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CLEAR AS MUD:  MOSAIC WARFARE

12/23/2019

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The Illusion of a Rules-Based Global Order
By Brahma Chellaney, The Strategist (ASPI):  "When the Cold War ended, many pundits anticipated a new era in which geoeconomics would determine geopolitics. As economic integration progressed, they predicted, the rules-based order would take root globally. Countries would comply with international law or incur high costs."

What ‘The Afghanistan Papers’ Got Wrong
By Scott Smith, Small Wars Journal: "The problem was not that U.S. officials lied to the public—it’s that for so long many believed that the war was winnable."
Mosaic Warfare: Small and Scalable are Beautiful
By Benjamin Jensen & John Paschkewitz, War on the Rocks: "We need more marines and soldiers, along with coalition partners and scientists, fighting war games and conducting field experiments to transition the mosaic concept into new equipment and tactics that define how America fights."

Options for Deterrence Below Armed Conflict
By James P. Micciche, Divergent Options: " . . . nuclear deterrence will not suffice in the current national security paradigm as it is focused on mainly deterring nuclear war or major conflict, which are the least-likely situations to occur."

Shaping a 21st Century C2/ISR Infrastructure: The Emergence of C3
By Robbin Laird, SLD.info: " . . . C3 is emerging as a key driver of change Command, Control and Confidence in the most relevant ISR data is required at the tactical edge to make the decisions necessary to prevail in the evolving battlespace."
Analyzing Weapons Acquisition Through the Prism of Future War
By Warren Chin, Defence-In-Depth: "James Kurth posed the question of ‘why we buy the weapons we do’ in an article in the magazine, Foreign Policy in 1973. Surprisingly, forty-seven years later, we are still trying to provide a satisfactory answer regarding why we spend so much money on technologically complex weaponry; weapons acquisition typically accounts for over 40 percent of defence budgets."

A Year in #Reviewing
From Strategy Bridge: "The Strategy Bridge community is a network of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and opinions, all united by one fact: we care about strategy, national security, and military affairs."
Starting With 'Why': The National Security Strategy and America’s National Interests
By Theresa Cross, Aaron Bazin & Montgomery Erfourth, Small Wars Journal: "In many ways, national interests are the DNA of strategy and the underlying structure upon which every nation bases its strategic thinking.  To understand America’s current actions on the international stage requires a look deeper than the partisan-inspired rhetoric in the headlines. One way to approach this is to elevate the discussion beyond threats and adversaries to an analysis of national interests.  Interests drive political decision-making and help us understand U.S. foreign policy. They describe the “why,” reveal the underlying logic, and provide the standards of measurement upon which to base decisions."
The Post-American Middle East
By Richard N. Haass, The Strategist (ASPI): "Welcome to the post-American Middle East. To be fair, the phrase is something of an exaggeration, as the U.S. hasn’t withdrawn from the region. In fact, it has recently sent additional troops to deter and, if necessary, help defend Saudi Arabia from future Iranian attacks and possibly respond directly to them. But there’s no getting around the fundamental truth that the U.S. has reduced both its presence and role in a region that it has dominated for nearly half a century."
Prepare for Decision-Making at Sea
By Jeff W. Benson, Proceedings: "Operations at sea are ruthless, unforgiving, lonely, and test the boundaries of every commander."

Making the Army’s Revolutionary New Talent Management System Work
By Brennan Randel, Modern War Institute: "Many Army officers share a common pastime—solving the Army’s talent management problems. The constant refrain is that the Army does little to retain talented officers. It’s a hard criticism to ignore, given a study conducted by the Army’s Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis that highlighted the Army’s officer retention issue."
Navy Proposes Cutting Future Production of Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers by 40%
By J. Craig Anderson, The Portland Press Herald: "The Department of Defense has submitted a proposal to the White House that would cut by about 40 percent the number of planned Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to be built for the Navy over a five-year period starting in late 2020, potentially impacting future work at Maine’s General Dynamics Bath Iron Works."
CHINA:
China’s Test of Sub-Launched Missile a Threat to Peace

By Bill Gertz, The Washington Times: "Underwater JL-3 launch comes amid fears of North Korean missile test."

