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Don't panic about 'alternative facts'
Since Donald Trump upended everything we thought we knew about politics, hands have been wrung and ink has been spilled about the "post-factual age." How could the candidate w...
By Neal Urwitz
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These Are Donald Trump’s Biggest Priorities as Commander-in-Chief
Donald Trump’s comments on national security topics both during and after his presidential campaign have been as confounding to Republican national security experts as they ha...
By Shawn Brimley
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Obama’s Foreign-Policy Legacy: The Limits of American Restraint
It was clear from the outset that Obama would preside over national retrenchment. George W. Bush had waged a global war on terror and campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, pursue...
By Richard Fontaine
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McCain’s Excellent White Paper: Smaller Carriers, High-Low Weapons Mix, Frigates, Cheap Fighters
The Senate Armed Services Committee new White Paper positions the committee as a leader in the Pentagon’s effort to rebuild and reform. The SASC offers a road map with key dec...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Trump’s Russia co-operation plan faces big obstacles
For all his shifting policy positions throughout the campaign, president-elect Donald Trump has been consistent on one issue: he would like better ties with Russia. Even befo...
By Richard Fontaine
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In China, North Korea, Trump admin drawing a dangerous 'red line'
In weeks that have been saturated by a presidential farewell address, cabinet confirmation hearings, a press conference from the presidential-elect, and new revelations of pos...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Technology & National Security
Why the United States Is Losing Its Technological EdgeEarlier this month, President-elect Donald Trump drew headlines for his criticism of two major defense programs, the Air Force One replacement and the Joint Strike Fighter (F-...
By Ben FitzGerald
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the wEnter Trump
I’ll admit it. I did not expect to be writing a piece with this title. Like so many on both sides of the Atlantic, I did not expect Donald Trump to win on November 8. But he d...
By Julianne Smith
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Why America’s Space Launch Must be Competitivead
The Sept. 1 pad explosion that resulted in SpaceX losing a Falcon 9 rocket and the associated commercial communications satellite may have been frustrating to those responsibl...
By Adam Routh
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Ties That Bind: Why Asian Alliances Will Survive Trump
On the campaign trail, President-elect Trump regularly denigrated America’s alliances, calling NATO obsolete and demanding that South Korea and Japan “pay up” or the United St...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Mosul is Pivotal in US Counterterrorism Strategy
A coordinated attempt by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Kurdish Peshmerga forces supported by US-led coalition air power to liberate Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, from c...
By Daniel Heesemann
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National Security Human Capital Program
Civilian Control – How Trump Can Reverse the Trend of Failures in Recent ConflictsOn the campaign trail, President-elect Donald J. Trump lambasted American generals for their failure to win wars. Now he has selected from their retired ranks to fill key cabi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Why Trump Can’t Disengage America From the World
Debates about the extent to which the United States should use its power to lead and shape events in the world, and when and how it should intervene, are eternal in our histor...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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National Security Human Capital Program
Sequestration taking toll on Marine aviators' safetyThe collision of two Marine jets off the coast of Southern California in November gave San Diego a front-row seat to the life-or-death consequences of delaying maintenance and...
By Amy Schafer
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Branstad’s nomination shines spotlight on Iowa internationalism
The significance of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s nomination to serve as the U.S. ambassador to China reaches well beyond his much-reported friendship with Chinese President Xi J...
By Harry Krejsa
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Why Trump must save the government's privacy boardThe terror attack in a popular Istanbul nightclub on Sunday is yet another reminder of the need for capable and vigorous counterterrorism programs. At the same time, the Unite...
By Adam Klein
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Donald Trump and the Foreign Policy Pendulum
Every new administration sets out initially to distinguish itself from the previous one. This is especially true when the same party reoccupies the White House precisely becau...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Technology & National Security
Surveillance Policy in a Trump AdministrationLast week, co-authors Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, and I released a Center for a New American Security report on the future of surveillance policy. The full report is ...
By Adam Klein
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How James Mattis Could Stop Trump From Ripping up the Iran Nuclear Deal
Last April, retired Gen. James Mattis stood in front of an august audience at the Center for Security and International Studies in Washington and declared, “The Iranian regime...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Strategist Six
Now that China is overtly throwing its weight around, is it fair to say that Washington missed its window to negotiate meaningful compromise or concessions with Beijing? Ch...
By Patrick M. Cronin
