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No Way to Honor Sacrifice
On Saturday, President Trump stood in front of the CIA’s Memorial Wall and gave a speech that said more about himself than those the wall commemorated, or the agency they served.
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The Foreign Crises Awaiting Trump
Trump wants to undo the liberal international order the U.S. built and replace it with a 19th-century model of nationalism and mercantilism. Its unwinding cannot, and will not, be pretty.
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Ranked: Donald Trump's Foreign-Policy Contradictions
A guide to the unpredictable presidency to come.
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Special Report: The State of Defense 2017
Here is Defense One's annual report on what's to come.
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Don’t Shut Down Foreign Investment in the Name of Security
The next administration could impose significant constraints on business deals it sees as national security risks by reshaping an interagency watchdog group.
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No Turning Back? First Woman Makes Army’s Elite 75th Ranger Regiment, Big Step For Women in Combat
One woman just made it that much harder for anyone to argue women don't belong in America's most elite combat positions.
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Did Trump’s Team Just Threaten War With China?
Rex Tillerson said the U.S. should threaten to keep China from its new man-made islands. That requires a naval blockade. And that is war.
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A Pledge for More of the Same at the Pentagon
James Mattis has no new ideas for solving America's most intractable conflicts. Neither does congress.
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SPECIAL REPORT: The Military Loves the Obama Doctrine. Can It Survive Trump?
Commanders say they’re already fighting ISIS the right way: “by, with, and through” local forces.
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Obama and Eisenhower, Two Legacies In Arms
On national security, the most illuminating presidential comparison is the one Obama most often made of himself. Barack likes Ike.
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What the World Might Look Like in 5 Years, According to US Intelligence
Even America's own government analysts see the American Era drawing to a close.
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Trump Will Inherit the Biggest NATO Buildup in Europe Since the Cold War
Clarity keeps peace; weakness invites conflict. PEOTUS's soft talk invites the Russians to misconstrue what’s happening.
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Still Fighting, US Troops from Syria to Afghanistan Await Trump Orders
Special operators move ahead with plans for the press to Raqqa, but uncertainty clouds US war plans.
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Trump vs. the Spies
In this digital age, it is reasonable to ask just what America’s intelligence community still brings to the table. The answer is a lot.
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How Many Airstrikes Did US Forces Execute in 2016?
Estimates from government releases show Iraqi and Syrian targets got hit the hardest.
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As Trump's Foreign Policy Emerges, Watch His Temperament in Washington
By what Trump has shown, even where there's policy continuity the world will see Washington as more erratic and less reliable.
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Weaponized Narrative Is the New Battlespace
And the U.S. is in the unaccustomed position of being seriously behind its adversaries.
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ISIS Ends Its Separate Peace With Turkey
The politics of the attack and its avowal make the Istanbul massacre much more pivotal than many others.
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America’s Cyber Security Dilemma — and A Way Out
The network era has changed the rules of arms buildups.
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