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)

Hagel Defense Nomination Will Pass

January 30, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

What Cutting Defense Really Means

January 29, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The U.S. Should Take a Gradual Approach to Women in Combat

January 25, 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

Getting Real on Defense Cuts

July 22, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Don't Fall Prey to the Taliban's Propaganda Ploy

April 15, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Going Forward in Afghanistan

March 19, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

In Time of Tragedy, Don't Forget Strengths of U.S.-Afghan Partnership

March 13, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The United States Should Stay in Afghanistan Until Mission is Done

March 13, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel

The Defense Budget and American Power

March 6, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Specter of Sequestration: U.S. Defense Budget Cuts

February 24, 2012, Mackenzie Eaglen and Michael E. O'Hanlon

Obama's Optimistic Military Budget

February 13, 2012, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Rethinking Okinawa, Japan Military Relocation

February 4, 2012, Mike Mochizuki and Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Arsenal of Democracy and How to Preserve It: Key Issues in Defense Industrial Policy

January 26, 2012, MacKenzie Eaglen, Rebecca Grant, Robert P. Haffa, Michael E. O'Hanlon, Peter W. Singer, Martin Sullivan and Barry Watts

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

Afghan Strategy Begins to Make Gains

December 7, 2011, John Nagl and Michael E. O'Hanlon

Is Afghanistan More Violent?

November 21, 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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