Risky Business: Assessing Risk to U.S. Strategy

The Net Assessment team discusses Frank Hoffman’s recent Joint
Force Quarterly article about risk. They share concerns about the
challenges that U.S. policymakers face in evaluating risk in a
structured way. But they also fear that the solutions to these
problems will require more fundamental changes to the U.S.
bureaucracy than have been contemplated. Chris gives an attaboy
to experts heading into the Trump administration, Melanie
commends the White House’s interest in missile defense, and Zack
gives the State Department kudos for bringing together an early
meeting of Quad foreign ministers. All three lament the use of
tariffs against U.S. neighbors who already agreed to trade deals
during Trump’s first term.


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