Real Clear Defense Monday
Will the Navy Surrender Maritime Asia? - Yoshihara & Holmes, DiplomatAsian Navies Set to Grow by 800 Ships - Wendell Minnick, Defense News
Taking Homeland Missile Defense Seriously - Rep. Mike Turner, RCDefense
China Resumes Cyberattacks on U.S. Targets - Sanger & Perlroth, NY Times
Obama to Address Drones, Counterterrorism - Scott Wilson, Wash. Post
Does Navy Drone Spell the End of the F-18? - Tim Logan, STL Post-Dispatch
Military Use of Robots Raises Concerns - Andrew Conte, Pitt Tribune-Review
DOD Looks at 3 Budget Cut Options - Weisgerber & Muradian, Defense News
Karzai Seeks Indian Military Aid Amid Pakistan Row - Kay Johnson, AP
Why Syrian Rebels Aren't Winning the War - Rania Abouzeid, Time
More S. Koreans Support Nuclear Weapons - Barbara Demick, LA Times
Poland Set for Record Military Spending Increase - Jan Cienski, FT
U.K. Defense Privatization Risks DOD Backlash - Karl West, Sunday Times
Sexual Assault Victims Seek VA Help - Kevin Freking, Associated Press
The Pentagon's Bad Math on Sexual Assault - Lindsay Rodman, Wall St Jrnl
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Hometown Defense
MN Natl Guard Opens Drone Facility - Pat Pheifer, Minneapolis Star TribuneMiss. Budgets $2M to Combat Base Closures - Ted Carter, Biloxi Sun Herald
In VA, Battle to Care for Sexual Assault Victims - Hugh Lessig, Daily Press
Marine Think Tank to Move to Stratham - Dave Solomon, NH Union Leader
Grand Forks AFB Absorbs Sequester - Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald
Research & Analysis
Containing a Nuclear Iran - Colin Kahl, Center for a New American SecurityRisks in the Rare Earths Market - Strategic Materials Advisory Council
Beyond the Ramparts: The Future of U.S. Special Operations - CSBA
Why Land Power Trumps in the Rebalance - Maj. Robert Chamberlain, AFJ
U.S. Options for Action in Syria - Institute for the Study of War
Speeches, Transcripts, & Documents
Remarks on Furloughs at Town Hall - Secretary of Defense Chuck HagelDOD FY14 Green Book - Department of Defense
Remarks to the NDIA - Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Press Briefing on Sexual Assault - Secretary Hagel & Maj. Gen. Patton
Remarks at National Press Club - Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Real Clear Defense Sunday
Morning UpdateCriticism of VA Secretary Mounts Over Backlog - James Dao, NY Times
Wounded Warriors Deserve Better - Editorial, Colorado Springs Gazette
Al-Qaeda Takes Over Syrian Oilfields - Richard Spencer, Telegraph
DOD OK's France to Buy U.S. Drones - Patrick Vignal, Reuters
Getting Serious About Sexual Assault - Editorial, Virginian-Pilot
N. Korea Test Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles - Yoon & Park, Bloomberg
SOCOM's Goal: Pre-empt Wars - Howard Altman, Tampa Tribune
Afghanistan Hit by Wave of Violence - Azam Ahmed, New York Times
Pentagon Seeks $9.6B for Reprogramming - Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg
The Insurgent's Playbook - James Holmes, The Diplomat
Real Clear Defense Saturday
Morning UpdateObama Needs Comprehensive Plan on Vets - Dustin Walker, RCDefense
Sexual Assault Will Test Hagel's Leadership - Joseph Morton, Omaha W-H
Russia's "Terrorist-Killer" Robots - Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
U.S. Decries Russia Weapons Sale to Syria - Cloud, Richter & Loiko, LAT
Russia Won't Help on Syria - David Kramer, Washington Post
The Twilight of the Defense Industrial Base? - Sandra Erwin, Natl Defense
Battle for 3 Army Radio Contracts - Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense
Cuts Could Leave Army Unprepared for War - Jakob Rodgers, CS Gazette
Biofuels Industry Fights Skepticism - Sandra Erwin, National Defense
France Defends Strategy, Mali Mission - John T. Bennett, Defense News
Why Afghanistan Is Nervous About U.S. Leaving - Howard LaFranchi, CSM
Marines Win Warrior Games - Gretel Kovach, San Diego Union-Tribune
11 Littoral Combats Ships to Asia by 2022 - Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
Bob Work's Advice for the Pentagon - USNI News
DOD Personnel Moves Expected Soon - Marcus Weisgerber, Defense News















