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How the Media Aids and Abets the Benghazi Committee
The investigation is functioning as partisan oppo-research organization, and the press is enabling it.
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Obama’s Two-Year Plan for Afghanistan is Doomed
Obama offered yet another short-term solution, but it’s time the US starts talking about a long-term troop agreement, just like we gave South Korea.
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Why Containment Won’t Work Against Putin's Russia
The Kremlin has essentially weaponized globalization.
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The Boko Haram War Machine Is Far from Defeated
Pushed back by government troops, the extremist group has shown its flexibility by returning to more asymmetric tactics.
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5 Reasons Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Delay is Necessary But Not Sufficient
A former Green Beret and White House policy advisor ticks off the missing elements of success.
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Women Are On Front Lines Of Every Battle Zone, But Not In The Way You Think
Through four years of horrendous civil war, women have handled local ceasefires, human rights abuses, opened temporary schools, and exposed local officials.
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Turkey’s 10-Sided War With Itself
The unfortunate reality is a Turkish society now made up of mutually distrustful — and sometimes violent — camps.
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Time for a US Maritime Security Strategy for Europe
Congress should require DOD to develop one along the lines of the recent Asia Pacific Maritime Security Strategy.
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Seven Things Our Army Needs, Right Now
AUSA's president calls for stabilizing the size of the Army, giving it more money, and ending partisan conflict.
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Can Afghan Forces Resist the Taliban?
One expert thinks a bevy of complications and a security force that's spreading itself too thin are jeopardizing the country's chances.
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Don't Chase Putin Out of Syria — Let Him Fail On His Own
Putin is no chess master. He overstretched and misstepped in Syria, and U.S. would be wiser to wait him out than chase him out.
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Iran Is Key To Understanding US Future In Mideast
An expert explains Iran's role in the ongoing regional turmoil and says the US will need to brace for some conversations it doesn't want to have.
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Watch What Putin Does, Not What He Says
Nothing in the Russian president’s UN speech suggested he was about to bomb Syria or withdraw from Ukraine. But that’s what he did.
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US No Longer ‘Allergic’ To Iranian Role in Syrian Solution
A former US ambassador to Syria spies a subtle shift in US thinking about a way forward in the wartorn country.
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DOD's Current InfoSec Strategy Is 'Patch and Pray’
But DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar says that her agency is working to make computing ‘mathematically, provably secure.’
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Moscow’s Moves in Syria Exploit Limits of Obama's Containment Strategy
Washington wants to shape the conflict from afar, but Russia is now shaping the facts on the ground.
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Military Experience Isn't Preparing Veterans for Private Success
It may be less about training and more about ethos. You already chose honor over money.
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More Action, Less Talk Needed On Chinese Tech Theft
While the US dithers, China is bleeding billions from our economy by stealing intellectual property. We have the solution.
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UN Peacekeeping Needs a Major Technological Update
The blue-helmeted troops often find themselves with far inferior gear than local fighters and even police.
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