by Nick Danby
The U.S. must invest in those willing to share the risk, counter shared rivals, defend shared values, and compete where and when it matters most.
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A serviceman of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S5 Hyacinth-s self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops at a front line near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 18, 2024.
Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters
Imagine you are a senior Pentagon official. The president orders you to devise a military operation to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program and eliminate a dozen Russian strategic bombers. You have two weeks.
You conceal your well-founded shock. Such an operation would take months of planning, cost billions of dollars, risk thousands of American lives, and might very well trigger World War III.
About the Author
Nick Danby is a research associate at The Marathon Initiative. He previously served as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. He has been published in War on the Rocks, The Diplomat, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. He graduated from Harvard in 2020.
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Imagine you are a senior Pentagon official. The president orders you to devise a military operation to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program and eliminate a dozen Russian strategic bombers. You have two weeks.
You conceal your well-founded shock. Such an operation would take months of planning, cost billions of dollars, risk thousands of American lives, and might very well trigger World War III.
About the Author
Nick Danby is a research associate at The Marathon Initiative. He previously served as a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. He has been published in War on the Rocks, The Diplomat, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. He graduated from Harvard in 2020.
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