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What Europe Got Wrong About the NSA
Over the last several years, as western Europe has been hit by Islamist terrorist attack after Islamist terrorist attack, Germany has largely avoided the violence. But the ref...
By Adam Klein & Michèle Flournoy
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Opinion: A four-point strategy for defeating the Islamic State
There are two theaters in the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and they are not defined by international borders. The first is “ISIS-stan” in western Iraq an...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Michèle Flournoy
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CNAS Commentary: A Bipartisan National Security Agenda for an Election Year
As the country turns its attention to the Democratic and Republican primaries, it is tempting to assume that the United States should postpone any bold national security moves...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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After the Deal, Strengthen Our Iran Policy
With the president having secured the congressional votes necessary to ensure the Iran deal enters into force, our elected leaders should turn their attention to America’s bro...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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Lean Forward in Iraq
The announcement this month that 450 additional U.S. trainers and support troops will deploy to Iraq represents a modest step forward in the fight against the Islamic State. B...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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Economic Growth Is a National Security Issue
From the polls, one might think that a stark partisan divide has developed about which issue is of greatest importance to the nation. Take The Wall Street Journal/NBC News sur...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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Audio: Why an American and an Afghan are optimistic about Afghanistan's future
By Michèle Flournoy
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LTE: Why We Need to Keep Forces in Afghanistan
Your March 9 editorial “No Cause to Delay the Afghan Pullout” ignores the compelling logic of a broad, bipartisan consensus in the national security community and Congress: th...
By Michèle Flournoy
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A Trade Deal With a Bonus For National Security
On the Big Island of Hawaii beginning Monday, U.S. officials will host trade negotiators from 11 nations spanning Asia and the Americas to work toward completing what could be...
By Ely Ratner & Michèle Flournoy
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The steps a divided government can take to protect national interests
Contrary to the oft-stated ideal, politics has never stopped at the water’s edge, and it will be no different in 2015. Yet the United States is strongest when it is guided by ...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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Cuts to defense spending are hurting our national security
This summer’s dramatic global events — from the rise of the Islamic State, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, war between Hamas and Israel, violent confrontations and air strikes i...
By Amb. Eric S. Edelman & Michèle Flournoy
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America: Beware the Siren Song of Disengagement
In authorizing airstrikes in Iraq, President Obama faces a challenge: making the case for U.S. action to an American population that is tired of energetic international engage...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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China’s territorial advances must be kept in check by the United States
This month, China will participate for the first time in the U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific naval exercise, better known as RIMPAC. Four Chinese navy ships, including a destroyer...
By Ely Ratner & Michèle Flournoy
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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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The Smart-Shopping Way to Cut Defense Spending
With more than a decade of war coming to a close and the U.S. government facing daunting fiscal challenges, the defense budget is on the chopping block. Without a budget deal ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The Willie Suttons of the Cyberage
Criminal mastermind Willie Sutton famously quipped that he robbed banks because “that’s where the money is.” Modern-day cyber-Suttons follow the same basic logic; the problem ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The Stakes for America in the Race to Replace Karzai
Afghanistan has held two presidential elections since 2001. Hamid Karzai won both, but the most recent (in 2009) was marred by irregularities such as stuffed ballot boxes and ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Want to Export an F-16 Fighter Jet?
The United States rarely conducts military operations alone, so it is in America's interests to ensure that its allies and partners are well-equipped, well-trained and able to...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The Right Way to Cut Pentagon Spending
Whether or not Congress avoids sequestration by March 1, defense spending will likely be cut by at least 10% over the next decade. As 20% of the federal budget and 50% of disc...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Reforming outmoded government
Michèle A. Flournoy, a senior adviser at Boston Consulting Group, was undersecretary of defense for policy from February 2009 to February 2012. As the United States peers into...
By Michèle Flournoy