Carly Evans

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Carly Evans is a sharp critic of contemporary U.S. defense strategy, focusing her research on the intersection of military doctrine, technological innovation, and strategic culture. Her most cited work, "The Third Offset Strategy: A Misleading Slogan" (2017), dissects the Pentagon’s 2014 initiative to counter Russian and Chinese threats through advanced technologies like autonomous systems and 3D printing. Evans argues that the "offset" label obscures more than it reveals, serving as a rhetorical tool rather than a coherent strategic framework. With 3 citations, this paper has sparked debate among scholars and policymakers, positioning Evans as a provocative voice in security studies. Her broader contributions include analyzing how buzzwords shape defense budgets and operational priorities, often to the detriment of long-term planning. Evans’s work is essential reading for students and researchers seeking to understand the gap between strategic rhetoric and reality in modern military affairs.