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third offset strategy
![Why We Need Philosophers in the Pentagon Why We Need Philosophers in the Pentagon](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-15_20-36-14.jpg)
Why We Need Philosophers in the Pentagon
By Franz-Stefan Gady
In our ‘post-truth’ world we need to rediscover the urgency of philosophical inquiry.
![Leveraging the Third Offset Strategy in the US-Japan Alliance Leveraging the Third Offset Strategy in the US-Japan Alliance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-28_15-25-52.jpg)
Leveraging the Third Offset Strategy in the US-Japan Alliance
By Yuki Tatsumi and Pamela Kennedy
The innovation central to the Third Offset Strategy could take the U.S.-Japan alliance even higher.
![Pentagon's ‘Third Offset’ in the US ‘Rebalance to Asia’ Pentagon's ‘Third Offset’ in the US ‘Rebalance to Asia’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-17_20-22-35.jpg)
Pentagon's ‘Third Offset’ in the US ‘Rebalance to Asia’
By Steven Stashwick
Why it is important to understand the role of emerging “third offset” capabilities and operational concepts.
![Getting the Right World War I Metaphor for a US-China Clash Getting the Right World War I Metaphor for a US-China Clash](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-26_16-57-22.jpg)
Getting the Right World War I Metaphor for a US-China Clash
By Steven Stashwick
The Great War has less to tell us about how a Pacific War might start than what it might look like.
![A New War in the Pacific Could be ‘Trench Warfare’ at Sea A New War in the Pacific Could be ‘Trench Warfare’ at Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-18_14-05-03.jpg)
A New War in the Pacific Could be ‘Trench Warfare’ at Sea
By Steven Stashwick
Recent studies suggest A2/AD and AirSea Battle lead to costly stalemate, not victory.
![Perry in Japan, War in the Pacific, and the Rise of China Perry in Japan, War in the Pacific, and the Rise of China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-20_16-23-18.jpg)
Perry in Japan, War in the Pacific, and the Rise of China
By Steven Stashwick
The United States has spooked a rising Pacific power before.
![Robotics Diplomacy and the US-Japan Alliance Robotics Diplomacy and the US-Japan Alliance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-14_18-45-25.jpg)
Robotics Diplomacy and the US-Japan Alliance
By James Schoff
Both the US and Japan are seeking help from private industry to advance high-tech innovation on robotics.
![Pentagon Wants 'Arsenal Planes' to Beat China's Air Defenses Pentagon Wants 'Arsenal Planes' to Beat China's Air Defenses](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-16_13-50-37.jpg)
Pentagon Wants 'Arsenal Planes' to Beat China's Air Defenses
By Franz-Stefan Gady
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has a plan to convert old warplanes into heavily armed “flying launchpads.”
![New US Defense Budget: $18 Billion for Third Offset Strategy New US Defense Budget: $18 Billion for Third Offset Strategy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-10_09-53-54.jpg)
New US Defense Budget: $18 Billion for Third Offset Strategy
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Pentagon wants to spend more money to offset Anti-Area/Access-Denial (A2/AD) technologies.
![Should the US Fear China’s New Space Weapons? Should the US Fear China’s New Space Weapons?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-22_15-47-45.jpg)
Should the US Fear China’s New Space Weapons?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Beijing is working on a host of different weapon systems designed to destroy or disable U.S. satellites in space.
![Star Wars: The US Gets Ready to Battle China and Russia in Space Star Wars: The US Gets Ready to Battle China and Russia in Space](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-19_18-51-39.jpg)
Star Wars: The US Gets Ready to Battle China and Russia in Space
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The American military will set up a new command center to better coordinate responses to attacks in space.
![The Pentagon's Third Offset Strategy: What US Allies and Partners Need to Know The Pentagon's Third Offset Strategy: What US Allies and Partners Need to Know](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-06_10-34-19.jpg)
The Pentagon's Third Offset Strategy: What US Allies and Partners Need to Know
By Van Jackson
What's behind the Pentagon's thinking?
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