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Calm Down, Folks: Enemies Still Fear US Military Tech Innovation
Where most countries focus on one or two areas, America has a huge, well-funded R&D infrastructure that pushes the envelope everywhere.
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Seize This Moment for Afghan Peace Talks
In spite of recent attacks, the Taliban has signaled willingness to bend from its hardline past. The Trump administration should take advantage of the opportunity
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How Much Has the US Spent to Fight Terror? Here's a Guess
Are we spending too much? Too little? The picture is only growing cloudier.
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A Reckoning for Obama's Foreign-Policy Legacy
Veterans of the last administration are learning a hard lesson: Policies constructed by executive order and executive agreement are just as easily blown up by them.
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Hey, Big Tech, Don’t Abandon Uncle Sam’s Cyber Warriors
There’s a dangerously misguided provision in the otherwise laudable accord signed recently by 30 leading tech companies.
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Strip the World’s Worst Actors of a Key Financial Tool
The U.S. and its allies need to rip the veil of secrecy from the anonymous shell corporations that help drug dealers, terror groups, and kleptocratic dictators.
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The US Should Embrace the EU’s New Defense-Cooperation Plan
After years of complaining that Europe isn’t doing enough to defend itself, concerns about U.S. arms exports are misplaced.
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'All Is Shambles': The Days After the Iran Deal
Prominent advocates for withdrawal grappled too little with the possibility that the president cannot pull this off.
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Pass the Corker-Kaine AUMF
Its critics misunderstand the 17-year evolution of the fight against violent extremist groups, and risk letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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Making the Most of North Korea’s Mixed Motives
To work toward peace, the White House will need to lead a tightly coordinated balancing act to deter Kim Jong-un’s worst intentions while leveraging his desire for economic development.
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Reducing the Human Costs of ‘By, With, and Through’
Partnered operations put civilians at risk, which puts U.S. goals at risk. Here are some options for addressing the issue.
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Why We’re Launching a Review of Naval Education
Learning is the key to an agile force that can meet the challenges we see coming — and those we don’t.
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The CIA Needs an Independent Thinker—Not Gina Haspel
Her torture-ridden track record suggests a history of poor judgment.
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Iran Hawks Are the New Iraq Hawks
Many of the assumptions that guided America’s march to conflict in 2003 still dominate American foreign policy today.
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Fixing The Iranian Missile Problem
It won’t be easy, but Europe and Washington should pressure Iran into suspending missile flight-testing.
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The US May Seek Defenses Against Russian Missiles. We Need to Talk about That.
If the Trump administration goes down that path, it should boldly declare a change in strategy, not hide behind ambiguity.
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Trump Is Setting America on an Unpredictable Course in the Middle East
It starts with exiting the Iran nuclear deal without a plan, and it could end with a messy, violent, and unnecessary conflict.
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Moscow Has Little Reason to Return to the INF Treaty
The incentives that led Gorbachev to sign the pact are gone. The U.S. needs to prepare for a post-INF world.
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We Need a NATO for Infowar
Western countries have pitifully few defenses against ever-more-powerful disinformation campaigns. Banding together can help.
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