Welcome to CSBA’s Saved Rounds, a compilation of our experts’ latest insights and the Center’s news. In this issue, we present a range of topics, from the value of superior-performance weapons and a comprehensive defense strategy to maritime statecraft and NATO's evolution. Stay informed with our features, expert publications, and recent happenings. | | |
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“History shows that Americans perform best when they fight side by side with allies. They are most likely to win wars on multiple fronts when they work with multiple partners. As Washington faces growing dangers in three regions, it must learn how to better cooperate and share with its many friends. In major wars, no country, not even the world’s strongest, can go it alone.” | | |
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“Only high-performance weapons possess the attributes that will enable them to strike high-value targets and shape adversary behavior on the contested battlefields of future conflicts. At the same time, leveraging advanced systems that might only be available in small numbers requires rethinking how they are employed and to what ends.” | | |
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“In a time of fiscal austerity in the near term, DoD priorities must be clearly and concisely conveyed to Congress, and Congress must balance its predilection for hardware with the need to appropriately fund the nonhardware programs and components of the Department.” | |
In Focus: 2024 NATO Summit | |
Image: NATO flag flying over blue sky. Photo Credit: iStock Photo, Roman Babakin. | |
As 32 allied nations gathered in Washington for the annual NATO Summit and the alliance’s 75th anniversary, we revisited past research and contemplated future developments. Explore CSBA expert analyses that examine NATO’s challenges and evolution. | |
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NATO’s Evolution
Eric Edelman, Jan van Tol, Toshi Yoshihara, Katherine Kjellström Elgin, Tyler Hacker
July 8, 2024 | CSBA Special Feature
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Video Source: The Aspen Institute | |
Eric Edelman, CSBA Counselor and Vice Chair of the National Defense Strategy Commission (NDS), joined NDS Commission Chair Jane Harman, and NDS Commission Members GEN Jack Keane (USA, Ret.) and Mara Rudman, and moderator Courtney Kube of NBC News for a readout of the forthcoming NDS Commission Report. | |
Video Source: U.S. Naval War College | |
CSBA Senior Fellow Toshi Yoshihara joined Paul M. Kennedy of Yale University, Emily O. Goldman of U.S. Cyber Command, and moderator John H. Maurer of the U.S. Naval War College at this year’s Current Strategy Forum, “American Seapower and Maritime Statecraft.” | |
CSBA held a webinar discussion on Strengthening the Phalanx: Layered, Comprehensive, and Distributed Air and Missile Defense in the Indo-Pacific, a study by Non-Resident Senior Fellow Carl Rehberg and Herbert Kemp. The event included remarks from the authors, commentary by CSBA Counselor Eric Edelman, and a Q&A moderated by CSBA President Thomas G. Mahnken. |
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Senior Fellow Toshi Yoshihara Travels to Kuala Lumpur with U.S. Department of State Speaker Program
May 30 – June 6, 2024
| Video Source: Awani Global | While in Malaysia earlier this summer, Toshi Yoshihara appeared on Malaysia’s Astro Awani for a conversation on “Navigating Tensions: Preparing ASEAN for U.S.-China Rivalry.” He was also featured in the South China Morning Post and Free Malaysia Today, critiquing acquiescence to China’s claims in the South China Sea and asserting that Malaysia should take “a more proactive approach to defending its rights.” |
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CSBA Counselor Eric Edelman Discusses Re-Emerging Themes of the Cold War, Machiavelli, and More, on Shield of the Republic
June 6 – July 11, 2024 | Podcast: Shield of the Republic
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The Boiling Moat maps out a workable strategy for Taiwan, the United States, and their allies to deter China from pursuing acts of aggression against Taiwan. The book features chapters from CSBA Non-Resident Senior Fellows Ross Babbage (“Australia’s Job Now”), Michael A. Hunzeker (“A New Military Culture for Taiwan”), and Ivan Kanapathy (“Countering China’s Use of Force” and “Countering China's Gray Zone Activities”). | |
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Image: CSBA Fellow Katherine Kjellström Elgin presents on Transatlantic Security Trends, July 11, 2024.
Photo Credit: Stephen Voss
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This July, CSBA hosted the 2024 Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows for its annual orientation program. Led by Senior Fellow Toshi Yoshihara, the two-week program featured discussions with senior experts on topics ranging from strategy and geography to the U.S.-China competition, transatlantic security trends, space, future warfare, technology and innovation, and the role of Congress in defense policymaking. Fellows also engaged in two days of experiential learning through a staff ride to Antietam and participation in CSBA’s Strategic Choices Exercise, using CSBA’s web-based force structure rebalancing tool. | |
Image: Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows participate in a staff ride to study the Battle of Antietam, July 9, 2024. Photo Credit: CSBA |
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Fellow Katherine Kjellström Elgin was elected as a Term Member by the Council on Foreign Relations.
Senior Fellow Travis Sharp was awarded the Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer II Defense Economics Essay Prize by the U.S. Naval War College for his essay, “Square Pegs, Round Holes: Service Strategic Cultures and Military Department Spending Trends.”
CSBA Hosted the U.S. Naval War College’s Advanced Strategist Program for a discussion with Senior Fellow Jan van Tol and Research Fellow Tyler Hacker. Senior Fellow Thane C. Clare presented a paper, “Mending Fences: Strengthening America’s Air Defenses through Integrated Civil-Military Air Surveillance,” at the Homeland Defense Institute at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Research Fellow Tyler Hacker spoke on a panel focused on the deterrence of strategic threats at National Defense University's Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction's Annual Symposium. Research Assistant Eleanor Shiori Hughes participated in the Australian American Leadership Dialogue’s Annual Forum, lending insights on factors shaping the robust U.S.-Australian alliance.
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Image: CSBA Senior Fellow Jan van Tol and Research Fellow Tyler Hacker meet with Advanced Strategist Program students. Photo Credit: CSBA | |
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