Research and Commentary

How to Cut the Pentagon Budget Better Than Sequestration Does

May 13, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

From SEAL Team Six To Retiring Without Health Insurance

February 14, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Lt. Col. John Barnett (USMC)

Obama’s Aims to Reduce Nuclear Threat

February 12, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Steven Pifer

Hagel Defense Nomination Will Pass

January 30, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

What Cutting Defense Really Means

January 29, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

A Stronger Gulf Presence: U.S. Needs Land Bases for Combat Jets

January 21, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Right-Sizing Defense Budget Cuts

January 17, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Flexible Thinking Is Key for Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense

January 7, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Defense Spending: Cut Out of the Conversation

January 4, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Defense Cuts, Big and Small

December 28, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

What Type of Navy Does the U.S. Really Need?

October 25, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Air-Sea Ops, Not Battle

October 15, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Obama’s Weak and Failing States Agenda

Fall 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Case for a Politically Correct Pentagon

September 18, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

A Stable Afghanistan Is Still Possible

April 12, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel

The Defense Budget and American Power

March 6, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Why a One-War Posture for the U.S. Military Will Work

January 5, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

End Two-War Planning For U.S. Ground Forces

December 19, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Doing More with Less Could Save the U.S. Navy Money

November 14, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

@ Brookings Podcast: The Consequences of the Iraq Troop Withdrawal

November 11, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

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Rethink U.S. Military Base Plans for Japan

November 7, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Assessing President Obama on Military Operations, National Security and the War on Terror

October 26, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Case for a Leaner U.S. Military

October 17, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Gauging the Effect of Obama's Troop Cuts

June 23, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

@ Brookings Podcast: Can the U.S. Cut Defense Spending Wisely?

June 10, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

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