2024 in review: Commentary
Defense One contributors gathered lessons from around the globe and looked ahead to the new administration.
Defense One Staff | January 2, 2025
Commentary Pentagon China
The Pentagon has been learning the wrong lessons for three decades
The Gulf War sowed the seeds of future defeat. We must uproot them—and urgently.
John Ferrari, Senior Nonresident Fellow, AEI
We have China’s ‘anti-access’ challenge exactly backward
Stronger regional security depends on getting this right—then setting aside our wants for our needs.
Peter W. Singer, Strategist, New America
The Army is too top-heavy
Surplus generals, swollen staffs, and excess headquarters drain headcount and resources from warfighting units.
R.D. Hooker, Jr., Senior Associate, Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center
The US is not serious about aircraft carriers—or their industrial base
Congress should reject the Navy’s plan to increase the gaps between new carriers.
Bryan McGrath, Managing Director, The FerryBridge Group
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