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H.R. McMaster and James Mattis are steering the Trump administration away from “America First.”
President Donald Trump swept into office with no government experience, few policy positions, and a team of iconoclastic outsiders who echoed his desire to put America first i...
By Phillip Carter
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Event Podcast: Women in National Security
Podcast
By Michèle Flournoy, Frances Townsend, GEN Carter Hem, USA (Ret.) & Jennifer Griffin
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Katherine Kidder and Phillip Carter Discuss New Report on Women in National Security
By Katherine Kidder, Phillip Carter & Neal Urwitz
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Memo to the Marine Corps: Don't Pretend It's Just a PR Problem
Following almost every crisis and scandal, the person, company or government entity responsible is tempted chalk it up as "just a PR problem." "If only they knew the real us,"...
By Amy Schafer & Neal Urwitz
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We Need More Of The Right Forces In Afghanistan
Afghanistan is at an inflection point. Again. For anyone keeping track, this has become an annual ritual as our efforts over the last decade have been characterized by the sus...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Future of the All-Volunteer Force
Video
Katherine Kidder, fellow in the Military, Veterans and Society program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the future of the All-Volunteer Force in the milita...
By Katherine Kidder
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Phillip Carter with AP
Phillip Carter joined AP to discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions' possible recusal from any investigations of ties between the administration and Russia....
By Phillip Carter
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Stolen Valor
If you stuck with President Donald Trump to the end of his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, you would have been treated to a patriotic display that much of th...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump just blamed the military for the botched Yemen raid. That's a disgrace.
Most Americans thought little of President Harry Truman when he ascended to the White House in April 1945. Six months later, they thought even less, as the nation’s economy sl...
By Phillip Carter
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McMaster knows how national security policy can go wrong. Will that help him?
Commentary
For a generation after losing the Vietnam War, the American military soothed itself with a “stabbed in the back” narrative: If not for meddling politicians, intrusive journali...
By Phillip Carter
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The Trump Administration’s Not-So-Benign Neglect
This week, President Trump delighted his base with a pledge to treat deportations like a “military operation.” There were also reports that his administration is urging govern...
By Phillip Carter
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Grow the US military but do it right, not just fast
Topping the 2017 agendas for President Trump, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and Armed Services Committee leadership are plans to grow the military. They are each glossing...
By Amy Schafer & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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We Need a Special Counsel to Investigate the Trump Administration
As a military intelligence officer, Michael Flynn enjoyed a meteoric rise. He eventually earned three stars following brilliant assignments as the intelligence chief for Joint...
By Phillip Carter
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For Guidance on Women in Combat Positions, Look to the U.S. Coast Guard
In the wake of former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s 2015 decision to open all combat positions to women, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy have grappled with the...
By Moira Fagan
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Thank the “Deep State” for Quashing Trump’s Torture Plans
The American deep state—influential career executives in the national security community—has started to push back on President Donald Trump on a number of issues, including im...
By Phillip Carter
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Hubris, Distrust, Disorder
In their early weeks and months in office, presidents and their advisers tend to commit the same structure and process errors, hobbling their administrations until they stop m...
By Phillip Carter
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With Friends Like Us
On his eighth day in office, President Donald Trump signed an order purporting to keep America safe by keeping terrorists out. In reality, the order does little to keep us saf...
By Phillip Carter
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Worried about the Size of the U.S. Navy? Rearm the Coast Guard
The United States’ peer naval competitors are on the rise, and our Navy is woefully deficient in the small surface combatants that provide global presence during peacetime and...
By CDR Gregory Tozzi
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Civil Order and Governance as Military Responsibilities
In April 2003, as U.S. forces closed in on Baghdad, chaos and disorder began to break out in the city of more than six million residents. As civil order broke down, the lack o...
By LtCol Dave Mueller
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Top priorities for Defense Secretary nominee Gen. James Mattis
Video
Katherine Kidder, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the challenges facing defense secretary nominee Gen. James Mattis, and the pillars of his polic...
By Katherine Kidder
