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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

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A More-Friendly Enemy: Back to the Future

analysis | January 29, 2018
The Navy’s $1 Billion Frigate

analysis | January 22, 2018
New Year’s Irresolution: Peering into 2018

analysis | January 15, 2018
What If Santa Swooshed Down the Pentagon’s Chimney?

analysis | December 18, 2017
The Four Horsemen of the (North Korean Nuclear) Apocalypse

analysis | December 11, 2017
Military Readiness from the Grunts’ Perspective

analysis | December 4, 2017
A Tale of Two Bombs

analysis | November 27, 2017
Whose Finger(s) Should Be On the Nuclear Button?

analysis | November 20, 2017