Today will be an Atlantic Monthly day. More specifically, today’s three Atlantic essays provide different answers to the question: What should the U.S. government be doing differently than it is now doing?

In the area of personnel recruitment?

In the area of fighting corruption?

In the area of preparing for the next global war?

This last item is the Executive Summary of a much longer report by a reputable think tank. The link to the full report is: https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2026-06/260608_Jones_China_Russia.pdf?VersionId=7ZKGiD4u5IFlSd3GXEXT3M2_Fuu8nBYm

My attention was directed to these documents by an essay in The Atlantic very much worth reading, which can be found at:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/08/nato-nightmare-joint-attack/688295/?gift=GzcRijE40zbR_KvHx1Eb0ROVkcHmwwEL577lL9jE_sY