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Our armed forces must be ready to act anywhere in the world where vital national interests are threatened. This can be achieved by ensuring the military has the resources and skilled personnel it needs to keep us safe and maintain freedom. 

 

Index of U.S. Military Strength

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Cold War Lessons for Estimating the Chinese Defense Budget

Jan 12, 2024 22 min read

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Wilson Beaver

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Prioritizing Procurement over Research and Development

Jan 10, 2024 17 min read

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Restoring Peace Through Strength: The 2026 Index of U.S. Military Strength
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The Honorable Jim Banks (R-IN)

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Why North Korea Unleashed a Flurry of Missile Tests Bruce Klingner

Oct 6, 2021 5 min read

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The Next Missile Defense Review: Policies to Make America Safer

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Improving America’s Long-Term Military Recruiting Outlook Thomas Spoehr

Oct 5, 2021 About an hour read

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On Nukes, China Aims for Parity With U.S.—or Maybe More Peter Brookes

Oct 4, 2021 3 min read

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Three Reasons the Afghanistan Hearings Were a Disaster James Jay Carafano

Oct 4, 2021 4 min read

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How the Upcoming Missile Defense Review Can Make America Safer Patty-Jane Geller

Oct 4, 2021 11 min read

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Registering Women for Draft: Empty Pro-Equality Gesture Won’t Boost Military ... James Jay Carafano

Sep 30, 2021 2 min read

Experts on Defense

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James Carafano Headshot
James Jay Carafano
Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow
Brent Sadler Headshot
Brent Sadler
Senior Research Fellow, Allison Center for National Security
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Max Primorac
Senior Research Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom
Wilson Beaver
Wilson Beaver
Senior Policy Advisor, Allison Center for National Security
Robert Greenway
Robert Greenway
Director, Allison Center for National Security
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The Honorable Steve Yates
Senior Research Fellow and Chung Ju Yung Fellow

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