Author Archive
Dan Patt
Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute
Dan Patt is an Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Center for Defense Concepts and Technology.
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Use 'hedge forces' to break the Pentagon's force-structure death spiral
The U.S. military must move away from exquisite general-purpose units and weapons.
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
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Six reasons the Pentagon should retire ‘deterrence by denial’
The recent decade has exposed the concept’s weaknesses.
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
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The Pentagon Must ‘Campaign’ Against China, Not Hope for a Goal-Line Stand
To dissuade aggression, the U.S. military must continuously persuade its adversaries to doubt their chances of success.
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
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Russia Is Teaching a Master Class in ‘Decision-Centric' Warfare
Pentagon leaders should take notes.
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
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To Deter China, Relearn The Lost Art of Dissuasion
Threats of denial or punishment will not deter a peer adversary fighting at home.
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
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Fix the Pacific Deterrence Fund—and the Deeper Problem It Reveals
The military services are organized for efficient force development, not warfighting.
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
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The Pentagon Needs Budget Agility to Compete with China
It can take two or more years to shift funding from a failing program. That’s more than a money problem.
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
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The Post-Pandemic Military Will Need to Improvise
We don’t mean Pentagon-style “innovation.” We mean like the chefs on the reality show “Chopped.”
- Bryan Clark and Dan Patt