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Trade Review “This collection is an important call to better marshal the national strength that sustains strategy. It is an urgent book by a distinguished group of nonpartisan contributors.”—Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state and national security advisor
“A deep understanding and passion for the global economy, history, and armed forces are what we need to solve some of the most important security issues, and that is precisely what is offered in these pages.”—US Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), member of the House Armed Services Committee, Budget Committee, and Ways and Means Committee
“Modern warfare demands modern, agile defense budgeting. This collection brilliantly tackles the challenge, highlighting important reforms that would revitalize America’s defense industrial base, enhance lethality, and thereby strengthen deterrence.”—US Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, IT, and Innovation and the Select Committee on US-China Strategic Competition, and member of the House Intelligence Committee
“This volume starkly hammers home the reality that failure to reform the defense budgeting process truly undermines our military capabilities and imperils the nation.”—Robert M. Gates, former secretary of defense and director of central intelligence
“A tremendous source of invaluable insights, assessments, and policy proposals, and an extraordinary contribution to the most significant debates of the day.”—General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former commander, US Central Command and NATO/US forces in Afghanistan, and director of the CIA
“These are dangerous times, with the nation’s values, interests, and security threatened around the globe and its economic well-being threatened by an unsustainable federal budget outlook. At the intersection lies the defense budget and America’s military.” —Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director, Congressional Budget Office
“Superb synthesis of thought from today’s leading national security experts . . . [offering] keen insights and solutions to provide for the common defense in the twenty-first century.”— General Joseph Dunford, US Marine Corps (Ret.), former chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and commandant, Marine Corps
“A clarion call to action for all members of Congress, our military leadership, defense industry leaders, and all Americans concerned about national security.”—Admiral Jay L. Johnson, US Navy (Ret.), former chief of Naval Operations, former chairman and CEO of General Dynamics Corp.
“I fear that we are entering an era of enhanced military competition, in which national defense is going to absorb an increased share of American GDP. Whatever your perspective on foreign policy or military spending, you can learn from the important economic analysis in this volume, which can contribute to making wise choices.” —Lawrence H. Summers, former secretary of the Treasury and director, National Economic Council
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Secretary Condoleezza Rice
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction by Michael J. Boskin, John N. Rader, and Kiran Sridhar
- 1. The Geopolitical, Military, and Fiscal Context for Defense Budget Reform by Michael J. Boskin, John N. Rader, and Kiran Sridhar
- Part 1: National Security Threats
- 2. The Military Challenge of the People’s Republic of China by Oriana Skylar Mastro
- 3. I Spy a Problem: Transforming US Intelligence Agencies for the Technological Age by Amy Zegart
- 4. Terrorism and Counterterrorism in an Era of Great-Power Competition by Joseph H. Felter
- Presentations and Discussion by General Keith Alexander, Admiral Gary Roughead, and Michael McFaul, moderated by Commander Bart D’ Angelo
- Part 2: National Security Strategy
- 5. The International Environment and Threat Backdrop by Michael O’ Hanlon
- 6. America’ s Operational Imperatives: Some Budgetary Considerations by Nadia Schadlow
- Presentations and Discussion by Michael O’Hanlon, Admiral Mike Mullen, and H.R. McMaster, moderated by Lieutenant Colonel James M. Harrington
- Part 3: Technology, Innovation, Procurement
- 7. Investing in Emerging Technologies: Lessons from Unmanned Systems by Jacquelyn Schneider
- 8. Our Military Debt Crisis: Preserving America’s Strategic Solvency by James M. Cunningham
- 9. A Requiem for Defense Innovation? Ukraine, the Pentagon’ s Innovator’s Dilemma, and Why the United States Risks Strategic Surprise by Christopher Kirchhoff
- 10. Department of Defense Budgeting: The Unrecognized National Security Threat by Michael Brown
- Presentations and Discussion by Michè le Flournoy, Eric Fanning, and Raj Shah, moderated by Kiran Sridhar
- Featured Discussion by Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary Leon Panetta, moderated by Secretary Condoleezza Rice
- Part 4: Personnel and Talent Recruitment and Retention
- 11. The Challenges of the People Portfolio by David S. C. Chu
- 12. Cyber: From Bleeding Talent to Bleeding Edge by Vishaal “V8” Hariprasad and Casey “Waldo” Miller
- 13. The All-Volunteer Force at Fifty: Productivity, Peace, and (Unmet) Potential by Tim Kane
- Presentations and Discussion by David S. C. Chu and Mackenzie Eaglen, moderated by Captain Corey Allen Braddock
- Part 5: Reform Recommendations and Budget Implications
- 14. Keeping the Pentagon Running: Commonsense Changes to Defense Budgeting by Mackenzie Eaglen
- 15. Reforming Defense Budgeting by Elaine McCusker
- 16. US Defense Budget Reform: Historical Perspectives (1940s–2020s) by Mark R. Wilson
- 17. Go Big or Go Home by Roger Zakheim
- Presentations and Discussion by Admiral Gary Roughead, Ellen Lord, and David L. Norquist, moderated by Michael J. Boskin
- Part 6: View from Congress: National Security and the Budget
- 18. Can We Buy Like We Talk? by Mac Thornberry
- Presentation and Discussion by Mac Thornberry, moderated by John N. Rader
- About the Contributors
- About the Tennenbaum Program for Fact-Based Policy
- Index
