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America is reliable, Harris tells allies eyeing Afghan chaos
Vice President Kamala Harris sought to portray Washington as a reliable counterweight to China as the administration faces questions over its commitment to long-term partners ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Fifty years since Kissinger's secret visit, Sino-U.S. ties now fraying fast
Fifty years since a secret visit to Beijing by then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger paved the way for American engagement with communist China, ties between the two ri...
By Jacob Stokes
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Where’s Biden’s China Strategy?
Still, it’s about the planning, not the plan. Jacob Stokes, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former national security staffer for Biden during the Obama ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden not seeking to add countries to Quad to counter China
Biden administration officials say they are not pushing to add other countries to the strategic U.S.-India-Japan-Australia “Quad” group but stress that the future of American ...
By Jacob Stokes
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The Legacy of Wartime Atrocities Still Loom Over Asian Alliances
Lee Yong-soo seemed to shiver with frustration as an activist wheeled her out of the Seoul Central District Court in a wheelchair. The 92-year-old Korean woman, who survived J...
By Jacob Stokes
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The 7 big things on President Obama’s to-do list, with one year to go
For President Obama, it's legacy time.With less than a year before his successor is elected and he officially becomes a lame-duck president, time is running short. Obama has m...
By Jacob Stokes
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‘Iran threat’ grows as it expands to Yemen
Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes weighs in on Iran exporting its 'revolution' to Bahrain, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen....
By Jacob Stokes
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Iran Wields Power From Syria to Gulf as Rise Alarms Sunni Rivals
Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes weighs in on Iranian advances in the Middle East....
By Jacob Stokes
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Audio: Jacob Stokes on National Security Strategy
Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes discusses National Security Strategy....
By Jacob Stokes
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Western unity over Ukraine-Russia crisis begins to show cracks
Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes weighs in on arming Ukraine....
By Jacob Stokes
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Defying the West, Russia Backs Ukrainian Elections
In a U.S. News and World Report article, Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes comments on Russia's backing of Ukranian elections....
By Jacob Stokes
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Iran Takes a Different Path to Fight the Islamic State
Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes in U.S. News deliberates Iran's involvement in combating the Islamic State, while refusing to join in the U.S.-led international coalition effort....
By Jacob Stokes
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Opponents say Obama will need ground troops against Islamic State
Stars and Stripes quotes Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes on how deploying large forces of ground troops to Iraq would be counterproductive to President Obama's "paired solution."...
By Jacob Stokes
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How Obama's Strategy To Fight ISIS In Syria Will Affect Bashar Assad's Regime
International Business Times cites Bacevich Fellow Jacob Stokes on how recent developments in the region have shifted the Assad regime's interactions with the Islamic State....
By Jacob Stokes
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Islamic State Releases Video Requesting Prisoner Swap With Syrian Government
Bacevich Fellow Jake Stokes examines the context and implications of the Islamic State's most recently released video soliciting a prisoner swap agreement in Vice News. ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Awash in oil revenue, Iraq stays on U.S. dole for reconstruction
In a Washington Times article, Research Associate Jacob Stokes says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki could do more to tamp down the tensions but instead has continued to m...
By Jacob Stokes
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Fighters, Missiles and Transport: GCC Spending Priorities Take Shape
In a Defense News article, Research Associate Jacob Stokes discussed the high priority for all six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, noting the "core of a networked system w...
By Jacob Stokes
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Iraq’s Maliki brings wish list to Washington. Why are officials unmoved?
CNAS Research Associate Jacob Stokes discusses the recent visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to Washington, D.C. with The Christian Science Monitor. ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Overcoming the Gulf in the Gulf
CNAS Senior Fellow Dr. Colin Kahl and Research Associate Jacob Stokes discuss the "gap between America’s Middle East policy and that of its closest Persian Gulf partners" in a...
By Jacob Stokes
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NATO and the US: Looking Forward
A recent CNAS Policy Brief called NATO Matters: Ensuring the Value of the Alliance for the United States by Senior Fellow Nora Bensahel and Research Associate Jacob Stokes is ...
By Jacob Stokes & Nora Bensahel