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The Downside of Imperial Collapse
Empires form out of chaos, and imperial collapse often leaves chaos in its wake....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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How to Improve Your Pickup Aviation Advising Game
Commentary
The United States failed in its attempts to build air forces in Iraq and Afghanistan for numerous reasons. Chief among these was policymakers’ excessive ambition: they failed ...
By Tobias Switzer & Jonathan Magill
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In El Salvador and Elsewhere, Leaders Find Ways to Break Term Limits
Commentary
Limits to executive time in office help ensure regular, institutionalized rotation of leadership....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Iran Is Roiling with Protests, Nuclear Talks Are Stalled — Biden Must Raise the Stakes
Commentary
If members of Congress squirm at the idea of supporting an Iran deal, they should consider how much worse their lives would become when President Biden asks them to vote to au...
By Jonathan Lord
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Sharper: NATO
Commentary
As the war in Ukraine pushes past the six-month mark, NATO stands at a critical juncture. In the face of renewed great-power competition in Europe, the alliance has proved to ...
By Anna Pederson & Michael Angeloni
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Russia’s Great Transformational Failure
While post-communist countries saw varying degrees of success, it is the failure to modernize along all three dimensions that distinguishes Russia....
By Maria Snegovaya
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Future-Proofing Transatlantic Relations (II): Taking Advantage of the 2023 Window of Opportunity
Commentary
The time to lock in progress in the transatlantic relationship is now....
By Carisa Nietsche
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Irregulars
Katherine Kuzminski joins The Signal to discuss accusations of a “woke” takeover of the United States’ military, generally considered to be America's most trusted institution,...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Italy’s New Far-Right Government Threatens EU Unity
Commentary
Italy’s new political leadership should be cause for significant concern to the European Union and to the liberal order more broadly....
By Nicholas Lokker & Jason C. Moyer
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Russia, Iran, and the Perils of Post-autocracy
Commentary
Neither the Russian nor the Iranian regime is now specifically threatened. Each could hang on for years. But this month provided a glimpse of their eventual demise....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Shift toward ‘Silicon Nation’ Promotes Resilience — for American Defense, Society and the Economy
Better understanding by stakeholders of the national security and economic implications associated with robust S&T policies will drive additional incentives for pragmatic ...
By Alexandra Seymour & Martijn Rasser
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Biden’s Team Saved Ukraine by Learning from Its Mistakes
Commentary
The weaker the Russian position becomes, the more likely it could still resort to extreme measures....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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International Community Must Do More to Protect Human Rights in Afghanistan
Commentary
Human rights in Afghanistan, especially those of women and girls, have deteriorated sharply during the first year of Taliban rule. The very real prospect of losing a generatio...
By Lisa Curtis, Annie Pforzheimer & Jan Mohammad Jahid
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China Hit Some Bumps on Its Road to Semiconductor Dominance
Commentary
China’s statist approach suffers from endemic waste, misallocation of capital and corruption. China isn’t guaranteed to succeed simply because Beijing wants to....
By David Feith & Rick Switzer
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Let’s Stop Being Cavalier about Civilian Control of the Military
For most of U.S. history, ordinary Americans have taken civilian control of the military for granted and barely given a thought to how civilians and the military interact with...
By Michèle Flournoy & Peter Feaver
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Escalation Management and Nuclear Employment in Russian Military Strategy
The Russian military doctrine breaks down conflict types into armed conflict, local war, regional war, and large-scale war....
By Michael Kofman & Anya Loukianova Fink
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Time to Get Tough on the Taliban
Commentary
As Washington reduces its diplomatic engagement with the Taliban, it should also focus on finding creative ways to support Afghan civil society...
By Lisa Curtis & Nader Nadery
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Time Is Running Out to Defend Taiwan
Commentary
To deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan in the next two to five years, the United States must immediately reorient U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific....
By Michèle Flournoy & Michael Brown
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Sand in the silicon: Designing an outbound investment controls mechanism
Commentary
Recent congressional efforts to establish new authorities to regulate outbound investment have revived a long-simmering debate in Washington about the economic and security ri...
By Emily Kilcrease & Sarah Bauerle Danzman
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Sharper: Climate Security
Commentary
Climate change is a force multiplier for geopolitical instability and operational readiness, the stressors of which profoundly impact national security priorities and resource...
