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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. 

 

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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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A Cliché About Military Spending Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Aug 1, 2017 2 min read

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Reversing the Rout in Our Readiness Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Jul 11, 2017 2 min read

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Assessing Common Arguments for Cutting National Security Spending: Informing ... Justin T. Johnson

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All Congressional Hands on Deck: Cutting Coast Guard Cutters Big Mistake James Jay Carafano

Feb 29, 2012 4 min read

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Accession to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Is Unnecessary to Secu... Steven Groves

Aug 24, 2011 About an hour read

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A Decent Military Takes Cash Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Jun 30, 2011 2 min read

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Thinking About a Day Without Sea Power: Implications for U.S. Defense Policy

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James Jay Carafano
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Brent Sadler
Senior Research Fellow, Allison Center for National Security
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Max Primorac
Senior Research Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom
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Wilson Beaver
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Robert Greenway
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