Chris Williams
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Terrorism
Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the 9–11 Attacks: Our Collective Failure of Imagination
Where were you on the morning of September 11, 2001? Because we lived not far from the Pentagon, I heard the explosion that resulted from the hijacked...
Golden Dome
Setting Military Requirements for Golden Dome
President Donald Trump’s January 27, 2025, Executive Order (EO) directing the development and fielding of a “Golden Dome” air and missile defense...
Space Warfare
Cislunar Space Competition With China
Cislunar Space Competition With China: Urgent Action Needed to Secure the Ultimate High Ground Like previous rivalries between nation-states...
U.S. Space Force
Ensuring U.S. National Security Space Forces Are Ready for Near-Term Conflict
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U.S. Intelligence Community
National Security Decisions for the Next President
Chris Williams and Marc Berkowitz, National Security Decisions for the Next President, Issue No. 597, August 19, 2024 Download PDF National Security...
Military Strategy
What If?
Storm clouds are gathering. The United States faces an increasingly threatening political-military environment driven by a range of hostile...
Cyber Warfare
A Plan for National Cyber Hardening and Resilience
The world confronts a turning point in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Putin pursues annihilation and seeks to intimidate countries providing support to...
The Services Do Not Need a Four-Star Autonomous Warfare Command
By Steven Wills • RealClearDefense
Honor Them While There Is Still Time
By Jeffrey Rosales • RealClearDefense
From Siberia to Fairford: How Operation Spider’s Web Has Changed the Rules of Airpower
By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefense
Faster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Will HASC Have an Oversight Subcommittee in the Next Congress?
By Christopher J. Bright • RealClearDefense
Hegseth Barred Trans Troops. Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.
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Closing the Sea: Lessons from Ancient Mediterranean Blockades
By DeCasien, CIMSECFrom Siberia to Fairford: How Operation Spider’s Web Has Changed the Rules of Airpower
By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefenseFaster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Bombers Could Have a Major Air-to-Air Combat Role
By Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
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