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Sharper: Day One
The Biden-Harris administration will confront a range of national security challenges from the moment it takes office....
By Chris Estep
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Could Europe’s INSTEX Help Save the Iran Nuclear Deal?
Supporting INSTEX would illustrate not only that “America is back,” but that the Biden administration is taking humanitarian concerns seriously without sacrificing security in...
By Francis Shin
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How the Defense Budget Could Actually Increase (Slightly)
Once all is said and done, it is more likely that defense spending will end up growing rather than shrinking....
By Diem Salmon
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The President (Probably) Isn’t Going To Nuke Anything This Week
The idea that presidents are able to use nuclear weapons in any way they personally desire is not correct....
By Tom Shugart
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Now Is a Bad Time to Weaken Civilian Control Over the Military
The mob attacks on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 are a sudden reminder of just how vital a nonpartisan military really is—even in the United States....
By Jim Golby
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Mendacious Mixture
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on a new challenge to the information ecosystem: the increasing convergence of Russian and Chinese information operations....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Harnessing Multilateralism for Digital Development
Uneven access to digital technology is magnifying societal inequities around the world....
By Kristen A. Cordell & Kristine Lee
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The Liberal Internationalist Origins of Right-Wing Insurrection
America’s grand strategic commitment to an overmilitarized form of deep engagement abroad was always going to culminate in a direct affront to democracy....
By Van Jackson
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America Must Show Unity for the Sake of National Security
The Capitol assault was an attack on democracy itself....
By Richard Fontaine
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The United States Can’t Stay a Great Power Without Beating Threats at Home
The United States, once regarded as the global champion of democracy, has grossly failed to achieve a peaceful transfer of power....
By Elsa B. Kania
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Biden Inherits a Challenging Civil-Military Legacy
Joseph Biden and his team will inherit a civil-military relationship as tenuous as any in recent memory....
By Jim Golby & Peter Feaver
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Landmark artificial intelligence legislation should become law
AI will touch every sector — from agriculture to healthcare, to transportation to national security....
By Tony Samp
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Broadening the Transatlantic Partnership to Address the China Challenge
Addressing the China challenge will require broadening beyond the transatlantic partnership and bringing Indo-Pacific partners to the table....
By Carisa Nietsche
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Washington should keep calm and watch the Australians
At a moment of bitter division in the United States, Australia has produced a ray of bipartisan sunshine in Washington....
By Richard Fontaine
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A Joint Warfighting Concept for Systems Warfare
Future combat between peer and near-peer adversaries will be characterized, dominated, and decided by the collision of opposing systems of systems....
By Robert O. Work
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How to build more resilient and innovative US special operations teams
The military is looking for the wrong solutions to support the force....
By Lt Col Kaveri T. Crum & Emma Moore
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Small, Distributed, and Secure: A New Basing Architecture for the Middle East
A rethink of U.S. basing architecture is needed....
By Becca Wasser & Aaron Stein
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Sharper: 2020
2020 featured an ever-evolving series of national security challenges....
By Sam Dorshimer, Nathalie Grogan, Emily Jin, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Bad Idea: The “Use-It-Or-Lose-It” Law for DoD Spending
Congress can significantly improve the effectiveness of defense spending by changing this “use it or lose it” law....
By Robert F. Hale
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Biden’s Intelligence Community Must Focus On Climate Crisis
The incoming Biden administration can do much to address climate change as a national security issue....
By Anthony Vinci