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From Strategy to Execution: Accelerating the Third Offset
Beyond Offset

From Strategy to Execution: Accelerating the Third Offset

Joshua Pavluk and August Cole
Militarizing Musk

Militarizing Musk

May 17, 2016
Jeffrey Becker
Reframing the Third Offset as a 21st-Century Model for Deterrence

Reframing the Third Offset as a 21st-Century Model for Deterrence

March 28, 2016
Andy Massie
Five Costs of Military Innovation

Five Costs of Military Innovation

February 18, 2016
Lena Andrews and Julia Macdonald

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Man, the Machine, and War

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Adam Elkus
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Can America Compete with China’s Great Military Leap Forward?

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Peter Dombrowski
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Bad Guys Know What Works: Asymmetric Warfare and the Third Offset

June 23, 2015
Benjamin Locks
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Trading Space and Time in the Cold War Offset Strategy

May 27, 2015
Robert Tomes
Trading Space and Time in the Cold War Offset Strategy

Land Power and a Third Offset through a Wide-Angle Lens

May 21, 2015
Michael J. Mazarr
Land Power and a Third Offset through a Wide-Angle Lens

Time for a Private-Sector Pivot on Military Technology

May 14, 2015
Ben FitzGerald and Katrina Timlin
Time for a Private-Sector Pivot on Military Technology

Beyond Offset: Paul Scharre on Technical Landscape

May 13, 2015
Paul Scharre
Beyond Offset: Paul Scharre on Technical Landscape

Beyond Offset: Shawn Brimley on DoD Investment

May 12, 2015
Shawn Brimley
Beyond Offset: Shawn Brimley on DoD Investment

Third Offset Tech: What the Experts Say

May 12, 2015
Alexandra Sander
Third Offset Tech: What the Experts Say

The Navy’s New Museum Drone and Strategic Malpractice

April 28, 2015
Robert Martinage and Shawn Brimley
The Navy’s New Museum Drone and Strategic Malpractice

Focusing Like a Laser Beam on Directed Energy

April 14, 2015
Jason Ellis
Focusing Like a Laser Beam on Directed Energy

Project Vulcan: Special Ops and the Tech Innovation End Game

April 8, 2015
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Project Vulcan: Special Ops and the Tech Innovation End Game

Counter-Swarm: A Guide to Defeating Robotic Swarms

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