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Genocide, Empty Threats, and a Warning to Obama, Clinton, and Trump
I watched America’s broken promise fuel Radovan Karadzic's terror in Bosnia.
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It's Time for China to Turn Nuclear-Security Pledges into Reality
Beijing's made a good start, but must buckle down before terror groups exploit corruption to devastating effect.
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The Changing Logic Behind Suicide Bombings
What was once purely a strategic action has become a tactical move meant to help hold territory.
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ISIS Is Using the Media Against Itself
It doesn’t matter if the coverage that follows an attack is negative. For ISIS, any coverage is good coverage.
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The All-Too-Human Reason Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Every facility that holds it is vulnerable to security complacency.
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Not Just Trump: The Chilling Rise in Global Authoritarianism
Terrorism and drone war are feeding a larger sense of insecurity, driving some to xenophobia and jingoism.
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NATO Needs to Move Two Brigades East, and That’s Just a Start
The world is changing around the alliance; here's what its leaders must do to keep up.
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Keep America's Top Military Officer Out of the Chain of Command
I lived through Goldwater-Nichols. Congress should know why it's still a bad idea to give the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who advises the president, that kind of power.
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The Dangerous Myth of 'America Must Lead'
A world in which the forces of light vie against the forces of darkness, with America charged with ensuring the triumph of good over evil—that isn’t Obama’s world.
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Putin Got Exactly What He Wanted in Syria
Russia pulls out of Syria, going home with the leverage Putin came for. The U.S.-led coalition must seize the moment.
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Hey, America: Don’t Forget Your Soldiers While Spending Billions on Future Weapons
AUSA President Gordon Sullivan describes what a smaller, busier Army means for American power, global instability, and the troops themselves.
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Why Does Obama Fight Wars He Deems Unwinnable?
The uncertainty he projects about his policies undermine the half-hearted military efforts he undertakes.
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An Isolationist President, In Love With Drones and Special Forces
Obama’s no realist; history suggests little promise for the path he has chosen for the U.S.
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The End of the US-Dominated Order in the Middle East
Critics say the Obama doctrine has given Russia the upper hand in the region; the president says Moscow’s welcome to try to use it.
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The Hidden Costs of Obama's Vision of American Power
Grand strategies are judged by their consequences, not by their intentions, and in the Middle East the consequences are not looking pretty.
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In Defense of the Obama Doctrine
Obama is still trying to win Washington over to American power as he sees it: limiting military interventions while convening players for peace.
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The Obama Doctrine
The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
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Obama's 'Red Line' That Wasn't
Inside the president’s last-minute decision not to bomb Syria in 2013.
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US Ballistic Missile Defense Needs A Boost
Amid ominous tests by Iran and North Korea, why is the Missile Defense Agency’s budget shrinking?
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