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LIVE: 2020 Global Security Forum
Live coverage of this year's Soufan Center event from Mon., Nov. 16, to Thurs., Nov. 19.
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COVID-19 Is Out of Control. What Can We Do?
We need a one-two punch to knock the virus down and then keep it down.
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Block the Pentagon’s 5G Power Play
Defense leaders’ attempt to become the gatekeeper for prime frequencies is understandable, but it’s the wrong choice for America.
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A Nuclear Strike Should Require More than One Person’s Order
We should require a second voice when it comes to ordering first use of nuclear arms.
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What Would a Climate-Focused DoD Budget Look Like?
It’d be less about what we spend and more about how we spend the money we already have.
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Give Us That Democracy Summit, President Biden
A long time ago, before the pandemic, he promised to convene free-world leaders. It’s still a good idea.
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A Simple Veterans Day Proposal for the Incoming Administration
Send every political appointee to visit Arlington National Cemetery — with someone who served.
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What Today’s Generals Could Learn from George Washington's Evolution
In his military thinking early on, Gen. Washington failed to see the big strategic picture. But the 44-year old "could observe, reflect, and adjust more than most senior commanders."
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Biden Shouldn’t Toss All of Trump’s Foreign Policies
From ending forever wars to pressing allies to shoulder more of their defense loads, the next president should pursue at least some of his predecessor’s goals.
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George Washington Warned Us
The first president anticipated political misinformation, division, and attempts to subvert the rule of law in the pursuit of power.
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Misinformation 2020: What the Data Tells Us About Election-Related Falsehoods
Here are urgent lessons from the year’s most-spread false themes — and the ones going viral right now.
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Great Power Competition Comes Home to America
Our leaders’ efforts to heal divisions among our fellow citizens are key to national defense.
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We Are Our Own Worst Enemy
America’s national security depends on our ability to turn today’s hyperpartisan division into tomorrow’s cooperation.
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Time to Rethink Arms Sales to Taiwan
Once, they might have tilted the military balance. Now they just destabilize the region.
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The Election Without a Debate over War
We go to the polls without the candidates having exchanged meaningful thoughts about the American way of war — and what we might do differently.
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Esper’s Curious Partners-and-Allies Initiative
Why now? And are the combatant commanders on board?
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Donald Trump is No Jack Kennedy. Or Khrushchev.
The president lacks the experience, character, credibility, and confidence to navigate our country through a Cuban Missile Crisis. We need Joe Biden.
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