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Too Many Generals in the Situation Room?
From the moment President Trump nominated James Mattis as his secretary of defense, the swamp has made hand-wringing over civil-military relations a fine art. There are vetera...
By Amy Schafer & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Restructuring the Defense Relationship with Pakistan
As the Trump administration plans to send several thousand additional troops to Afghanistan, it continues to grapple with a comprehensive strategy for the region. Any such str...
By Stephen Tankel
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Russia's Pipeline Power
For months, Washington has been fixated on Russia’s interference in our presidential election, as well as similar concerns in elections of our European allies like France and ...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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An Open Letter on BRAC
Commentary
CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley signed a bipartisan open letter urging Congress to authorize a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. The u...
By Michèle Flournoy & Shawn Brimley
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The Cyclical Politics of Counterterrorism
Why didn’t the United States invade Afghanistan and destroy Al Qaeda before September 11, 2001? This isn’t as farfetched as it might sound. In 2001, President Bush issued a ...
By Adam Klein
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RT and the 'Little Green Men' of News
New French President Emmanuel Macron received overwhelmingly positive reviews for saying that Russian state-owned media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik "behaved like dec...
By Neal Urwitz
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Fostering Inclusive Growth in India Through Partnership
Private capital is soaring in, but roughly 800 million people live on less than $2 a day. Hundreds of millions of people have moved into the middle class in recent years, yet...
By Manpreet Singh Anand
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How Trump’s Black and White World View Met Reality in the Middle East
It was only three weeks ago that President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, proclaimed that he had secured unprecedented unity amongst Sunni governments to fight the two scourges all ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Tamara Cofman Wittes
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How Trump’s Black and White World View Met Reality in the Middle East
It was only three weeks ago that President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, proclaimed that he had secured unprecedented unity amongst Sunni governments to fight the two scourges all ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Countering disinformation online will require long-term engagement from the feds
Technology companies and DC policymakers are lost in the fog of disinformation. Bombarded with too much information from too many refutable sources, they have responded in a p...
By Madeline Christian
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Is America Getting Sucked Into More War in Syria?
While Washington was fixated this week by former FBI director James Comey’s testimony, on the other side of the planet, a major story was playing out that could have profound ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Phil Carter on why Russia is Still the Real Scandal
Confronted by the glare of Thursday’s dazzling Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, we all focused on the bright shiny object that was and is former FBI Director J...
By Phillip Carter
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Treating Listeners with Respect
I spent last weekend with my two-year-old twin nieces. They both love riding on this little rocking zebra. And if one of them is rocking, you can be sure the other is going to...
By Neal Urwitz
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Unending war on terror needs new authorization
There is a long history of remembering servicemembers who died in the service of the United States, a history that traces back to the decorating of soldiers' graves during and...
By Daniel Feehan
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To Keep Control of the Seas and the World, Trump Must Rebuild the Navy
It is time for the United States to respond strongly to aggressions upon the high seas and demonstrate its continued command of the oceans. American resolve will deter aggress...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Wanted: A Trump Team Foreign-Policy Plan with Democratic Values
National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn offered a defense of President Trump’s “America First” foreign policy in a W...
By Kate Bateman
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America must continue the fight against kleptocracy around the globe
Massive protests in Venezuela, Tunisia, Brazil, Morocco, and the Dominican Republic over the last few weeks have highlighted political graft around the globe, and the ensuing ...
By Kate Bateman
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Qatar Losses
The announcement Sunday night by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain that they would cut diplomatic relations and close borders and airspace to Qatar wa...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Keeping ISIS On the Retreat in Iraq Will Depend on Health Care
By Omar Mukhlis
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The Future of War is Fast Approaching in the Pacific: Are the U.S. Military Services Ready?
Is the era of unparalleled U.S. conventional military superiority coming to an end? Many senior U.S. military leaders are worried. The ongoing general proliferation of precisi...
By Michael Horowitz
