In 2015, the Director of the Joint Staff described for a room of defense fellows the basic conundrum of defense policymaking: “We want objectives, they want options,” he said. “They ask us for options, and we ask them, ‘What’s your objective?’” We’ve both heard uniformed colleagues bemoan a lack of civilian guidance, whether in a crisis or […]
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