The defense-industrial base and alliances: US Steel and beyond

Re-Imagining America’s Defense Industrial Base

To meet the realities of modern warfare, America needs to engage most of its industrial base as well as those of its allies.

The defense-industrial base and alliances: US Steel and beyond

As last fall’s presidential election returns reminded us, massive trade imbalances in products ranging from textiles to automobiles to electronics are making Americans conscious of growing weaknesses in the industrial base of America’s heartland. Coupled with rising geopolitical tensions across the Pacific, Europe’s first major land war since 1945 made leaders of industrial democracies throughout […] The post The defense-industrial base and alli…