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.

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The Key Reason the U.S. Lost in Afghanistan

analysis | May 25, 2021

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Joe Biden’s Nuclear Triad

analysis | March 4, 2021

When Congress Told the Pentagon to Rein In Weapons Costs

analysis | May 28, 2018
Thoughts on Memorial Day

analysis | May 21, 2018
Will the New Drone Export Policy Hurt the Countries that Buy Them?

analysis | May 7, 2018
Arms ‘R’ U.S.

analysis | April 30, 2018
The New American Way of War

analysis | April 23, 2018
The Navy’s Incredible Shrinking Drone

analysis | April 16, 2018
U.S. Army Is Trying to Fix Its Afghanistan Trainers’ Career Cul-de-Sac

analysis | April 9, 2018
President Trump’s Flip-Flop on the F-35

analysis | April 2, 2018