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Big Business for Law of the Sea
US Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue (Image Courtesy of the US Chamber of Commerce) US Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, Thomas J. Donohue, is an ardent supporter of the...
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Revising the outdated, expensive nuclear strategy can pay dividends Terri Lodge/The Hill Reducing unnecessary nuclear spending will alleviate the pressure to cut funding for our troops and other...
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Matthew Zeller joined ASP to discuss his book: Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan, and also Joshua Foust’s latest report: Five Lessons We Should Have Learned From Afghanistan The...
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US Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue speaks at ASP
Photo by Matthew Wallin Today the American Security Project hosted Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, who spoke on American competitiveness, the Law of the Sea...
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Law of the Sea Treaty: A Compilation of Opinion-Editorials
Law of the Sea Treaty: A Compilation of Opinion-Editorials 7 August 2012 U.S. Sen. Shaheen supports Law of the Sea Jeanne Shaheen / Seacostonline The recent op-ed by Gary Lambert, Larry A. Mayer and...
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All is not lost for LOTS
Image courtesy DOD Despite the recent news that the number Senators vowing to vote against ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOTS) will derail its passage, this does not mean Law of the Sea is dead,...
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Converging Forces Factor Into Defense Strategy
September 5, 2012 Based on initial indications, this year’s upcoming presidential campaign is likely to feature the issues of defense and foreign policy highlighted disproportionately by the Democratic...
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Sen. Coburn Calls for Eliminating Wasteful Pentagon Spending
By Sean Boers and Aaron Hesse The Pentagon budget has exploded over the past decade, from $290 billion in 2001 to $526 billion last year. But does all that spending make us safer? Senator Tom Coburn...
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National Security in an Era of Global Upheaval
Senior Correspondent for the National Journal, James Kitfield talks at ASP about National Security On Wednesday afternoon, the American Security Project hosted James KitfieldSenior Correspondent for...
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“Red Team” Exercise: The Insurgency/Crime Nexus
In his visit Wednesday to the American Security Project, National Journal senior defense correspondent James Kitfield discussed national security strategy as the balancing act of managing risk with...
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Hemispheric Drug Trade Should Be a National Security Priority
The Council on Foreign Relations’ Preventative Priorities Survey (PPS) was released yesterday, forecasting potential national security threats in 2013 based on survey data compiled from interviews of...
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An Expert View: The Need for Long Term Thinking
After lawmakers and the Obama administration hit the brakes and kept the country from going over the fiscal cliff at the close of 2012, Washington lurches forward with a new two-month deadline in yet...
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Top brass fighting to keep military’s edge amid budget uncertainty
Firing a shot across Congress’ bow in the fight for the future of the U.S. military, the nation’s highest ranking military leaders warned this week that across-the-board budget cuts will put the armed...
View ArticleASP Consensus Member BGen. John Adams in The Hill
In an op-ed for The Hill, BGen. John Adams discussed the need to update the U.S. defense strategy for current security challenges and invest in high-priority capabilities, rather than Cold War systems....
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F-35 Shows the Need for a Strategic Approach to Defense Acquisitions
The suspension of flight operations for the F35-B, the Marine Corps version of the Joint Strike Fighter, is sure to provoke more criticism of the F-35 program. But rushing to scale back the program is...
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A view from the top – Hagel sworn in
Yesterday I was with around 300 invited VIP guests at the Pentagon, I watched with admiration and pride as Chuck Hagel was ceremonially sworn in. Coming off a bruising confirmation battle, he had the...
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The Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change: Preliminary Results
The American Security Project releases the preliminary results of a new resource on climate change and national security: The Global Security and Defense Index on Climate Change. The Index analyzes how...
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Event Recap: MGen Muniruzzaman on Climate Change and Global Security
“To Bangladesh, climate change is not a theory but a reality on the ground.” With this opening statement, Major General Muniruzzaman, a Bangladeshi career military officer with 38 years of service for...
View ArticleLook beyond winners and losers in the DoD budget
If politics have become a zero-sum game, then budgets are now seen less as an expression of policy intent and more as a scorecard. There is no better example than the White House’s fiscal 2014 budget...
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Event Review: The Future of the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent: A Conversation with...
On Monday, April 15, ASP was honored to welcome former Ambassador and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Linton Brooks, for an event titled “The Future of the U.S. Nuclear...
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