Why we need non-military tools to keep Americans safe and secure
The article discusses the importance of non-military tools in addressing various global threats to the United States. It emphasizes that military solutions alone are insufficient for challenges like infectious diseases and mass migration. The piece advocates for increased international assistance to mitigate these threats and enhance U.S. security and prosperity.
- ▪The hantavirus outbreak and mpox epidemic illustrate the diverse threats the U.S. faces from abroad.
- ▪Military tools cannot effectively neutralize infectious diseases or stabilize regions affected by conflict.
- ▪Investments in international assistance have proven effective in preventing outbreaks and addressing root causes of migration and terrorism.
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The hantavirus outbreak, and the mpox epidemic before it, highlight how the United States faces a variety of threats that originate overseas. It also underscores how military tools alone cannot protect Americans from such challenges, whether infectious disease outbreaks or destabilizing intra-state conflicts that generate mass migration, as in Haiti, or complicate access to critical sea lanes, as with Sudan and the Red Sea. We could increase the U.S. military budget tenfold, but no number of precision military strikes can neutralize deadly microbes, suppress terrorist recruitment, or stabilize important regions affected by conflict.
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