Net Assessment

A Strategy-Budget Mismatch?

Apr 29, 2022

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Are We Going to Take the Mines in the Congo, or China's Economic Statecraft?

01:51

Integrating Deterrents and Integrated Campaigning

04:16

The Pentagon's Budget Is 813 Billion Dollars

01:48

Introduction

2min

I Think the Russians Are Right to Hit Logistics in Russia

3min

The National Defense Strategy Is Still Classified

4min

Are You Going to Accept the Ron Carea Terrorism?

4min

Is There a Budget Before a Strategy?

2min

813 Billion Dollars Is a Crap Ton of Money.

2min

Is There Evidence That the Prior Strategy Documents Turned Out Not to Be True?

1min

Is the Budget Rewriting the Best Defense of the Obama Administration?

5min

The Treaty of Allies and Partners

2min

10.

I'm Incredibly Frustrated by This Discussion

4min

11.

Integrating Deterrents and Integrated Campaigning

4min

12.

What Does This Mean for the Secretary of Defence?

2min

13.

The Pentagon's Budget Is 813 Billion Dollars

2min

14.

Integral Deterrence

6min

15.

Are We Going to Take the Mines in the Congo, or China's Economic Statecraft?

2min

16.

What Does This Strategy Say to the United States?

3min

17.

The Budget Control Act Doesn't Cut Military Spending

2min

18.

Do You Know What's Going on in the Pentagon?

3min

19.

Forgive Student Loans - It's an Issue of Unfairness and Equity

3min

20.

Is This a Regressive Tax Change?

5min

21.

I'm Glad That Marine Lepen's Campaign Was Turned Aside.

5min

22.

The Week in Review - Net Assessment

2min

Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate the National Defense Strategy — at least the unclassified details that are currently available. Does the professed strategy align with the budget? What, if anything, appears to be new and different in the Biden team’s approach? And what does it say that strategy documents are being rewritten but budget decisions have already been made? Chris laments student loan forgiveness. Melanie thanks some departed leaders. And Zack congratulates academics heading into government service.