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Marine National Monuments Are Defense Assets
If the Trump administration removes federal protections from these giant swaths of ocean, it will make it easier for enemies to hunt American warships.
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Memorandum to President Trump on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Here's what the U.S. president should know going into his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who wants to scuttle the agreement.
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No, We Cannot Shoot Down North Korea’s Missiles
It's time national leaders speak realistically about missile defense.
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How Black-Market Tobacco Funds the World’s Bad Actors
It’s time to focus the world’s attention on a smuggling enterprise that helps underwrite North Korea’s nukes and Taliban terror.
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The Only Path to Peace is a Kurdistan Independent of Iraq
A Peshmerga commander says Iraq had its chance and failed to live up to its security promises to the people of Kurdistan.
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How Trump Is Ending the American Era
For all the visible damage the president has done to the nation’s global standing, things are much worse below the surface.
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It’s Time to Move US Forces Back to Europe
Basing troops abroad will increase their deterrence, make them readier to fight, and even save money.
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Democracy Remains the Best Path to Security
The U.S. and its democratic partners must rebuild their foreign policies around a basic truth: societies that govern themselves democratically are safer, stronger and more secure.
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The Hurricanes, National Security, and What Comes Next
Climate change increased the destruction wrought by Harvey and Irma, a fact we must acknowledge if we are to mitigate future disasters.
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Can North Korea Drag the US and China Into War?
History offers clues about the likely course of a dangerous dynamic in east Asia.
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What the Iran Deal Can Teach America About North Korea
If credibility depends in part on a country’s willingness to follow through on military threats, surely it also depends on whether it abides by diplomatic commitments.
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How Al-Qaeda Benefits From America's Political Divisions
If the United States wishes to defeat bin Laden's heirs and the toxic potency of their message, it needs to recommit to its most basic values.
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Winter Is Here, But the US is Not Ready for Cyber War
How can DHS and Congress protect HBO and Equifax when they're slow to protect their own '.gov' domains?
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Russia’s Zapad-17 Has Already Succeeded
Moscow’s message of larger-than-life military power has been eagerly amplified by Western politicians and media outlets.
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On North Korea, More Missile Defense Is Not the Answer
Buying more unreliable interceptors would be a wasteful invitation to disaster.
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South Korea Is Right
Trump has characterized its policy as “appeasement.” But Seoul’s approach is far more sensible than Washington’s.
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Building an H-Bomb in Plain Sight
Usually countries build nuclear weapons in secret—but not North Korea.
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