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National Security Human Capital
America's Security in Trump's First 100 DaysIf the only measure of national security success during a president’s first 100 days were avoiding catastrophe, then, OK, President Trump has succeeded. No attacks on the U.S....
By Phillip Carter
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The Importance of the Civil Service
In a signature theme of its first 100 days, the Trump administration, encouraged by conservative media outlets, has launched an assault on civil servants the likes of which sh...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Whitney Kassel
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
It's not just Europe: The DoD has a lot riding on the French elections, tooIt is not just Europe and the European Union that have something at stake in the outcome of the French elections. One of French President François Hollande’s legacies is the c...
By Jacqueline Ramos & Jim Townsend
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How will Afghan, US leaders respond to deadly Taliban attack?
The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the 209thAfghan Army Corps base near the historic city of Mazar-i-Sharif that has killed at least 140 Afghan s...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Mike Pence and rebooting the Australia-US alliance
When Vice President Mike Pence lands in Australia, the last stop on his Asia-Pacific tour, he'll witness a country debating its close ties with the United States. Worries abou...
By Richard Fontaine
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Below Glideslope: The MQ-25 Stingray Appears to be Heading for a Ramp Strike
Even as reports surface of American supercarriers and their embarked air-wings hurriedly steaming towards the Korean peninsula, the saga of the Navy’s carrier based unmanned a...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
The Mysterious Case of the Wayward Aircraft CarrierThere is a sobering reality beyond this week’s strange “Where’s Waldo?” story of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group: For a period of time, significant confusion existed ...
By Phillip Carter
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Keeping Up Civ-Mil Relations
James Mattis was sworn in as secretary of defense in what is arguably one of the more fraught periods in civil-military relations in decades. While civilian control in the Uni...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Mara Karlin
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Defense / Middle East Security
Don't Celebrate Dropping The 'MOAB' In Afghanistan - It's Just More Of The SameLast week's utilization of a 21,000 pound bomb to destroy an ISIS cave complex in Afghanistan was oddly met with jubilation. But as the dust settles, both literally and metaph...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What America Can Learn from China’s People’s Liberation ArmyPresident Trump recently called for a $54 billion increase in military spending to “send a message to the world… of American strength, security, and resolve.” The U.S. defense...
By Annie Kowalewski
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Can Trump Handle The Challenge Of Russia's Intermediate Range Nuclear Weapons?Russia has shown willingness to test the United States’ resolve on many fronts. Though the daily news coverage has highlighted many of these issues, it has failed to adequatel...
By Jacqueline Ramos
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Defense / Middle East Security
Afghanistan is at risk of becoming the new VietnamThursday’s detonation in Afghanistan of the massive GBU 43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, also known as the Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) could be for this war what the Tet Offens...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Technology & National Security
Don’t Dismiss Concerns about Transition-Period Unmasking (At Least Not Yet)The aftermath of the 2016 election has spun off yet another divisive issue: Whether White House officials inappropriately requested the identities of Trump transition aides wh...
By Adam Klein
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The President Doesn’t Need a Trump Doctrine
Foreign policy doctrine season has come to the nation’s capital. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s forcible response to Bashar Assad’s gas attack in Syria, observers are...
By Richard Fontaine
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NATO Funding Frustration Could Cause Friction in Europe
A former candidate for UK Prime Minister suggests that the United Kingdom could use its military to counteract Spanish attempts to influence the status of a British outpost. A...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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Isolationist who? Americans are more globalist than you might think.
It is old news that, as a candidate, President Trump’s foreign policy rhetoric departed sharply — dangerously, many would say — from decades-old precepts about the role of the...
By Kate Bateman
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Here’s How Trump Could Forge a Coherent Russia Strategy
On his 77th day in office, President Donald Trump changed his Russia policy. He may not have realized it as he gave the order that sent Tomahawk cruise missiles toward a Syria...
By Julianne Smith & Jacqueline Ramos
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Why a Limited Strike on North Korea Could Escalate
As North Korea warns foreigners to evacuate Seoul, the Trump administration is threatening to hit North Korea the way it hit Syria earlier this month. While the United States ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How Trump Can Build a 350-Ship Navy
When President Donald Trump wanted to send a message to North Korea, he did it the old-fashioned way: by sending the USS Carl Vinson—a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier that holds...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
Military keeps American people and business safeIt appears that President Trump's proposed budget will not survive first contact on the Hill. The large cuts to some agencies, such as the State Department, and cultural inves...
By Lauren Fish