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How Tucker Carlson Helped Turn Americans Against the Military
The partisan firebrand told viewers that uniformed leaders were out to weaken the armed forces and the country itself.
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Why the US Military’s Messages Are Falling on Deaf Middle Eastern Ears
Its timeworn approach is out of step with the region, and with America.
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Biden Must Resist Calls to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
Transferring the weapons may bring tactical benefits but would be a strategic disaster.
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The NSA’s Brain Drain Has a Silver Lining
Agency leaders should use former employees to recruit new talent and cement public-private working relationships.
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The Army Wants SBOMs—and So Should the Other Services
Software bills of materials are key to keeping track of what code is running your weapons or systems.
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Still Waiting for an International Tribunal on ISIS
It would help Iraq restore the rule of law, deter future violence, and give victims a mechanism for redress and healing.
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The Army Should Be Looking for a Few Older Soldiers
Recruiters should widen their focus beyond high school and college students—and not just to make quotas.
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China Gears Up for Cognitive Warfare
Like the U.S. military, the PLA is working on wearable sensors and other ways to hone and maintain troops' fighting spirit.
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How to Advance US-Saudi Defense Cooperation
There’s room for progress short of a formal alliance.
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China Is Eating Russia’s Lunch in the Defense Market
The script has flipped in the countries’ traditional defense-industrial relationship.
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‘If We Don’t Sell Them Arms, Someone Else Will’ Is a Myth
Some of the assumptions that underpin this familiar refrain don’t hold water.
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Has Congress Learned the Lessons of the Iraq War?
Besides repealing the AUMFs, lawmakers ought to create new tools to curb U.S. military interventions.
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The New F-35A Engine Would Be a Win-Win-Win-Win
The fuel savings alone would please taxpayers, environmentalists, the Pentagon and the industrial base.
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This Ugly Dispute Over Amphibious Warships Didn’t Have to Happen
The Pentagon’s civilian leaders must spell out what they need to deter China.
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A Slim Rhetorical Wedge Could Drive China and Russia Apart
U.S. officials must skip no opportunity to remind Moscow that it is Beijing's junior partner.
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20 Years Later, Terrorism Simmers from Iraq to Afghanistan, Officials Warn
Threats are rising once again, two decades after the American invasion that unleashed them all.
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No US-Turkey Rapprochement Is Possible Under Erdogan
The Turkish president has morphed into an opponent of democratic governance.
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How a Problem-Solving Course Could Help Rebuild Trust in the US Military
Let’s expand the Hacking 4 Defense program, which already helps hundreds of college students engage fruitfully with national-security problems.
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