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• Middle East Security

  The New Arab Cold War

  A bitter proxy war is being waged in the Middle East. It stretches from Iraq to Lebanon and reaches into North Africa, taking lives in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt's Western Des...

  By Jacob Stokes

  • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • August 28, 2014
• Commentary
  Linking U.S. Statecraft to Grand Strategy

  Americans – both elites and the public – are currently engaged in a heated debate about the future direction of U.S. foreign policy. As we outlined in our previous piece, the ...

  By Julianne Smith & Jacob Stokes

  • The Diplomat
  • June 11, 2014
• How America Must Lead

  Recently, foreign policy watchers have been engaged in a frantic bout of hand-wringing over whether America will continue to play the role of global leader. Amid that discussi...

  By Jacob Stokes & Julianne Smith

  • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • June 9, 2014
• Obama Needs a New National Security Strategy

  When you work on the president’s national security staff, you never feel like there are enough hours in the day. Whether you are managing Ukraine, Syria, South Sudan or the So...

  By Jacob Stokes & Julianne Smith

  • Commentary
  • Politico
  • March 10, 2014
• The 7 Deadly Sins of Defense Spending: How the Pentagon can cut costs - and come out stronger

  The Department of Defense faces a stark budgetary choice that will profoundly affect the future of the U.S. military. During past drawdowns, DOD chose to save money by cutting...

  By Jacob Stokes, Joel Smith, Katherine Kidder, Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)

  • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • June 6, 2013
• Afghanistan's Troubled Transition

  One word sums up the current preoccupation in Afghanistan: in Dari it’s “inteqal”; in English, "transition.” For both Afghans and the international community, transition remai...

  By Jacob Stokes

  • Commentary
  • The National Interest
  • May 24, 2013

• Technology & National Security

  Assessing the Cyber Executive Order

  The Obama administration has released an Executive Order (EO) designed to improve the cybersecurity of the nation’s critical infrastructures such as power plants, financial sy...

  By Irving Lachow & Jacob Stokes

  • Commentary
  • February 13, 2013

• Defense

  Renewing America's Strategic Solvency

  Foreign policy experts are likely to feel spurned when President Obama gives his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Some may interpret the President’s focus on jobs and the...

  By Jacob Stokes & Shawn Brimley

  • Commentary
  • February 12, 2013
• Help wanted: Geek squads for US cybersecurity

  Finding enough qualified men and women to protect America’s cyber networks stands as one of the central challenges to America’s cybersecurity. Even in the computer age, people...

  By Jacob Stokes & Kristin M. Lord

  • Commentary
  • The Christian Science Monitor
  • August 8, 2012