A panel discussion at the Center for New American Security’s (CNAS) Annual Conference in Washington

Crisis in US military and defense

by Roger I. Zakheim 

Budget challenges, a shrinking military force, and unrestrained growth in personnel and operations has plunged the Pentagon into a state of crisis. This comes at the same time that the United States is facing unprecedented challenges to our national security. These were the themes of my presentation during a panel discussion at the Center for New American Security’s (CNAS) Annual Conference in Washington on June 11, 2014.

The topic for the panel was Strategic Risk and Military Power: A Briefing to the Next President. As new geopolitical challenges surface almost daily throughout the world, including Ukraine, islands in the East China Sea, and most recently Iraq, it is clear that national security issues will be the most critical for the incoming president. The next Administration will have to get the Pentagon, reeling from budget pressures, sequester, and government shutdowns, back to its regular business. As a starting point, the next Administration will have to develop a strategy that takes into account the world as it is.

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