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Obama’s ISIS policy is working for Trump
Last week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered a speech that after a year in office finally laid out a new strategy for Syria. The part that’s getting the most attentio...
By Nicholas Heras & Ilan Goldenberg
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The Missing Piece in the World’s North Korea Strategy
Last Wednesday, the United States Treasury added to its economic pressure campaign against North Korea, sanctioning a variety of entities the Kim regime uses to evade internat...
By Neil Bhatiya
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There Is No NATO without the North Atlantic
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has a problem in the North Atlantic. It is not prepared for Russian aggression, at either the strategic or the tactical level. Th...
By Jerry Hendrix
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PacNet #10 - Olympic Pause: Testing, Not Trusting North Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in faces mounting domestic criticism for inviting North Korea to participate in the Winter Olympics. Although Kim Jong Un is reaping favorable...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump's Davos journey from statesman to salesman
The notion of Donald Trump descending on the global economic elite at Davos stirred tremendous interest, not least across the Indo-Pacific. The WTO-sceptical, TPP-withdrawing,...
By Richard Fontaine
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Raisina 2018 | Women in Foreign and Security Policy
It is a truism that gender plays an unavoidable role in matters of peace and security. Against this backdrop, this conversation reflected on how men and women are differently ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Trump's disastrous foreign policy in Asia is the worst since Vietnam
The withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may have been the greatest self-inflicted American foreign policy blunder in Asia since the Vietnam War. Asia is all ab...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Commissioner Shea, Commissioner Tobin, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this distinguished commission on “The Geostrategic and Military Drivers and Implications...
By Daniel Kliman
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Danish Ambassador Lars Gert Lose on US-Danish relations and visiting Salt Lake City
Danish Ambassador Lars Gert Lose recently visited Salt Lake City with the Transatlantic Security Team as a part of the Across The Pond, In The Field project. Hear Ambassador L...
By Julianne Smith
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New and Old Empires: Robert Kaplan presents at the World Economic Forum
Geography is not destiny, but it may be the best starting point for understanding world politics. In a world of shifting alliances and divides, how are geography and the histo...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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The US Navy’s New Frigate Should Jumpstart a Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base
The United States Navy requires a frigate. Building this warship will strengthen our depleted naval fleet and reenergize a vital sector of the nation’s defense industrial base...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Congress Just Made Bipartisan Progress Against Terrorism
Last year brought news both good and bad in the fight against terrorism. On the positive side, the Islamic State’s brutal “caliphate” has virtually collapsed under a U.S.-led ...
By Richard Fontaine
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U.S. Sanctions Abet Iranian Internet Censorship
President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement if Tehran does not agree to renegotiate its terms this spring. But rather than tear up the nucl...
By Peter Harrell
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Message to Western leaders: stop obsessing about Trump
It may not feel like it, but the transatlantic security relationship finished the first year of Trump’s presidency a little better than where it started. After the drubbing NA...
By Jim Townsend
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America is aggravating the Palestinian problem
United States Vice-President Mike Pence is on a trip to Egypt, Jordan and Israel, to support the efforts of the administration of US President Donald Trump in pursuing an “ult...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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This Is Not a Drill
The erroneous “missile threat” alert sent to thousands of Americans’ phones in Hawaii on Saturday probably would have been dismissed as an obvious mistake if received just mon...
By Andrew Swick
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Children of Shawn Brimley Educational Fund
Shawn Brimley was a treasured friend, colleague, husband and father. He passed away on January 9 after a battle with cancer. He is already dearly missed by us all. Shawn and M...
By Shawn Brimley
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America's Economic Future Hinges on Its Partnership with Asia
Nearly a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, his administration has started to craft a strategic narrative for its approach to Asia. This is atypical: it took Barack Obama ne...
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Kliman
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Robert Work talks NATO's technological innovation and the DoD
CNAS Senior Counselor for Defense and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work sits down with CNAS experts Julie Smith and Jim Townsend to discuss Third Offset strategy ...
By Robert O. Work, Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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Breaking the Iran Deal and Imposing New Sanctions Would Hurt Iranian Protesters Most
The popular demonstrations that erupted in Iran in late December, the largest since the Green Movement protests in 2009, have created a pretext for the Trump administration to...
By Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle