AEI Defense Policy: Experts, highlights, and headlines

Defense scholars

Thomas Donnelly Co-Director, Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies Research areas: Defense, National security

 

Mackenzie Eaglen Resident Fellow Research areas: Military readiness, Defense budget, Military personnel, Defense industrial base

 

Phillip Lohaus Research Fellow Research areas: US and foreign intelligence [capabilities], Middle Eastern and South Asian insurgencies

 

Roger I. Zakheim Research Fellow Research areas: National security legal issues, Impact of Congress on defense

Gary Schmitt Co-Director, Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies Research areas: Intelligence, Europe, National security, American citizenship

 

William Inglee Visiting Fellow Research areas: Building partner capacity, Business of defense, National security policy

 

Jim Talent Senior Fellow, Director, National Security 2020 Project Research areas: Congress, US-China security relations

Headlines and Highlights

‘It’s the regime, stupid’
Gary Schmitt, AEIdeas
In his negotiations with Iran, President Obama is betting the security of Israel, the United States, and the larger Middle East on the hope that Iran is an exception to history, but he won’t have to pay for it if he’s wrong. The next president, the next Congress, and the nations of the Middle East that will have to deal with the consequences of his strategic gamble.

It’s ‘Victory Over America Day’ in Iran
Thomas Donnelly, The American
The Obama administration’s actions have shown the Iranians that they can continue their gradual march toward regional hegemony and save their nukes for another day. As a result, Sunni states are likely to feel threatened and go nuclear.

The House’s defense budget is a statement of American weakness  
Jim Talent, National Review Online
The House resolution fails to “raise the caps” on defense spending. That means it leaves in place the infamous sequester that is rapidly turning what was the best fighting force in history into a force at high risk of not being able to carry out its missions.

House GOP 2016 budget resolution is DOA
Mackenzie Eaglen, AEIdeas
The House budget resolution is clear that defense is only one priority of many, and one far down the line at that.

Closing the Ex-Im Bank: An iffy bet
Gary Schmitt, AEIdeas
Most other nations provide significant financing aid to their exporters, so closing the Export-Import Bank could make matters much worse for US exporters who must live in a world with those well-financed foreign competitors.

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