Creating inclusive AR/VR, how to think about U.S. defense spending, and what’s happening on Capitol Hill in the next few weeks.
What’s going to happen on the Hill before the next Congress Democrats kept the Senate and Republicans have crossed the threshold to gain House control. But before the next era of divided U.S. government begins, there is work to be done by the 117th Congress. Molly Reynolds breaks down what to expect in the so-called “lame duck” session. Read more | Integrated deterrence: An excuse to spend less on defense? “We should continue the healthy debate about the adequacy of U.S. military spending and the proper allocation of funds within the defense budget. But we should not confuse ourselves, or disagree much, about the idea of integrated deterrence. Rather, we should get on with the effort to make it as credible to future would-be aggressors as possible, increasing and expanding the instruments of national power and resilience throughout the government and private sector that would best prepare us for a prolonged multi-dimensional struggle against a great-power aggressor,” argues Michael O’Hanlon. Read in The Hill | The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. | |