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Livestream: Defense One Outlook 2020 Main Stage
At Defense One’s annual look into the future, we'll discuss global threats, industry trends, advanced technology, national-security policy and more.
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It’s Not All Trump’s Fault: Syria Shows the Danger of War on the Cheap
America’s surprise withdrawal is deeply destabilizing, but so is the proxy war that Western countries have fought for five years.
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America’s Military Is Misdirected, Not Underfunded
U.S. strategy should be more focused on preventing conflict with nuclear-armed China than on spinning out elaborate war-fighting scenarios.
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The Current US Approach to Terror Is a Recipe for Forever War
Defusing terrorist groups requires helping the communities they exploit, not just shooting their leaders.
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The US Has One Last Chance to Halt Its Withdrawal from the Middle East
The next president must do what is wise, not what is easy.
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Ep. 58: Wargames
All about one of the safer, cheaper ways to figure out who’s going to win a war.
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Killing Terrorist Leaders Gets Attention, But It Doesn’t Stop Terrorism
Baghdadi’s death is indeed a turning point in the War on Terror, just as Osama bin Laden’s was in 2011. It’s just not clear what the war is turning to.
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The Consequences of Donald Trump Washing His Hands of the Middle East
The short-term costs have been brutal, but the longer-term ones could be far more significant.
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What the US Can Learn From Iranian Warfare
Tehran's approach to proxy wars offers a surprising lesson.
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China Has Begun to Shape and Manage the US, Not the Other Way Around
US policymakers long sought to export American values to China. The reverse is happening instead.
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LIVESTREAM: 2019 Global Security Forum Day 2
The two-day conference will explore the security challenges of modern disinformation and its implications for an increasingly interconnected world.
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LIVESTREAM: 2019 Global Security Forum Day 1
The two-day conference will explore the security challenges of modern disinformation and its implications for an increasingly interconnected world.
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The US Is Trying to Restore Deterrence in the Gulf. That Won’t be Enough
Iran and Saudi Arabia are locked in a security dilemma. Here are some potential ways out.
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Ep. 56: 10 trips to Afghanistan, with Kevin Maurer
North Carolina-based author Kevin Maurer talks about his latest trip in January, and how some U.S. soldiers derive meaning from the longest conflict in the nation's history.
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The White House’s Impossible Job
The problem is not that Trump failed to get along with John Bolton—it’s that he doesn’t want a national security adviser in the first place.
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‘One Belt One Road’ Is Just a Marketing Campaign. And Yet...
China’s giant project is a poorly coordinated branding effort posing as an infrastructure initiative. But it is also a new kind of strategic challenge for the United States.
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At Guadalcanal, the US Won Through Cost Imposition. Our Adversaries Do Much the Same Today
The WWII battle has plenty to teach us about 21st-century conflict.
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How 'Great-Power Competition' Became Washington's Favorite Frame
In just a few years, GPC went from being an arcane term to approaching a cliché.
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The US Wants to Sell Taiwan the Wrong Weapons
The proposal to send tanks, and not A2/AD weapons, exposes a flawed American strategy.
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