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It’s Mattis and Pence to the Rescue of the Transatlantic Alliance
Commentary
This is a big week for the U.S.-European relationship. For seven days, Trump emissaries will flood Europe carrying a message of unity and leadership … or not. Jim Mattis will ...
By Julianne Smith
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Focused engagement: A realistic way forward in Afghanistan
The United States can succeed in Afghanistan, but only by letting go of the fantasy that destroying the Taliban is the only way to win. In his February 9 Congressional testimo...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Thank the “Deep State” for Quashing Trump’s Torture Plans
The American deep state—influential career executives in the national security community—has started to push back on President Donald Trump on a number of issues, including im...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump, tech, and the future of government surveillance
Beginning with 2013’s Snowden leaks, the Obama administration publicly wrestled with various thorny issues at the intersection of technology and government surveillance. When,...
By Adam Klein
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Rekindle the US-Thailand Relationship
Buried beneath the new confusion of what an “America First” foreign policy looks like in the Asia-Pacific, America’s oldest diplomatic partnership in Asia seems to be edging t...
By Anthony Cho
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Corrupt Practice
Commentary
Last week, along largely partisan lines, Congress voted to repeal a Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring oil, gas, and mining companies to disclose the payments t...
By Kate Bateman
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How to Spread Our Values
American elites flatter themselves in their belief that they understand the world, with its countless geographical, cultural and political cleavages. They theorize abstractly ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Has China Been Practicing Preemptive Missile Strikes against U.S. Bases?
You’ve probably heard that China’s military has developed a “carrier-killer” ballistic missile to threaten one of America’s premier power-projection tools, its unmatched fleet...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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Ky. leaders must take stand for value of immigration
I am a proud Kentuckian. I am also the proud daughter of immigrants. I grew up with the Bluegrass values of hard work and hospitality — values that have stayed with me as my e...
By Hannah Suh
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The Wrong Move on Russia Sanctions Could Have Dire Consequences for the U.S.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested he would consider removing U.S. sanctions on Russia in order to improve ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Thursday...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Putin, don’t expect much from Trump's sanctions relief
Recent reports suggest that President Trump is preparing to roll back U.S. financial sanctions on Russia in order to improve bilateral relations. But such measures will not de...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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How to Take Back Patriotism
President Donald Trump, in dependable jingoistic fashion, has declared Jan. 20, the date of his inauguration, an official day to venerate patriotism. America has always been a...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Bannon’s ‘Strategic Initiatives’ Cabal Inside the NSC Is Dangerous Hypocrisy
It has been a tough few days for the National Security Council. The news that Trump’s political guru Stephen Bannon secured a place on the NSC’s Principals Committee was troub...
By Julianne Smith & Derek Chollet
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Is Trump Trying to Tweet Us Into a War with Iran?
On Wednesday, the White House put out a statement from National Security Advisor Michael Flynn criticizing Iran’s recent ballistic missile test as well as a number of attacks ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Hubris, Distrust, Disorder
In their early weeks and months in office, presidents and their advisers tend to commit the same structure and process errors, hobbling their administrations until they stop m...
By Phillip Carter
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With Friends Like Us
On his eighth day in office, President Donald Trump signed an order purporting to keep America safe by keeping terrorists out. In reality, the order does little to keep us saf...
By Phillip Carter
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Antonin Scalia, Full-Time Originalist
The Washington Post has published an op-ed by Washington lawyer David Dorsen under the headline “Antonin Scalia, Part-Time Liberal.” Dorsen contends that Justice Scalia “was p...
By Adam Klein
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The Coming Chaos: What to Expect From Trump’s National Security Team
No one knows with any degree of certainty what type of foreign policy approach President Donald Trump and his team might pursue. But important data points from the transition ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Is Trump Even Ready to Host America’s Most Important Ally?
Hats off to the British embassy for beating out the foreign competition and landing the first post-inaugural meeting between the president of the United States and a foreign l...
By Julianne Smith
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Theresa May meets Donald Trump - but what does she hope to gain?
On Friday, the Prime Minister Theresa May will be the first foreign premier to meet the 45th US President, Donald Trump. Never has the special relationship been so controversi...
By Rachel Rizzo
