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Patching Up U.S. Relations with the Gulf Arab States
The events of the past five years have put an intense strain on the relationship between the United States and its traditional partners in the Arab world, particularly the cou...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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What Did The Navy Do In the South China Sea?
After the U.S.S. Lassen’s freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the Spratly Islands last week, we wrote that the Lassen and the accompanying P-8 Poseidon aircraft appeare...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The Reality in Syria Casts a Shadow Over Vienna
Hope is fleeting in Syria. The civil war has killed approximately 250,000 people, displaced more than 11 million (which is more than half of Syria’s pre-war population), cause...
By Nicholas Heras
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Why Military Personnel Reform Matters
The United States is notoriously bad at predicting future conflicts and changes in the international order. From the bestselling The Coming War With Japan in the early 1990s t...
By Amy Schafer
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South China Sea Artificial Islands -- U.S. Navy & Law of the Sea
The recent passage of an American warship within 12 nautical miles of one of China’s artificial (and illegal) “islands” in the South China Sea represents the sustainment of ov...
By Jerry Hendrix
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After the Freedom of Navigation Exercise: What Did the U.S. Signal?
On Friday, we published a “what to watch for” guide to the then-imminent U.S. freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the South China Sea. Yesterday, the USS Lassen, an Arl...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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How American Can Cross the Digital Security Divide
In the past year, the United States has learned about unprecedented digital data breaches ranging from the confidential files of Sony Pictures, to the security clearance recor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Waiting for Widodo: The Limits of Security Assistance and the U.S. Rebalance to Asia
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo makes his first visit to Washington for a summit meeting with President Obama in less-than-auspicious circumstances. The honeymoon period tha...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea: What to Watch For
It is widely expected that in the next several days, the United States will conduct a freedom of navigation exercise near China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea. Th...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Obama's veto of defense bill offers conservatives opportunity to think hard about spending
The Congress finds itself dealing with a veto of the National Defense Authorization Act from the president and has no reason to act surprised. A redistributionist president, c...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Projecting Power in the South China Sea
Beijing’s land reclamation in the South China Sea has prompted reports that the U.S. Navy will soon conduct freedom of navigation exercises in the area. If they pass within 12...
By Richard Fontaine
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This Is How to Save America's Aircraft Carriers from Becoming Obsolete
Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain has released his annual “America’s Most Wasted” report on bloated defense programs and makes a startling suggestion: Cease...
By Jerry Hendrix
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America Must Prepare for 'Limited War'
AMERICA’S MILITARY preeminence is eroding. As the Pentagon and defense experts are becoming increasingly fervent in insisting, there are growing challenges to the dominance of...
By Elbridge Colby
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The Future of the Carrier Air Wing Looks Dim
Two problems emerge in the history of superpowers. First, it takes a significant investment in military infrastructure to stay on top. Second, they present a large target for ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Slowing GDP Growth Doesn't Have To Spell Doom For China
It was announced Monday that the Chinese economy’s growth continued to slow in the third quarter, falling to 6.9 percent. While not as steep a decline as many economists feare...
By Harry Krejsa
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Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea Is Business as Usual
By all appearances, the U.S. Navy is poised to begin Freedom of Navigation exercises in the South China Sea. Rumors first emerged in May 2015 that the Pentagon was contemplati...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The Great Danger of a New Utopianism
What is our worst existential fear, worse than any cyber, biological, environmental, or even nuclear threat? It is the threat of a utopian ideology in the hands of a formidabl...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Crackdown: Time to Pressure China on Cyber Theft
At last month’s state visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping, both Xi and President Obama pledged that their governments would refrain from cyberespionage targeting intellectua...
By Harry Krejsa
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Why foreign troops can't fight our fights
In a pair of stunningly candid admissions during the past few weeks, the U.S. Central Command has signaled that a $500 million effort to train and equip Syrian rebel forces ha...
By Phillip Carter
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The Right Way to Sanction Cyber Threats
As cybersecurity was a major topic for President Obama’s summit with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, the Obama Administration has a clear opportunity to use U.S. economic sanction...
By Peter Harrell