Publication

2014

This issue includes articles on the implications of the reductions that have been made to the US defense budget since the country's financial crisis of 2008. Among other issues, the articles focus on 1) the security challenges posed to the US by its existing and projected levels of debt and the strains this is putting on the country's defense budget; 2) how declines in US budgets in times of austerity affect strategic decision making in the country; and 3) the importance of military education in times of austerity.

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Author W Michael Guillot, James Jay Carafano, BG Michael J Meese, Stephen D Chiabotti, Todd Harrison, Mackenzie Eaglen, Maj Brian R Davis
Series Strategic Studies Quarterly (SSQ)
Issue 3
Publisher Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)
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