ASP’s Chairman, Sen Gary Hart, has a very insightful op-ed in this mornings Hill newspaper, discussing the national security picture that the next Administration will face.

He noted:

Fragile and possibly failed states, nuclear developments in Iran and North Korea, friction and conflict between non-state actors, private wars in Mexico, pirates off Somalia, civil war in Syria, and the threat of weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorist groups, all will characterize the next presidential term.

He concluded

Thinking as usual will represent the greatest hazard in the next few years.  The 21^st century is already as different from the 20^th as the 20^th was from the 19^th.  Traditional, conventional thinking will increase our vulnerability.  Anticipation, imagination, flexibility, and experimentation are required to make us secure in an age of profound revolutionary change.

You can read the full oped here

ASP will be following up on these ideas all the way up to the election

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