Beyond Offsets: Are Tech and Industrial Partnerships the Path to Self-Inflicted Peer Competition?

Questions Without Easy Answers

• To grow exports, should US manufacturers stick with offsets or consider genuine work shares? The fear is to eventually spawn competitors rather than partners.

• Have restrictive US Rules of Engagement contributed to a long-standing rise in Afghan battlefield deaths that exceeds increases in troop numbers? It’s a serious question, which has been discussed for several years by veterans in theater. The Washington Times reviews the pro and con arguments.