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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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Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America
When the U.S.S.R. collapsed, Washington bet on the global spread of democratic capitalist values—and lost.
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Startups Should Love Government Work
New pathways to federal business are helping young companies thrive — and the government to get what it needs.
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Two Ways the Venezuelan Crisis Might End
President Maduro seems likely to hold power only as long as he can pay off military elites.
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The US Needs a Real Plan to Counter China in Africa
The current toothless strategy won’t prevent Beijing from, say, squeezing supply lines to America's biggest African base.
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The Jury Is Still Out on the Pentagon’s Audit
The real failure will happen if lawmakers and defense officials don’t implement its lessons.
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Trump, Nukes, and No First Use
Two bills aim to enact a long-overdue policy that will make the world less dangerous.
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A Strategic Disaster Looms at the 2nd Trump-Kim Summit
The Trump administration has declined to rule out withdrawing its troops from South Korea.
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In Coalition Ops, Civilian Protections Are Only as Strong as the Weakest Link
New research suggests ways to help multinational groups reduce risks to civilians.
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How Seriously Should the World Take Trump’s Venezuela Threat?
This isn’t the first time the president has threatened military force against the country, but now he is surrounded by regime-change advocates.
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The Terrorism That Doesn’t Spark a Panic
Americans should react to violence from religious and ethnic minorities with the same sense of proportion they reserve for far-right extremists.
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What to Ask Defense Leaders About the Border Deployment
On Tuesday, a Trump administration official will make his first appearance before a House Armed Services Committee led by Democrats.
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The White House’s Move on Venezuela Is the Least Trumpian Thing It’s Done
The Trump administration’s concerted diplomatic effort did not originate on Twitter.
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The INF Treaty Is Doomed. We Need a New Arms-Control Framework
The new approach will have to deal with a White House intent on acting unilaterally and a Russia seeking to reverse the effects of NATO’s eastward expansion.
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