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Rex Tillerson Must Go
If he does remain, it will be yet another sign of the collapse of self-respect among those who are now willing to serve in senior positions in government.
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Waltzing Toward a Two-Front Global War
The U.S. just might be one step away from a war with North Korea, and two from a fight with Iran.
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All That Could Go Wrong When Jihadists Return Home — to China
Once separatists, now jihadists, some Uighurs returning from the ISIS battlefield could threaten — and test — Beijing.
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How to Tell If North Korea and America Are Actually Headed to War
Watch what Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un do, not just what they say.
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How Would Reagan’s Defense Secretary View the New Afghanistan Strategy?
Caspar Weinberger’s six principles for using military force are a useful lens on Trump’s newish path in Southwest Asia.
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The World Will Soon Have a New Terror Hub in Myanmar If the Rohingya Crisis Continues
Unless the West takes practical steps to help the Rohingya, terrorism may find a new frontier in Asia — and China may buttress its regional power.
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Why Trump Should Be the One Stopping to Take a Knee
I support the cause, but I'm a combat veteran, so I won't kneel. We still need a leader who brings the temperature down, not cranks it up.
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Like Sputnik, Cyber Attacks Demand a New Approach to Education
Network breaches should spur a new focus on STEM — and ethics.
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How Solar Power Can Protect the US Military From Threats to the Electric Grid
Military bases usually get their electricity from the civilian grid, which is vulnerable to attack and to disaster. Solar-powered microgrids could protect national security, and would save money.
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Fix the Inadequate Systems that Protect .gov Networks
DHS manages the National Cybersecurity Protection System in a piecemeal fashion using outdated and outmoded technology.
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The Trump Administration Must Stop Being Unserious about North Korea
Off-the-cuff and over-the-top threats have accelerated Kim's nuclear efforts. It's time to think, plan, coordinate — and open talks with Pyongyang.
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A Presidential Misunderstanding of Deterrence
But Trump’s bellicosity undermines his ability to deter the Kim regime’s nuclear weapons and missiles programs.
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Why ISIS Is So Good at Branding Its Failures as Successes
The Parsons Green attack shows that governments and media outlets keep falling into the propaganda traps being set for them.
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Trump Is Trying to Hoodwink Us into War with Iran
We’ve seen this movie before, complete with trumped-up charges of WMD. Americans must speak out now to head off another disastrous military adventure.
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Marine National Monuments Are Defense Assets
If the Trump administration removes federal protections from these giant swaths of ocean, it will make it easier for enemies to hunt American warships.
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Memorandum to President Trump on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Here's what the U.S. president should know going into his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who wants to scuttle the agreement.
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No, We Cannot Shoot Down North Korea’s Missiles
It's time national leaders speak realistically about missile defense.
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How Black-Market Tobacco Funds the World’s Bad Actors
It’s time to focus the world’s attention on a smuggling enterprise that helps underwrite North Korea’s nukes and Taliban terror.
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