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New from PPI | May 4, 2009
Gates Gets It
By Mark Ribbing
U.S. policymakers would do well to take a very close look at an initiative that may offer lessons on how the U.S. and its allies can succeed in Afghanistan.
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Memo to the New President | January 15, 2009
Reforming Defense Acquisition
By Jordan Tama
At a time when America has plunged into a deep economic crisis while fighting two wars and facing unconventional threats around the globe, we can no longer afford the status quo. It is time, Mr. President, to revamp our weapons-procurement process to match the national-security realities of the 21st century.
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Blueprint Magazine | May 7, 2004
Stressed Out
By Steven J. Nider
Long deployments are wearing on our soldiers and straining their families back home. To relieve the pressure, we need to grow and transform the military.
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Blueprint Magazine | June 30, 2003
Clinton's Military Legacy
By Steven J. Nider
President Bush owes a major debt of gratitude to his predecessor.
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Article | May 21, 2003
Transformative Military Plan Vindicated in Iraq
By Steven Nider
The swift three-week victory in Iraq was a vindication of a vision of military transformation that began with pioneers like former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff William Owens, was picked up and championed by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and former Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), and is now being taken up by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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Blueprint Magazine | May 10, 2002
Big Budget, Bad Choices
By Steven J. Nider
Bush's $48 billion defense spending increase may only perpetuate a Cold War force structure.
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Blueprint Magazine | January 16, 2002
Time to Transform
By James R. Blaker and Steven J. Nider
Afghanistan showed us a revolution in military affairs. Now we must put it at the top of the agenda.
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Blueprint Magazine | November 15, 2001
New Military Strategy Falls Short
By Steven J. Nider
The 2001 QDR is more than just a broken campaign promise, it represents a missed opportunity to reshape our military to wage a new kind of war against new threats and enemies.
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Front & Center | April 27, 2001
Military Transformation: Smoke or Fire?
By James R. Blaker and Steven J. Nider
Smoke signals from the Pentagon say big changes may be coming. But is it all smoke with no fire? Let's hope not.
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Blueprint Magazine | February 7, 2001
Why it's Time to Revolutionize the Military
By James R. Blaker and Steven J. Nider
If we don't speed up the shift to a modernized, fully wired military, hostile powers could use information technology to counter our dominance in conventional forces.
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The New Democrat | December 20, 2000
Piercing the Fog Bank
By Steven J. Nider
America's Military Needs to Re-Examine its Most Basic Premises.
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Blueprint Magazine | January 1, 2000
Buying Smart
By Keith B. Bickel
We can't modernize by budgeting for Cold War Lite.
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Blueprint Magazine | January 1, 2000
Revolutionizing Warfare
By Admiral William A. Owens
Kosovo showed that information technology is the cutting edge of today's war.
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Briefing | December 1, 1997
America's 21st Century Defense
By James R. Blaker & Steven J. Nider
Should we as a nation continue to invest in the past, remaining reluctant to alter a military that by past and current standards "ain't broke?" Or, should we be much more serious about innovation and willing to invest in the effort--for it is effort, not money, that is the issue here--to accelerate what some call the American Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA).
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Briefing | November 1, 1997
A Vanguard Force
By James R. Blaker
The United States currently and for the foreseeable future has a window of opportunity to experiment with and search for the best blend of new technology, different force structures, and operating doctrine.
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Backgrounder | May 20, 1997
The QDR: An Assessment
By James R. Blaker
The Pentagon's first Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) focuses on saving the past at the
risk of losing the future. Rather than seizing the opportunity to move quickly to a new,
qualitatively superior military, the Department of Defense has again chosen to save as much of the past era's military as a flat budget will allow.
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Policy Report | February 13, 1997
Understanding the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA)
By James R. Blaker
Driven by a growing sense that it is no
longer enough -- nor sensible -- to continue to shave down a military structure built
for the Cold War, the United States is beginning an in-depth discussion of the
nation's military needs for the next century.
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Policy Report | December 1, 1995
Defense in the Information Age
By Peter A. Wilson, Robert A. Manning, and Col. Richard L. Klass, (ret.)
A "New Model" national military strategy would guide defense spending based on the principle of trading the inherited mass of the Cold War for prudent modernization.
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The New Democrat | January 1, 1995
Strengthening America's Hand
By Steven J. Nider
A strong military underpins U.S. leadership abroad.
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Memo | October 28, 1990
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