital (NSHC) Program, a major research program led by @klkuzminski.bsky.social focused on strengthening the United States’ most critical defense asset: its people. www.cnas.org/press/press-...

Pleased to release my latest @cnas.bsky.social report on how to revitalize the U.S. defense industrial base so that it can keep pace with modern conflict, deter a future China challenge, and secure U.S. and global interests. Read more here: www.cnas.org/publications...

Thinking about Andrew Marshall today and the legacy of strategic thought and disruptive analysis he built over generations of American success and security and the countless thinkers he shaped through ONA.

This is a solid read and provides a strong argument for how the geography of the Indo-Pacific and advances in Chinese capabilities which hold targets at risk over much longer distances really complicate our force design and concepts in the region.

Outsized combat aircraft built for stealthy long-range supersonic flight may be worth the cost for the US and China, but countries in Europe may be better off pursuing other capabilities, writes @justin-br0nk.bsky.social.

Here are 15 national security actions the administration should take in its first 100 days 👇👇 www.cnas.org/publications...

How can the Trump administration improve the US military's position in the Indo-Pacific? Along with @spettyjohn.bsky.social, @beccawasser.bsky.social, and Josh Wallin we offer several recommendations in our contribution to the @cnas.bsky.social first 100 days initiative. www.cnas.org/publications...

“The USMC is dramatically increasing its relevance to the war fighting capability of the U.S. As the world lurches into an age of renewed strategic competition, the USMC understands that it must be at the forefront of innovation in high-intensity warfare.” www.aspistrategist.org.au/small-agile-...

Given this week’s events Assad's regime is finished & it’s a race to Damascus. The Russian position in Syria, and MENA region writ large is consequently in deep trouble, because of Syria’s importance as a logistics hub for Russian operations. Short thread. 1/

Astonishing that in one year Iran has lost Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, its air defenses, the effectiveness of its ballistic missiles, and the taboo against striking Iran directly. Incentives to negotiate or go nuclear will be high. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/w...

Read more content from research leads Andrea Kendall-Taylor, @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social, @jacobstokes.bsky.social and others here⬇️ www.cnas.org/axis-of-uphe...

The problems that @beccawasser.bsky.social & I have talked about recently are compounding. The US is firing low inventory systems at a very high rate, it can’t replace them anywhere near the rate of expenditure, and it’s already inadequate inventory in the Pacific has senior leaders very concerned.

Please don't get caught up on the range of the missile system launched. Whether it was an ICBM or an IRBM, the range isn't the important factor. For signalling purposes it's much more significant that it was a MIRVed payload, which is exclusively associated with nuclear-capable missiles.

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The alarm bells have been going off in the Indo-Pacific for some time now.

Excited to start sharing ideas with a new audience! With a laundry list of security and foreign policy options under review right now, I wanted to share a recent piece of mine in which I go through how the US should balance its regional interests going forward. breakingdefense.com/2024/10/to-f...

*taps mic*, Can everyone hear me?