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I Ran the Air War Over Gaddafi. Here's Why The US Should Stop Backing the Yemen War
One hopes Jared Kushner said it in Saudi Arabia, but Congress should curtail the Pentagon’s participation in this war.
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The India-Pakistan Crisis Has Lessons for Trump and Kim
As the U.S. president meets with North Korea’s dictator, he ought to heed the military escalation in South Asia.
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The Slender Path Back to the Iran Nuke Deal — and Away from War
U.S. policymakers outside the administration must speak up about the need to rejoin the JCPOA, and so pave the way for Trump's successor to do so.
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The Dangerous Spread of Extremist Manifestos
Allegations against a Coast Guard lieutenant are a reminder that, by sharing the writings of terrorists, media outlets can amplify their impact.
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Why Withdrawing from Syria and Afghanistan Won’t Save Much Money
The president’s desired troop drawdowns aren’t even penny-wise, and they’re probably pound-foolish.
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Trump Thinks Only He Can Fix North Korea, Cutting Experts Out
His negotiators are in a bind: putting the U.S. and North Korean leaders in a room is a high-risk gamble.
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The Trump-Kim Summit Is Diplomacy. Democrats Should Support It.
Trump has wisely shifted tactics. Democrats should not let politics undermine reasonable diplomacy.
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The United States Is Still Trying to Sell North Korea on Denuclearization
Days before Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un, an administration official admits that Kim may not be prepared to part with his nuclear weapons.
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Is Trump’s Hard Bargaining Fraying US-South Korean Ties?
President Trump is undermining his peace initiative with North Korea by abruptly raising the cost to South Korea for U.S. security.
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Rethink 2%: NATO ‘Defense Spending’ Should Favor Cyber
Today, a dollar or euro spent on network security goes farther than one spent on conventional arms.
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Bring a Measure of Justice to the End of the Afghanistan War
An Iraq War veteran reminds us of the debt owed to Afghans who helped American troops.
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ISIS Might Come Back. That’s Just One More Reason to Get Out of Syria
U.S. military intervention cannot address the grievances that fuel ISIS. Nor does it protect American interests or serve our defense.
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Congress May Make It Impossible to End a War
A proposal by the Senate majority leader would enmesh American troops in a Gordian knot.
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The Moment the Transatlantic Charade Ended
At the Munich Security Conference, Europe and the Trump administration stopped pretending to respect each other.
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Trump’s Emergency Declaration is Going to Run into Four Hurdles
They fall into the broad buckets of legal, legislative, political, and constitutional issues.
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Why Withdrawing from the INF Treaty Might Be Unconstitutional
No one really knows who gets to cancel treaties, but courts may defer to a Congress that prefers not to.
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Cyber Deterrence Done Right: The Coordinated Actions Against Huawei
By marshalling the collective power of its allies, the U.S. may have finally found a model for imposing costs on cyber adversaries.
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Two Ideas That Might Stop a Post-INF Arms Race, and One That Won’t
Discard the pipe dream of INF-plus-China. Focus instead on keeping new missiles too far away to strike.
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How a Forever War Ends
Trump might well wrap up the war in Afghanistan, but only by giving up on America’s original goals.
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