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Stealthier Tanks Are On The Way
Several tech trends will make tomorrow’s tanks harder to spot — and that may have strategic implications.
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Congress Rushes to Spend Billions on Space Weapons—Even if They Don’t Work
Even a bare-bones system would be ridiculously costly, and more likely to foster war than prevent it.
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The US Military Should Be Doubling Down on Space
Commercial innovation is slashing costs and boosting capabilities fast enough to remain useful even as antisatellite weapons improve.
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The US Military Should Not Be Doubling Down on Space
Satellites are only getting harder to defend. The Pentagon needs to find a better way to do its C4ISR and precision-navigation-timing missions.
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Sweden’s Raging Forest Fires Show the Value of Allies
As wildfires raged through the country’s northern reaches, EU allies dispatched hundreds of firefighters and scores of trucks and aircraft.
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Donald Trump Is Falling in Love With Summits
In offering to meet with Iran’s leader, the president sticks to what’s becoming a familiar pattern.
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The Meaning of North Korea’s Remains Transfer
The Korean War never officially ended. But its participants are now chipping away at the last sources of hostility.
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Secretary of a State of Confusion
Senators tell Mike Pompeo: We have “serious doubts about this White House and its conduct of American foreign policy,”
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How to Stop Losing the Information War
No one is in charge of messaging, counter-messaging, and coordinating America’s instruments of information power. Here’s a way to change that.
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How the Five Eyes Can Harness Commercial Innovation
Here are a few concrete ways to get this alliance’s vibrant commercial technology sectors to address common national-security concerns.
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Pulling Security Clearances Is Just the Start
Another norm falls victim to Trump as he turns the power of government against his critics.
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The Marines Still Need a New Amphibious Combat Vehicle
Those who argue that beach landings are irrelevant are not seeing the whole picture.
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The US and Russia Have Plenty of Areas for Cooperation. Let’s Get to Work.
We might start by taking Putin’s suggestion to create a bi-national advisory council to help guide engagement.
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Use Maritime-Law Trends to Offset Beijing's Gains in the South China Sea
Exploiting changes to the law of the sea can help put China in a place where it has bought much less than it bargained for.
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Trump, Iran, and the Dangers of Presidential Bluffing
Last year, the president’s threats targeted North Korea. The outcome holds lessons for a new round of threats.
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Donald Trump’s Reckless Iran Tweet
Why would the president threaten war over such relatively inconsequential words?
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Faster, Transient, Endless: How America Must Adapt to Today's Great-Power Competition
Three years of Army War College research have revealed the surprising contours of post-primacy security — and the single animating principle that must guide U.S. strategy.
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