China Timeline

October 1, 2019. China deploys new missiles to counter U.S. April 2020. China launches the digital yuan in four cities: Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chengdu and the Xiongan zone near Beijing.

Priorities

May 5, 2018 The Russian/NATO Front On December 26, 1991 the Soviet Union officially dissolved, and the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. With the threat of impending nuclear war all but gone -it was assumed- the whole purpose of NATO necessarily ceased to exist, and for the first … Continue reading

Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Department’s Budget Request

February 2, 2016 Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter revealed the 2017 fiscal year budget request. Essentially it is a continuation of former Secretary Chuck Hagel’s view that the path forward for the U.S. is an open-ended arms race to safeguard the nation’s interests, even if they perpetuate our addiction … Continue reading

Doomsday Clock 2021

June 5, 2021     It is now 100 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been to civilization-ending apocalypse. Read the entire statement here. Editor’s note: Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the … Continue reading

Asia-Pacific Pivot

January 19, 2016 In 2015, Congress tasked the Department of Defense to commission an independent assessment of U.S. military strategy and force posture in the Asia-Pacific, as well as that of U.S. allies and partners, over the next decade. This Center for Strategic and International Studies work fulfills that congressional … Continue reading

Secretary Hagel & The New Arms Race

Outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s Keynote Speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA, November 15, 2014 Excerpt The Department of Defense is undergoing a defining time of transition. After 13 years of war fought by an all-volunteer force, we’re facing a reshaping of our enterprise by … Continue reading

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