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Transnational Criminals Move at Network Speed. At SOUTHCOM, We’re Learning to Do the Same
But this sea change must be matched by U.S. and foreign partners, writes the leader of U.S. Southern Command.
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Can Trump Make a Deal With North Korea?
One of the biggest problems facing the president-elect might also be his biggest opportunity.
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Asia Awaits the Trump Era
As a candidate, he criticized alliances while vowing a military buildup. What does that mean for half the world?
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Fighter Pilots Aren’t Flying Enough to Hone the Skills of Full-Spectrum War
The Air Force is losing training time, experienced teachers, and its combat edge.
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How Much Does a Cyber Weapon Cost? Nobody Knows
Until we can develop a clearer understanding, policymakers won’t be able to know what groups like ISIS can do in the online realm.
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War in the Information Age
The chief of the U.S. Air Force describes a speed-infused future of combined arms — across domains and entire partnerships.
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Under New Cyber Plan, UK Will Seek Its Own Offensive Weapons and Crypto Schemes
A new strategy document spells out an assertive posture by a UK government that’s wary of some shared intelligence capabilities between allies.
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Five Foreign-Policy Challenges for President-Elect Trump
America and the world are inevitably in for a rocky ride—at odds with the simple solutions espoused by politicians on the campaign trail.
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Alliances Matter. Here’s How to Persuade Trump and His Voters
An internationalist consensus can only be rebuilt if its would-be architects take seriously the popular anxieties that propelled Trump’s victory.
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The Most Militarily Decisive Use of Autonomy You Won’t See
Drones and robots get the headlines, but autonomous cyber weapons will be key to future warfare.
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Enough, America. Stop Talking About Election Day Revolution.
America's pretend soldiers are threatening to cross the line from dissent to insurrection on Tuesday. America's military is not.
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Americans Are For Smart Engagement
Polls show the public wants all options explored, including diplomacy, before military force is even considered.
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Stop Using ‘Strategic’ To Mean Everything Under the Sun
Linguistic sloppiness is impeding the U.S. government from coming to grips with today’s interconnected security challenges.
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Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom Coming Undone
As Riyadh embarks on a rocky journey to economic diversification, the U.S. should offer help — but not unconditionally.
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Why Clinton Gets My Vote, by Former Defense Secretary William Perry
The veteran of GOP and Democratic administrations says Trump is unfit for the presidency.
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The Syrian Kurds Try DIY Nation-Building in a Wartorn Land
The American military's radical, unlikely, democratic experiment in northern Syria now teeters on a knife’s edge.
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Washington is Quietly Reinforcing Europe’s Northern Flank
Much is being done to counter Russian ambitions in the High North, and yet much more remains to be done.
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Get Ready to Walk Away from Incirlik
As U.S.-Turkey relations cool, retaining access to the air base will require ending our dependence on it.
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Donald Trump Is the First Demagogue of the Terrorism-and-Climate Change Era
Here’s why he won't be the last.
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