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'You’re Fired!' Will Not Fix Federal Cybersecurity
Sacking agency heads after a breach won’t make data and systems safer. Here’s what will.
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The Right — and Wrong — Lessons of Trump’s Yemen Raid
Americans have to allow its elite men and women to be aggressive, to take risks, and to, on occasion, fall short.
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Welcome to America’s ‘Nuclear Sponge’
If ICBMs are meant to draw enemy missiles toward American soil, it’s time to rethink our nuclear strategy.
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Making America’s ICBMs Great Again
SecDef Mattis had some questions about the value of the land-based part of the triad. Here are some answers.
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Truth, Trump, and Security: We Need This Independent Commission Into Russian Meddling
It’s not over, yet. We must restore Americans’ trust in us and their government. Here's my plan.
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Trump's Immigration Order Is a Propaganda Victory for ISIS
The American president has reinforced the victimhood narrative at the core of the Islamic State’s recruitment pitch.
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15 Questions Trump Should Answer About His 'Safe Zones'
If the president is serious about this, White House officials must clarify exactly what this new and expansive military mission would entail.
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What Trump's Reshuffling of the National Security Council Means
A former Bush and Obama NSC staffer says changes to the Council's top committee suggest Trump may exclude it from his decision-making entirely.
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We Conservatives Warned You, Trump Will Not Get Better. Here's What You Can Do.
To my friends thinking of serving this administration, either you stand up for your principles and decent behavior, or you go down as a coward or opportunist.
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Everything I Need to Know about Russia’s Internet Interference I Learned Through College Pranks
It's not terribly difficult to inject fake news into conversation.
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5 Things to Know Before the US Reduces Its Role at the UN
Trump’s hyper-nationalist, 'America First' agenda will play well with his populist base. But it signals a reckless abdication of U.S. global leadership.
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The Dangerous Delusion of 'We Should've Kept the Oil'
The president has said he wants to support the troops, but his careless comments put U.S. lives at risk in Iraq.
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Why Iraq Needs the Oil
Taking it, as Donald Trump has mused about doing, is not only illegal—it would tear the country apart.
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The Art of Dealing with Pakistan
Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy may help get Islamabad moving in the right direction.
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No Way to Honor Sacrifice
On Saturday, President Trump stood in front of the CIA’s Memorial Wall and gave a speech that said more about himself than those the wall commemorated, or the agency they served.
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The Foreign Crises Awaiting Trump
Trump wants to undo the liberal international order the U.S. built and replace it with a 19th-century model of nationalism and mercantilism. Its unwinding cannot, and will not, be pretty.
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Ranked: Donald Trump's Foreign-Policy Contradictions
A guide to the unpredictable presidency to come.
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Don’t Shut Down Foreign Investment in the Name of Security
The next administration could impose significant constraints on business deals it sees as national security risks by reshaping an interagency watchdog group.
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No Turning Back? First Woman Makes Army’s Elite 75th Ranger Regiment, Big Step For Women in Combat
One woman just made it that much harder for anyone to argue women don't belong in America's most elite combat positions.
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