Ideas
Can China Use the Pandemic to Displace the US?
Distrust of Beijing may be growing, but so too is alarm over Washington's ineptitude.
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Pull US Troops, not Diplomats and Development Experts, from Afghanistan
America’s interests are no longer furthered by military might in the country, but we can still help in other ways.
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Amid Pandemic, China Is Working to Lead the World Trump Abandoned
Administration officials don't understand the significance of the chaos they have created in place of what used to be American foreign policy.
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Propaganda, the President, and the ‘Reopen’ Protesters
The military’s nostalgic WWII-style posters urge face masks and national unity, but they’re not reaching Trump and his disbelieving followers.
Threats
Parts of the US Are Trying to Reopen Too Early
What will happen now that some Americans seem unwilling to wait for sufficient testing?
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Do You Miss Baseball? Here’s How the Pentagon Might Have Predicted the Nationals’ World Series Upset
Red teaming can help spot flawed assumptions, root out dangerous biases—and explain how oddsmakers got the Nats-Astros matchup so wrong.
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COVID-19 Offers a Golden Opportunity to Reengage with the Indo-Pacific
But the U.S. must act quickly, lest China turn the pandemic to its own advantage.
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Unhappy Anniversary: The US ‘Unsigned’ the Arms Trade Treaty a Year Ago
The move has reaped the United States no benefits, and further undermined its international standing.
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What If Kim Jong Un Dies?
Improvements in U.S.-North Korean relations would still largely be up to Washington.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Seeks Continuous Monitoring of Defense Contractors' Cybersecurity
A new monitoring system is just part of a larger plan that will end defense contractors' ability to "self-certify" their compliance with DoD cyber standards.
Ideas
Europe Was Just Getting Better at Moving Militaries
With Russia, China, and the coronavirus to worry about, reliably being able to move allied forces across the continent should remain a priority.
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How South Korea Used Technology to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve
A sense of normalcy is beginning to return to the country, thanks to extensive testing and a national system for tracking infected people.
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The Defense Department Needs a Real Technology Strategy
To succeed in a long-term competition with China, the Department needs a transparent process to set spending priorities — not conflicting guidance and a shifting range of interests.
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The US Army Is Racing to Build Makeshift Coronavirus Hospitals
The Corps of Engineers is converting dozens of American hotels and convention centers. Can it do it fast enough?
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Without More Tests, America Can’t Reopen
And to make matters worse, we’re testing the wrong people.
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We Need an Atlantic Charter for the Post-Coronavirus Era
This moment presents a once-in-a-century opportunity for American leaders to wrest a better future.
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A New Statistic Reveals Why America’s Coronavirus Numbers Are Flat
Few figures tell you anything useful about how COVID-19 has spread through the U.S. Here’s one that does.
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