Category: Defense

46 Articles

Defense
The Americas

The Strategic Rationale for Brazil’s Nuclear Submarine Does Not Hold Water

As the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States continues to make headlines with its nuclear-powered submarines, another non…

November 21, 2023

Defense

Thinking Like a General: Wargaming with Sebastian Bae

On September 30, 2023, Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program (SSP) held a skills-based professional workshop on wargaming led by adjunct professor Sebastian Bae. A…

November 7, 2023

Defense

To Centralize or Not to Centralize? For Defense Budgeting, that is the (Unwritten) Question

On March 9, 2023, the Biden administration submitted its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 defense budget request to Congress, totaling $842 billion. This budget represents a $26…

May 8, 2023

Defense

GSSR Interview: Under Secretary of the Army Hon. Gabe Camarillo

The Georgetown Security Studies Review recently had the privilege of conducting an interview with Hon. Gabe Camarillo, the under secretary of the Army. The broad topics…

April 21, 2023

Defense
The Arctic

Breaking the Ice: NATO Needs a Unified Arctic Command

The security landscape of the Arctic is changing. After almost three decades as an afterthought in the eyes of U.S. policymakers, Arctic security is finally catching the…

April 10, 2023

Defense
Europe & Central Asia

The Long Shadow of Kinzhal: Why Russia’s Hypersonics Matter

On Thursday, March 9, Russian MiG-31 fighters employed 6 hypersonic Kh47M2 “Kinzhal” missiles in strikes on population centers and infrastructure …

April 7, 2023

Defense
East Asia & Indo-Pacific

Parity On the Peninsula: The Case for a Nuclear South Korea

For the first time, a South Korean president officially mentioned the possibility of his country going nuclear. Although Seoul quickly retracted and reaffirmed its…

March 2, 2023

Defense
Technology

Metal (Boots) On The Ground: How Will Automation Change Ground Warfare?

Logistics pose the most significant challenge to any military operation. It seems like a simple concept until you factor in the enemy, personnel constraints, maintenance issues,…

February 21, 2023

Defense
Technology

Run It Like A ‘Lean Startup:’ Why The DoD Acquisition System Should Embrace A Different Approach

On December 1, 2022, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin published a memo establishing the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), meant to provide necessary capital to…

December 30, 2022

Defense

Pride Before The Fall: The Return of Great-Power Hubris

Over the course of twenty years, three lead actors, and two reboots, one thing has remained consistent for the immensely popular Spider-Man film franchise: the iconic maxim, …

December 12, 2022