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The Strategic Studies Institute recently published A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners. Edited by Gary J. Schmitt, codirector of the...
View ArticleA sneak preview of President Obama’s last defense budget: Part I, winners
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View ArticleEntrepreneurial Public Management as a Replacement for Bureaucratic Public...
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