The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) developed a new methodology for planning a military drawdown amid congressionally mandated cost caps, and in following the methodology CSIS proposed a force structure for 2021 tailored to counter high-end threats rather than partner with allies in the Pacific. The budget topline is coming down 21 percent this decade, and the Defense Department’s purchasing power will drop about 15 percent in the same timeframe, report co-author Clark Murdock said Wednesday morning at…
