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Transnational Criminals Move at Network Speed. At SOUTHCOM, We’re Learning to Do the Same
But this sea change must be matched by U.S. and foreign partners, writes the leader of U.S. Southern Command.
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Can Trump Make a Deal With North Korea?
One of the biggest problems facing the president-elect might also be his biggest opportunity.
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Asia Awaits the Trump Era
As a candidate, he criticized alliances while vowing a military buildup. What does that mean for half the world?
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Fighter Pilots Aren’t Flying Enough to Hone the Skills of Full-Spectrum War
The Air Force is losing training time, experienced teachers, and its combat edge.
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How Much Does a Cyber Weapon Cost? Nobody Knows
Until we can develop a clearer understanding, policymakers won’t be able to know what groups like ISIS can do in the online realm.
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War in the Information Age
The chief of the U.S. Air Force describes a speed-infused future of combined arms — across domains and entire partnerships.
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How Trump Will Affect the India-Pakistan Balance of Power
Human rights promotion and developmental funding are poised to decline under a Trump administration, reducing American leverage in Kabul and Islamabad—and giving China an upper hand.
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So Far, Trump’s Talk Has Only Hurt America’s Counterterrorism Effort
Can the candidate who alienated Muslim Americans and gave thumbs-up to torture reverse course as president? A conversation with former FBI agent Ali Soufan.
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Under New Cyber Plan, UK Will Seek Its Own Offensive Weapons and Crypto Schemes
A new strategy document spells out an assertive posture by a UK government that’s wary of some shared intelligence capabilities between allies.
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Crises from Europe to the Asia-Pacific Await Donald Trump
The world has reacted to Trump’s victory. Soon Trump will have to react to the world.
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Five Foreign-Policy Challenges for President-Elect Trump
America and the world are inevitably in for a rocky ride—at odds with the simple solutions espoused by politicians on the campaign trail.
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Alliances Matter. Here’s How to Persuade Trump and His Voters
An internationalist consensus can only be rebuilt if its would-be architects take seriously the popular anxieties that propelled Trump’s victory.
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Could Change the Entire International System
A scholar of U.S. foreign policy explains why the 2016 race could be the most consequential election—anywhere—since the 1930s.
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The Most Militarily Decisive Use of Autonomy You Won’t See
Drones and robots get the headlines, but autonomous cyber weapons will be key to future warfare.
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Enough, America. Stop Talking About Election Day Revolution.
America's pretend soldiers are threatening to cross the line from dissent to insurrection on Tuesday. America's military is not.
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Americans Are For Smart Engagement
Polls show the public wants all options explored, including diplomacy, before military force is even considered.
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Is the CIA Ready for the Age of Cyberwar?
Behind the most sweeping reforms in the agency’s history—and their limits
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The Long View on Rodrigo Duterte's Anti-Americanism
Sometimes to maintain a good alliance, it pays to be a little deaf.
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Stop Using ‘Strategic’ To Mean Everything Under the Sun
Linguistic sloppiness is impeding the U.S. government from coming to grips with today’s interconnected security challenges.
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