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How will Iran respond to Soleimani’s killing — and where will the escalation end?
Commentary
After the U.S. drone strike last week that killed powerful Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, many thoughtful analyses have discussed what might come next. Response is inevita...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers & Ariane Tabatabai
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War with Iran is still less likely than you think
Commentary
In the wake of the U.S. attack that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, head of Iran’s Quds Force, many are concerned yet again about the potential for escalation between the Un...
By Michael Horowitz & Elizabeth N. Saunders
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Will Iran’s Response to the Soleimani Strike Lead to War?
Commentary
Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, was one of the most influential and popular figures in the Islamic Republic and a particular ne...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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After the killing of Soleimani, what’s next for US-Iran relations?
Commentary
Traveling with a congressional delegation to Iraq more than a decade ago, I recall one briefing by the US command in Baghdad. Soldiers had just caught several Iranians importi...
By Richard Fontaine
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The state of acquisition is in need of better coordination
Commentary
The U.S. defense enterprise has been in a near-constant state of acquisition reform since the 1980s. Although it has been a top Pentagon priority, expected competition with Ch...
By Susanna V. Blume & Mikhail Grinberg
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How To Really Help Free North Koreans Through Crypto
A few weeks ago, the FBI arrested an Alabama-born computer programmer for allegedly helping the North Korean regime evade U.S. sanctions through blockchain technology. Accordi...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The U.S.-Chinese Trade War Just Entered Phase 2
Commentary
The Trump administration’s “phase one” trade deal with China may mark the end of the first chapter of the trade conflict between the United States and China, which saw Washing...
By Peter Harrell
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The United States Needs a Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
Commentary
In the coming years, artificial intelligence will dramatically affect every aspect of human life. AI—the technologies that simulate intelligent behavior in machines—will chang...
By Martijn Rasser
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America never committed to training Afghan forces. I know because I tried.
Commentary
I first met Maj. Sboor in 2009 as he waited to take over his own Afghan army battalion. We were working together as operations officers of partnered Afghan and U.S. infantry u...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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America Desperately Needs AI Talent, Immigrants Included
Commentary
The United States is engaged in a global technology competition in artificial intelligence. But while the US government has shown commitment to developing AI systems that will...
By Megan Lamberth
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Artificial Intelligence, Foresight, and the Offense-Defense Balance
There is a growing perception that AI will be a transformative technology for international security. The current U.S. National Security Strategy names artificial intelligence...
By Ben Garfinkel & Allan Dafoe
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Add Economic Policy to Deterrence Planning
Commentary
American defense leaders have adapted over the years to shifts in technology and conflict — for example, accepting space and cyber as principal warfighting domains and integra...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Jordan Tama
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The ACFT and the Problems with the Military's Cult of Physical Fitness
Commentary
A new hurdle for U.S. Army recruitment and retention is coming in the form of the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), scheduled to become the Army's physical test by October 2020...
By Emma Moore
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Why policymakers and universities need to collaborate for democracy
Commentary
Policymakers have singled out the higher education system as a critical area of vulnerability in American society. Christopher Wray memorably stated before the Senate Judiciar...
By Kristine Lee & Joshua Fitt
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Reporting from the front lines of the war against the Islamic State
Commentary
The rise of the Islamic State has haunted headlines throughout the world for the better part of a decade and has disrupted American plans to pivot to its intensifying competit...
By Nicholas Heras
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The China Challenge
Commentary
The United States and China are strategic competitors, and technology is at the center of this competition, critical to economic strength and national security. The United Sta...
By Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Paul Scharre
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Beyond the Trade War
Commentary
In an essay for Foreign Affairs, Ely Ratner, Elizabeth Rosenberg, and Paul Scharre write that "the United States needs a fundamentally different approach to economic competiti...
By Ely Ratner, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Paul Scharre
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Holding DHS Accountable for a Child’s Death in the Custody of Border Patrol
Commentary
ProPublica published an extensive investigative report last week detailing the circumstances surrounding the death of 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez. The teenag...
By Carrie Cordero, Heidi Li Feldman & Chimène Keitner
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Don’t Believe Netanyahu. Israel Doesn’t Need The Jordan Valley. Here’s Why.
Commentary
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, concurrent with rising speculations that the Trump administration may suppor...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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NATO Is Struggling Under Trans-Atlantic Tensions
Commentary
NATO leaders gathered in London this week for a brief summit marking the alliance’s 70th anniversary. The trans-Atlantic community looked on with trepidation—not because there...
By Jim Townsend & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
