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From hubris to humiliation: America’s warrior class contends with the abject failure of its Afghanistan project
In The News
Twenty years ago, when the twin towers and the Pentagon were still smoldering, there was a sense among America’s warrior and diplomatic class that history was starting anew fo...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Following withdrawal announcement, battle to determine Afghanistan war’s legacy begins
In The News
The easy, obvious and probably inevitable legacy of America’s two-decade-long war in Afghanistan is the recognition that there are limits to U.S. military power, especially wh...
By Eliot Cohen
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Conspiracy theories and a call for patriots entice veterans at the Capitol
In The News
The day President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, Jeremy Michael Brown, a retired Special Forces soldier with multiple combat tours, was in Washington, D.C., dressed f...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Courting Kim and coming up short highlights the limits of Trump’s me-first diplomacy
In The News
At the core of President Trump’s foreign policy is a belief that he can use his personal charisma to charm his way to world peace. The collapse Thursday of the planned summit ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Shawn Brimley, military strategist who led a Pentagon modernization push, dies at 40
In The News
Shawn Brimley, a senior Pentagon and White House official who pressed the U.S. military to embrace a future of increasingly rapid technological change, died Jan. 9 at a hospit...
By Shawn Brimley
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Trump’s tweets rattle the globe, but aides say North Korea policy is carefully calibrated
President Trump’s taunting tweet this week raising the specter of nuclear war with North Korea sparked fresh concerns in the Pentagon, at the State Department and even in the ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Swedish ambassador’s search for answers in Trump country
The new Swedish ambassador to the United States was wedged into the back seat of a Honda Civic headed south out of Pittsburgh in search of some true-believing, climate-change-...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow
President Trump has decided to end the CIA’s covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, a...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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U.S. on collision course with Syria and Iran once de facto Islamic State capital falls
Trump administration officials, anticipating the defeat of the Islamic State in its de facto Syrian capital of Raqqa, are planning for what they see as the next stage of the w...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump delights in watching the U.S. military display its strength
Amid the often jarring inconsistency of President Trump’s foreign policy, one thing has always been crystal clear: He loves a big show of American military force. “You gotta k...
By Richard Fontaine
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Washington’s most exclusive meeting may lose its luster under Trump
For eight years, it has been the most exclusive, and arguably most important, daily meeting in Washington. Each morning, President Obama gathers his inner circle for the Presi...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump loves the sheen of the brass, but generals come with some fixed views
On the campaign trail he complained that they had been “reduced to rubble.” At other moments he suggested that he might have to fire them all. Now that Donald Trump is presid...
By Phillip Carter
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Obama joins world leaders in mourning Shimon Peres — and a dormant Middle East peace process
In The Washington Post, senior fellow Ilan Goldenberg discusses the likelihood of a two-state solution in the wake of the death of former Israeli president Peres....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Obama heads to Asia with his biggest foreign policy push hanging in the balance
In The Washington Post, senior fellow Patrick Cronin discusses the current relations with Asia and the struggle for territorial power. ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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U.S. relationship with Turkey ‘is only going to get more complicated’
In The Washington Post, senior fellow Ilan Goldenberg discusses the attempted coup in Turkey....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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After vowing to end two wars, Obama may leave three behind
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Hon. Michèle Flournoy examines President Obama's actions in response to the conflict in Syria in The Washington Post....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Hope fades on Obama's vow to bring troops home before presidency ends
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Hon. Michèle Flournoy examines President Obama's withdrawal plan for Afghanistan in The Washington Post....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Obama to nominate first openly gay service secretary to lead the Army
Senior Fellow, Counsel and Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program Phillip Carter discusses the significance of President Obama nominating the first openly gay...
By Phillip Carter
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Yoda’s replacement: Air Force veteran to lead legendary Pentagon office
In The Washington Post, Defense Strategies and Assessments Program Director Jerry Hendrix discusses Jim Baker, a retired Air Force colonel, who has been tapped to run the Pent...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Republicans seek to one-up Obama on foreign affairs
CNAS President Richard Fontaine weighs in on John Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu....
By Richard Fontaine