CHINA:
China Targets Tighter Controls on Its Growing Arms Trade

By Keegan Elmer & Echo Xie, SCMP: "China is set to introduce legislation to tighten control over the country's opaque sales of arms and nuclear technology, as it becomes a bigger player in the global weapons trade."
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IS THE MARINE CORPS HAVING AN IDENTITY CRISIS? MIND READING KITS & MODERNIZATION FOR CHINA

12/13/2019

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The Marine Corps: Quo Vadis?
(RealClear Defense) Many defense experts believe that defense spending has peaked and may decline in future years. This will intensify the longstanding competition for finite resources among the U.S. military services. In that climate, it will be more important than ever for the U.S. Marine Corps to understand and explain its unique contributions to national security.
Expeditionary Advanced Maritime Operations: How the Marine Corps Can Avoid Becoming a Second Land Army in the Pacific by Jake Yeager
CHINA:
A Beginner's Guide to Analyzing China's Military Tech
By Rick Joe, The Diplomat: "The Chinese military (People's Liberation Army, or PLA) has been receiving growing coverage and media interest over the past decade as China's national profile has grown and as new weapons systems have progressively become unveiled."
‘You Can’t Have It All’ With 31 Modernization Priorities
By Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense: "One of the savviest — and snarkiest — veterans of the Army acquisition system is warning  her former colleagues that not all 31 of the service’s priority programs will survive."

Special Operations Command Made a Mind-Reading Kit For Elite Troops
By Patrick Tucker, Defense One: "The experimental tool is among several that aim to combine sensors and AI to give U.S. operators a new edge"
Why Italy Is Pivotal to U.S. Strategy in the Mediterranean
By Sarah White, RealClearDefense: “Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a former general is head of state, and charges against Hosni Mubarak have been dismissed—it's like 2011 all over again.” ​
F-15EX and F-35A? Allies Can Expand the Solution Set
By Hunter Hustus, War on the Rocks: "Will the U.S. Air Force have what it takes to win the air-to-air fight with China or Russia? The answer isn’t so simple."
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CHINA'S BLUE WATER NAVY EMERGES. . . SLOWLY

12/8/2019

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CHINA'S MISSILE THREAT
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DEFENSE RESEARCH & PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENT FOR DEFENSE MEETS ACQUISITION REFORM

12/2/2019

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Congress Frets Over Program to Streamline Pentagon Procurement
By John M. Donnelly, Roll Call: “Some worry that companies won’t spend own money on research, may not compete for important programs."

Reagan Study Calls for Major Defense Base Push
By Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense: "Maintaining the U.S. natsec industry's technological edge will require "a more coordinated and collaborative effort among all stakeholders—government, academia, and private sector actors," says former Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work."
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Choose Your Own Acquisition Adventure: Ellen Lord
The Pentagon’s top buyer, Ellen Lord, is rewriting regulations from a one-size-fits-all approach to let officials pick the best procurement pathway for their particular program.
Here’s how defense research and development affects US productivity growth
James Pethokoukis | AEIdeas
When we hear Democratic presidential candidates talk about slashing defense spending on the research and development side, it's worth asking, "But what do we get for our money?"
Winning the US military’s ‘away game’
Mackenzie Eaglen | RealClearDefense
Pentagon R&D boss: The challenge of our time
(Defense News) Winning is great, except for the part where the losers retreat, rethink, retrain and try again; while the winner thinks the race is won once and for all — which is why the United States now finds itself running from behind in certain aspects of today’s great power rivalry. How did we get here, and what should we do about it?
Pentagon acquisition boss: Adapting to support the war fighter
(Defense News) Though Department of Defense leadership has changed, our mission to support the war fighter through acquisition innovation remains constant.
IISS deputy: A strategy review DoD needs
(Defense News) It looks as though again this year the United States government will be funded by a continuing resolution, a congressional dodge that carries over the prior year’s spending appropriations. Continuing resolutions do not allow departments to start new contracts or adjust funds to emergent priorities.
 
  Saudi Arabia manufacturing official talks defense expansion
(Defense News) Defense News spoke to Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al-Ohali, governor of GAMI, to see how those efforts are progressing forward.
Demystifying and 'de-mythifying' the US defense budget, part 1
Mackenzie Eaglen | "Defense 2020"
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