Gil Barndollar

Gil Barndollar is a senior fellow at Defense Priorities and a senior research fellow at the Catholic University of America’s Center for the Study of Statesmanship.

Articles by Gil Barndollar
Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 7, 2022.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 7, 2022.

DOGE Has Its Sights on the Defense Department

Argument
Gil Barndollar, Matthew C. Mai
Taliban fighters ride on a U.S.-made Humvee to celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2022.
Taliban fighters ride on a U.S.-made Humvee to celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2022.

Who Lost More Weapons—Russia in Syria or America in Afghanistan?

Analysis
Gil Barndollar, Matthew C. Mai
Olena Gerasymyuk, a Ukrainian poet and volunteer paramedic with the Hospitallers medical battalion, works in a medical evacuation bus in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Feb. 11, 2023.
Olena Gerasymyuk, a Ukrainian poet and volunteer paramedic with the Hospitallers medical battalion, works in a medical evacuation bus in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Feb. 11, 2023.

Ukraine’s Missing Medical Mobilization

Analysis
Gil Barndollar, David Plaster
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How the Taliban Built an Air Force

Review
Gil Barndollar
A uniformed person is seen from behind saluting a large navy ship with sailors on the deck.
A uniformed person is seen from behind saluting a large navy ship with sailors on the deck.

The U.S. Navy Can’t Build Ships

Argument
Gil Barndollar, Matthew C. Mai
Soldiers from the 13th Counterintelligence Battalion, 2nd Reconnaissance Platoon, of the Swedish Armed Forces participate in military exercise in Kungsangen, Sweden, on Feb. 27.
Soldiers from the 13th Counterintelligence Battalion, 2nd Reconnaissance Platoon, of the Swedish Armed Forces participate in military exercise in Kungsangen, Sweden, on Feb. 27.

Sweden’s New Model Army

Analysis
Gil Barndollar
U.S. National Guard members keep guard near the Capitol Building in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2021.
U.S. National Guard members keep guard near the Capitol Building in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2021.

The National Guard Does Top-Secret Things—and Far Too Many Other Things

Analysis
Gil Barndollar
A soldier of the Swedish Army's P18 Gotland Regiment takes part in a field exercise near Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland on May 17.
A soldier of the Swedish Army's P18 Gotland Regiment takes part in a field exercise near Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland on May 17.

With Finland and Sweden in NATO, the U.S. Can Finally Pivot to the Pacific

Argument
Jonathan Askonas, Gil Barndollar
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