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Brexit: ‘Til Regulations Do Us Part?
On June 23, 2016, British citizens voted by a four percent margin to leave the European Union, sending shockwaves across Europe and unsettling world markets. The Brexit vote a...
By Rachel Rizzo
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What America Owes Its Veterans
Each year, the U.S. military recruits some 175,000 young Americans. At the heart of its pitch is a sacred promise to take care of those who serve—what President Abraham Lincol...
By Phillip Carter
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Loren DeJonge Schulman in The Washington Post on Sabotaging America's Future Diplomats
Commentary
Stephen K. Bannon pledged to destroy the American “administrative state.” Russian President Vladimir Putin is devoted to ending America’s global leadership. One of their most ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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America's Darwinian Nationalism
THE UNITED STATES, Russia and China are all losing, or have lost, their ideological and spiritual purpose. This is clear in the case of the Russian and Chinese regimes, which ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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The Trump Administration Needs to Consider These Factors When Reviewing National Defense
Last month, President Trump ordered a review of the national defense industrial base. The topic often gets interest on the Hill, and occasionally from secretaries of defense, ...
By Lauren Fish
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Julianne Smith in The New York Times on Women in National Security
Commentary
I held the syringe up to the light above the bathroom mirror and flicked it a few times with my finger to make sure I had the exact dose of Lupron. I checked my watch to calcu...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump’s right — we are losing in Afghanistan
President Trump is not wrong on Afghanistan. During a contentious July meeting with his top military and national security advisors, he repeatedly questioned the quality of ad...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Afghanistan Has No Silver Bullet
Commentary
Last week, NBC News reported that President Donald Trump laced into top military leaders in mid-July over U.S. strategy and performance in Afghanistan. He refused to sign off ...
By Stephen Tankel
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Make Globalization Work Again
Commentary
President Donald J. Trump has sought to make the concerns of American workers the centerpiece of his administration – especially those who feel left behind by the significant ...
By Harry Krejsa
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Can This National Security Council Handle a Real Crisis?
It’s hard to believe, but this administration has not experienced a genuine national-security crisis in more than six months in office. Yes, missile tests in North Korea and a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump’s 21 Club Salute
According to an incredibly detailed NBC News report of a highly classified National Security Council meeting, President Donald Trump unloaded on his top military leaders over ...
By Phillip Carter
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North Korea and the ‘Blink’ of War
At a time when peace in Asia seems to hang by a thread of hope that untested leaders will exercise restraint, a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) seems a ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Recommendations for Implementing Sanctions on Russia
Commentary
The new sanctions that Congress passed against Russia on July 27 have the potential to increase economic and political pressure on Moscow and represent an important U.S. respo...
By Peter Harrell
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The Warrior Caste
When the new White House chief of staff, then a Marine general, John Kelly received a knock on the door in November 2010, he became the highest-ranking military officer to los...
By Amy Schafer
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Is the U.S. Ready for Russia’s Largest Military Exercises Since the Cold War?
Before his visit to Estonia, Vice President Mike Pence probably didn’t know the Russian word for “west” — zapad. But he knows it now, because it is the codename for one of the...
By Jim Townsend
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How Trump Is Turning Off Millennials Even More Than He Did Before
One of President Trump’s latest tweetstorms took on a new and concerning target: actively serving members of the United States military. In a flurry of tweets believed to be a...
By Amy Schafer
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The War Over Who Controls U.S. Foreign Policy Has Begun
The unprecedented, massive new sanctions bill that Congress sent to President Donald Trump on Thursday is a statement of outrage by legislators over the president’s failure to...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Congress can’t save Jeff Sessions
Senators from both parties are telling President Donald Trump not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters that “if Jeff Sessions is f...
By Phillip Carter
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The US Air Force Needs More Bombers Than It’s Asking For
In a future combat zone dominated by advanced 3-D air search radars, directed-energy weapons, electromagnetic railguns, and hypersonic missiles, there is still room — indeed, ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Connect the Dots to Stop Terror Plots
Commentary
Why didn’t intelligence agencies prevent 9/11? According to the 9/11 Commission, before the attacks, information from intelligence agencies “often failed to make its way to cr...
By Adam Klein
