Real Clear Defense Friday
The Myth of the Indispensable Nation - Micah Zenko, Foreign PolicyThink Tank to U.S. Army: Be More French - R. Beckhusen, War Is Boring
Cold War Offset Strategy: Origins & Relevance - Robert Tomes, WOTR
Obama's 4th Quarter Foreign Policy Agenda - David Ignatius, Wash Post
Spies to Obama: Lay Off al-Qaeda in Syria - Harris & Dettmer, Daily Beast
Polishing the Brass - James Banner, Weekly Standard
The Military Wants New Tech to Fight Drones - Patrick Tucker, Defense One
Exporting Submarines: Simplicity Can Sell - Craig Hooper, Next Navy
End of an Era: Iron Brigade to Deactivate - Michelle Tan, Army Times
U.S.-Japan Alliance Cornerstone of Asian Security - Patrick Cronin, TNI
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Hometown Defense
North Carolina's Special Ops Unit - Joe Trevithick, War Is BoringUSAF Wants to Expand Hill Range for F-35s - M. Shaw, Standard-Examiner
A Vision for Idaho and the Air Force - Dustin Walker, Idaho Statesman
Lemoore to Be Home to 100 F-35Cs - Lewis Griswold & Jim Guy, Fresno Bee
Boeing Plans 2,000 Job Cuts in Defense - Dominic Gates, Seattle Times
Research & Analysis
China Naval Modernization - Congressional Research ServiceDefeating ISIS - Michael Eisenstadt, Washington Institute
The Shale Revolution & the New Geopolitics of Energy - Atlantic Council
Cross-Domain Denial and the Army - Eric Lindsey, CSBA
Toward a New Offset Strategy - Robert Martinage, CSBA
Speeches, Transcripts, & Documents
Remarks at the AUSA Annual Meeting - Secretary of Defense Chuck HagelU.S. Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific - Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work
Remarks at the UN General Assembly - President Barack Obama
Address to the Nation on the Islamic State - President Barack Obama
Remarks at Defense Innovation Days - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
Real Clear Defense Thursday
Morning UpdateNavy SEAL Who Killed bin Laden Revealed - Martin Gould, Daily Mail
U.S. Losing Technological Superiority to China? - Jeryl Bier, Wkly Stnd
Submarine Caves Extend China's Naval Reach - David Tweed, Bloomberg
USAF Trying to Trick Us to Get Rid of the A-10 - Winslow Wheeler, WIB
Warning: Tiered Readiness Is Here Now - Mackenzie Eaglen, RCDefense
We Haven't Felt the Full Effect of Sequestration...Yet - C. Hinote, Cicero
ISIS Wave of Might Is Turning Into Ripple - Ben Hubbard, New York Times
Defeating Putin's Strategy of Ambiguity - Douglas Mastriano, WOTR
GOP Hawks Already Have a War Plan - Eli Lake, Daily Beast
5 Republicans Who Will Dominate Foreign Policy - John Hudson, FP
Afternoon Update
U.S. Pilots Fear China's New Stealth Fighter - Dave Majumdar, USNI News
Is This China's Overseas Basing Strategy? - Brendan Thomas-Noone, TNI
Islamic State: From Prisoners to Rulers - Craig Whiteside, War on the Rocks
Why Can't the Pentagon Kill ISIS Leaders? - Kate Brannen, Foreign Policy
The Crucible of Naval Enlightenment - Claude Berube, Naval History
Green Fleet Puts Warfighting Capability at Risk - J. Corlett, Proceedings
Tensions Rise in Huge Amphibious Exercise - Lance Bacon, Navy Times
In Asia, Russia Defines Itself Against the West - Roger Cohen, NY Times
Space Is Weak Link in U.S. Defense Policy - Adin Dobkin, The Hill
Why Andrew Marshall Matters - Thomas Mahnken, Shadow Government
Real Clear Defense Wednesday
Morning UpdateMcCain to Shake Up Defense in New Role? - Andrea Shalal, Reuters
A Solution to the Scariest Wargame Ever? - Dustin Walker, RCDefense
The Army's Apache Chopper Has a Critical Flaw - Jim McElhatton, WT
Sequester Could Kill Shipyards, Says Greenert - Sydney Freedberg, BD
Is China Swarming with Foreign Spies? - Adam Brookes, Foreign Policy
How China Really Sees U.S. Moves in Asia - Chase, Heath & Ratner, Natl Int
Roots of Jihadist Resurgence in Iraq - Craig Whiteside, War on the Rocks
Defending a Divided Iraq - Monica Duffy Toft, Project Syndicate
A Plan to Heal Syria? - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Asymmetric Warfare & Abnormal Methodology - Jordan Bravin, Cicero
Bring Earmarks Back to Defense R&D - J. Ludes & K. Mendell, Roll Call
Army Vet Tom Cotton Elected to U.S. Senate - C. Babington, Army Times
Joni Ernst First Female Veteran in the U.S. Senate - Jennifer Jacobs, DMR
Midterms Aren't a National Security Mandate - Molly O'Toole, Defense One
