FORUM TOPIC

National Defense

  • The Ultimate Weapon is in Short Supply

    The Army only made 75 percent of its recruiting quota in fiscal year 2022, and other services have also been strapped to meet their targets. Why the shortfall, and what can be done to reverse it?

  • The National Defense Stockpile is Small but Important — and Should Be Bigger

    Today, the stockpile is but a fraction of its former self; its cache of materials is valued at less than $1 billion. Corrected for inflation, that’s less than 1/40th of its value in 1952.

  • Back to the Future for Defense

    Republicans ought to take a page from the Reagan playbook and insist that we can defeat inflation and control federal spending without weakening our military.

  • How the U.S. Can Deter Chinese Aggression into the Next Decade

    There is an ongoing revolution in military affairs, and if China is the first to redefine the way that great powers fight and deter wars, there could be perilous geopolitical implications.

  • EXIT INTERVIEW

    From the Republican Revolution of 1994 to the global pandemic of 2020, the Texas Republican 26 and retiring lawmaker reflects on some of the more notable developments over his 26 year congressional career.

  • A Key to Victory for Republicans this Fall

    We must adhere to the principles on which our base was built.

  • The Scope of the Challenge

    With the House Armed Services Committee launching an effort to fix the Pentagon’s broken acquisition system, a look at the importance of the effort and the obstacles blocking reform.

  • Hollow Arguments on Military Entitlements

    The former Senator from Wyoming argues that it’s not just the Pentagon’s acquisition system that needs reform – the military entitlement system needs fixed, as well.