Six Ways the U.S. Isn't Ready for Wars of the Future
The new ABC’s of combat: autonomy, biotech and cyber.
By James Stavridis
July 10, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
James Stavridis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former supreme allied commander of NATO, and dean emeritus of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is also an operating executive consultant at the Carlyle Group and chairs the board of counselors at McLarty Associates.
Given the combination of Covid-19, economic turbulence and an election year, Americans can be forgiven if international security has been pushed out of mind. Congress, fortunately, has not been so distracted: The House Armed Services Committee last week passed a $740 billion annual defense authorization bill.
The measure addressed several hot-button issues specifically — a raise for the troops, Confederate symbols on bases, limiting the president's ability to pull out troops from Europe and Afghanistan. But the longer-term questions are murkier: What are the key areas in which the U.S. must invest to prepare for deterrence and combat operations in the 21st century?
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-10/ai-cyber-biotech-is-the-u-s-ready-for-future-war?sref=QYxyklwO
