Category: Defense
44 Articles
- 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
- Defense
- Intelligence & National Security
Complexity Demands Adaptation: Two Proposals for Facilitating Better Debate in International Relations and Conflict Research
Why do democratic states rarely fight one another? Does the use of mechanization/armor generally make counterinsurgents less effective? When (if ever) does the threat of…
November 30, 2022
- Defense
- Europe & Central Asia
Managing Crises in the Information Age: Escalation Dynamics in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Over the course of the now eight-month war in Ukraine, Russia has made vague and indirect threats of nuclear escalation. Those threats become more frequent and overt as Ukrainian…
November 23, 2022