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A New U.S. Military Would Be an Army of Advisers
The United States has an extraordinary ability to defeat any conventional armed force on the planet; our tanks, ships and planes will make short work of any enemy in frontal w...
By John A. Nagl
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The Army’s next enemy? Peace.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. David W. Barno is a senior fellow and co-director of the Responsible Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security. From 2003 to 2005, he ser...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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How worried should U.S. policymakers be about nuclear blackmail?
In recent years, a new generation of scholars has increasingly turned to sophisticated statistical methods to tackle decades-old questions regarding the causes and consequence...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Maliki Isn’t The Problem. Oil Is.
During the past few days, the United States strategy for addressing the escalating violence in Iraq has emphasized diplomacy to achieve political reconciliation. The Obama adm...
By Nora Bensahel
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Video: Visualizing Today's Veterans Population and Forecasting the Issues of Tomorrow
By Phillip Carter
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Video: Eighth Annual Conference: Strategic Risk and Military Power: A Briefing to the Next President
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Rebuilding Bipartisan Consensus on National Security
Politics, despite the saying, has never really stopped at the water’s edge. But these days, it seems, policymakers cannot even get to the beach before the sniping begins. The ...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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70 Years After D-Day, the Legacy of WWII Veterans Carries On
The crash of naval gunfire and aerial bombing grew louder. His Higgins boat, one of thousands in the first wave, tossed in the Channel toward the overcast beaches of Normandy ...
By Chris Kolenda
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Video: Citizen-Soldiers in a Time of Transition: The Future of the U.S. Army National Guard
By Nora Bensahel
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Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's West Point Commencement Address on CNN
By Michèle Flournoy
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When 9,800 Doesn't Equal 9,800
News coverage of President Obama's speech at West Point Wednesday focused on one seemingly hard and fast statement: The United States will keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan nex...
By Phillip Carter
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Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's Plan for Afghanistan on PBS NewsHour
By Michèle Flournoy
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Fontaine: Afghanistan Announcement is One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
The President’s decision to retain an initial residual force in Afghanistan of 9,800 troops represents a step forward in America’s efforts to succeed in that country. But his...
By Richard Fontaine
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Smith: 3 Questions for NATO on Pres. Obama's Plan for Afghanistan
The President’s announcement today that the United States will maintain 9800 troops in Afghanistan throughout 2015 has ended months of speculation about the U.S. post-2014 tro...
By Julianne Smith
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Brimley: Slow But Steady in Afghanistan and Beyond
President Obama made the right call in deciding to maintain 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan – a number close to that recommended by U.S. military commanders. Augmented by coa...
By Shawn Brimley
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Bensahel: A Slower Zero Option
President Obama’s decision to keep U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan through the end of 2016 is good news for U.S. military commanders and others who argued against the...
By Nora Bensahel
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Barno: President's Announcement is mixed news at best
The President’s announcement of a residual force in Afghanistan of 9, 800 U.S. troops after the end of this year is mixed news at best. While the number is just adequate to s...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Video: Ben FitzGerald on VOA News Discussing Spying Charges Against China
WASHINGTON — The U.S. indictment of Chinese army officers on charges that they spied on American industries reveals a basic disagreement about what the two nations consider as...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Eric Shinseki is still the right person to lead Veterans Affairs
After Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki appeared before a Senate committee last week, one television commentator indicated that when Shinseki said he was “mad as ...
By Thomas Davis
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Video: Under scrutiny before, VA delay allegations strike a chord
By Phillip Carter