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Power Problems • June 2, 2020 

# *Building a Modern Military: The Force Meets Geopolitical Realities*

Eric Gomez and Christopher Preble join Emma Ashford to discuss their new paper, “Building a Modern Military,” and how COVID-19 will change the U.S. military.

- Eric Gomez bio: [https://​www​.cato​.org/​p​e​o​p​l​e​/​e​r​i​c​-​gomez](https://www.cato.org/people/eric-gomez)
- Christopher Preble bio: [https://​www​.cato​.org/​p​e​o​p​l​e​/​c​h​r​i​s​t​o​p​h​e​r​-​p​reble](https://www.cato.org/people/christopher-preble)
- Eric Gomez, Christopher Preble, Lauren Sander, Brandon Valeriano, *[Building a Modern Military: The Force Meets Geopolitical Realities](https://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/building-modern-military-force-meets-geopolitical-realities)*

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##### [Christopher A. Preble](/people/christopher-preble)

Former Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies; Senior Fellow, Stimson Center 

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##### [Eric Gomez](/people/eric-gomez)

Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy, Cato Institute

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##### [Emma Ashford](/people/emma-ashford)

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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