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Give Saudi Arabia a Take It or Leave It Deal
Commentary
President Donald Trump released a statement on November 20 in which he supported Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) claim that he had nothing to do with t...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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There Really Is No Place For Hazing In A Professional Military
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The vigorous Twitter response to the recent piece “There’s A Reason For All That Hazing And Ass-Chewing, And We Shouldn’t Ignore It” highlighted a need to disentangle a few ty...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Can the U.S. Reinstate “Maximum Pressure” on North Korea?
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The diplomatic sprint to North Korean denuclearization has slowed to a crawl. Earlier last month, North Korea abruptly canceled talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,...
By Eric Brewer
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To punish the Saudis, protect the Jamal Khashoggis still at work
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Senate leaders who emerged from a closed-door briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday were unequivocal: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was directly inv...
By Vance Serchuk
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Progressives Should Embrace the Politics of Defense
In his essay on what a progressive national security agenda should look like, Van Jackson proposes to stretch the common progressive position of anti-militarism to a more real...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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American Foreign Policy Could Use More Prudence
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During George H. W. Bush’s single term in the White House, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany reunified peacefully, the Warsaw Pact dissolved, the Soviet Union crumbled and the ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Should Not Have Canceled His Meeting With Putin at the G-20
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In the runup to the gathering of world leaders in Argentina for the G-20 summit, a planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has att...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The United States Should Give Saudi Arabia a Choice
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You know the Trump administration’s efforts to salvage its approach toward Saudi Arabia are in trouble when Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the president’s closest allies, threate...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Derek Chollet
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There Is No Grand Bargain With China
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In true showmanship fashion, U.S. President Donald Trump is keeping the world in suspense about whether he will soon double down on the United States’ trade war with China or ...
By Ely Ratner
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Against the Great Powers: Reflections on Balancing Nuclear and Conventional Power
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The fundamental problem facing U.S. national security — and indeed grand — strategy is clear: The United States seeks to extend deterrence to dozens of allies in parts of the ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Congress should enhance reproductive health care for women veterans
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The incoming 116th Congress will contain not only the highest ever number of women, but also a record number of women veterans. As they consider what issues to take on, expand...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Ten Years After Mumbai, the Group Responsible Is Deadlier Than Ever
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Ten years ago today, ten gunmen from Lashkar-e-Taiba launched a complex attack that lasted over 60 hours against India’s commercial capital, Mumbai. They targeted two luxury h...
By Stephen Tankel
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On Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for America and the opportunity to serve in the Navy Reserve
Commentary
I lead a double life. Most of the month, I’m a national security expert in Washington, D.C., offering my views on how the United States can compete with China to shape the cou...
By Daniel Kliman
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Quad Restrictions: Addressing PRC Investment Concerns in the Indo-Pacific
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Washington has recently taken a tougher tack to growing inbound investment from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by strengthening the Committee on Foreign Investment in th...
By Ashley Feng & Sagatom Saha
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Leverage the new US International Development Finance Corporation to compete with China
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The United States has a unique opportunity to up its game in the global economic competition with China. In early October, even as Democrats and Republicans in the Senate enga...
By Daniel Kliman
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China and the EU Are Growing Sick of U.S. Financial Power
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This month, the United States imposed on Iran its most draconian round of sanctions yet. These measures made clear something the global community has long known: When it comes...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Edoardo Saravalle
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Assessing America's Indo-Pacific Budget Shortfall
Budgets are policy in Washington. Setting new trends in Pentagon and State Department funding is a tall order, so when they do emerge, they are the strongest indication of a g...
By Eric Sayers
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Why We Defend Europe
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Returning from the World War I armistice commemoration in Paris, President Trump reemphasized his view of America’s European allies. “We pay for large portions of other countr...
By Richard Fontaine
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What is the end game with China?
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As President Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month, there is intense speculation about whether the two leaders will strike a deal over the ...
By Peter Harrell
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Asia Needs Pence’s Reassurance
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In Asia, anxieties about the United States’ role in an increasingly China-centered world are palpable. While some fear that the United States is retreating from its internatio...
By Patrick M. Cronin
