series

The Military-Industrial Circus

The Military-Industrial Circus is a regular column by Pulitzer-prize winning National Security Analyst Mark Thompson for CDI at POGO.

Latest

The Key Reason the U.S. Lost in Afghanistan

analysis | May 25, 2021

Read

Latest

Joe Biden’s Nuclear Triad

analysis | March 4, 2021

Read

Putting the Hype in Hypersonic Weapons

analysis | February 7, 2019
The U.S. Navy's Titanium “Tin Can”

analysis | January 10, 2019
War…By the Numbers

analysis | October 1, 2018
The Pentagon’s New Stealth Bookkeeping

analysis | August 24, 2018
Whirlybird-Brained: U.S. Making Wrong Chopper Choice for Afghanistan

analysis | June 25, 2018
Gambling On History: President Trump’s Pentagon Says Nuclear Weapons Save Lives

analysis | June 18, 2018
Back To The Future: The Pentagon Considers Flying Prop Warplanes

analysis | June 11, 2018
A Brake On—Or Gas Pedal To—Nuclear War?

analysis | June 4, 2018