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Don’t Overinflate the Pentagon Budget
There are plenty of perennial problems draining the military’s coffers that need attention.
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How to Gauge the Risk of a Nuclear Escalation with Russia
Escalation theories can help NATO policymakers avoid nuclear war—but it is ultimately up to Putin.
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The UN Must Do More for Ukraine—and Itself
Russia’s invasion of a sovereign state is also an attack on the basic principle the international body was founded to prevent.
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The Security Dimension of the Abraham Accords
A year and a half later, a look at what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what still might.
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Sweden, Finland Gave Up Neutrality a Long Time Ago
Their collective-defense rights as EU members suggest a way forward for Ukraine.
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Plan Now for a 'No-Fly Zone' Over Taiwan
Thwarting a Chinese invasion depends on air defense, and that starts with these four steps.
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Ukraine Endgame: Putin’s Bad Options
No matter which one he chooses, the Western response should be the same.
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NATO Should Start Preparing Troops For a Nuclear Battlefield
Our own history can help prepare for the physical and psychological effects should Russia use tactical nukes in the next conflict.
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NATO Will Need a Transition Plan If Finland, Sweden Ask to Join
Putin will threaten the applicant countries and seek to derail the process.
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Give Ukraine Better Air Defenses
If other European capitals want to avoid Kyiv’s fate, they must arm Ukraine with better defenses against Russia’s missile onslaught.
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Russia’s Artificial Intelligence Boom May Not Survive the War
Sanctions and brain drain have had a massive impact on the high-tech economy, and the effects may linger for years.
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China May Have Just Taken the Lead in the Quantum Computing Race
China’s record-shattering processor is 1 million times faster than what Google achieved three years ago–but we are years from the finish line.
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The Pentagon Must ‘Campaign’ Against China, Not Hope for a Goal-Line Stand
To dissuade aggression, the U.S. military must continuously persuade its adversaries to doubt their chances of success.
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Don’t ‘Sustain' the Endless Counterterrorism War in Yemen. End It.
The Biden administration needs to be clearer about its strategy for countering terror groups.
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For a Lasting Peace, Europe Must Embrace Russia
The U.S. and the West should follow six principles to bring Russia into a “Europe whole and free,” as G.H.W. Bush envisioned in 1989.
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Russia, Ukraine, and the Misuse of History
Strained analogies do nothing but mislead us about what comes next.
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Don’t Sleep on Russian Information-War Capabilities
Indeed, the Ukraine invasion should galvanize U.S. investment in its own messaging infrastructure.
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Missing in Action: Russian Cyberattacks
Their general absence from the Ukraine invasion suggests that cyber and military operations serve different political objectives.
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