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The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions
How Trump is destroying the civil service and bending the government to his will.
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Epidemics Reveal the Truth of the Societies They Hit
A nation’s response to disaster speaks to its strengths—and to its dysfunctions.
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The World Is Experiencing a New Form of Autocracy
Today’s authoritarians use legal measures to subvert constitutional constraints on their power.
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The Federal Government Needs a Military-Style Campaign Against the Coronavirus
A longtime infectious disease specialist says such campaigns are effective against these kinds of infectious diseases because the way viruses operate fits, conceptually. into a military model.
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America Must Shape the World’s AI Norms — or Dictators Will
Four former U.S. defense secretaries issue a warning about China and a wake-up call to Americans on artificial intelligence.
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Enacting Trump’s Revenge Campaign at the NSC
The cuts to the National Security Council have less to do with making government better than with making it purer.
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Beware a Peace Deal That May Spell War
There are important questions still to be answered about Afghanistan and the United States.
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Trump Freezes Hiring at Another DHS Agency
TSA is the second Homeland Security component agency to suspend taking on new employees.
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Trump’s War on the Intelligence Community Is Also About US Elections
With a loyalist as acting director of national intelligence, the official line on issues like Russian election meddling could bend closer to the president’s.
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Top 5 Things to Watch in Congress' 2021 Defense Budget Hearings
On Wednesday, military and civilian leaders of the Defense Department will testify before Congress on their $705 billion budget request for 2021.
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Trump Is Politicizing the Intelligence Community
The president spent the week reshaping America's IC to serve his political needs. What does that mean for the 2020 election, and for national security?
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The US Intelligence Community Is Caught in a Collector’s Trap
The information haystack in which we search for useful needles is growing faster than we could ever catch up. Gathering more hay isn't the answer.
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White-Supremacist Violence Is Terrorism
As commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, I fought America’s enemies abroad. Now we must fight violent, hateful ideologies at home.
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It’s Time to Talk About Taiwan
Washington’s longstanding policy of strategic ambiguity is increasingly likely to inflame the kind of crisis it was meant to deter.
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You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.
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Trump’s New Spy Chief Worked for a Foreign Politician Accused by the US of Corruption
Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. later accused of corruption. His own office’s policy says that could leave him vulnerable to blackmail.
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The American Public Wants a Sustainable Middle East Policy
Despite the mainstream narrative presenting a deep lack of appetite for another war in the Middle East, the United States will never be able to ignore the region completely.
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The West Can’t Even Agree on Itself, Much Less China
At the Munich Security Conference, allies argued with each other as much as their adversaries, rejecting Trump administration views on issue after issue.
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The US Should Get Ready for Syria’s Return from War
Trump seems determined not to play much of a role in shaping how Syria’s myriad conflicts are resolved. That’s a mistake.
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