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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Don't Forget Land Wars in Asia“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is to never get involved in a land war in Asia.” This humorous quote from the film The Princess Br...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
It's Time to Confront Beijing About the South China SeaChina has continued its aggressive actions in the South China Sea. Events from ramming Vietnamese fishing boats to continued dredging and land reclamation demonstrate aggressi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The Sino-Russo Rundown
Commentary
Russia and China seem to be growing closer by the day. In May 2015, Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Russia. As China’s official media opined at the time, “China and Russia a...
By Jacob Stokes & Alexander Sullivan
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The legacies of the Iraq war
Just after midnight on Aug. 2, 1990, an invasion force of about 100,000 Iraqi troops crossed into Kuwait. The Kuwaiti military, outnumbered and taken by surprise, was swiftly ...
By Vance Serchuk
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The United States, NATO, and Dissuading Russian Aggression
This past June, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that Washington would pre-position heavy military equipment in eastern and central Europe, a move that would ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Yes, Unmanned Combat Aircraft are the FutureWill the next U.S. fighter aircraft be manned, contrary to the predictions of technologists and policymakers like Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus? That is the prediction of Co...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What Crimea Tells Us About Asia's Future WarsCrimea and the complex military occupation that now exists in Ukraine is an all too reasonable and underexplored model for future conflict in Asia. When we think about conflic...
By Van Jackson
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National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
How to constrain Iran's support for terrorism - and still make a dealOne of the major criticisms of the nuclear deal with Iran is that lifting economic sanctions will strengthen Iran’s ability to support terrorist groups and other activities th...
By Peter Harrell
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The Guns of August 1990
Just after midnight on August 2, 1990, an invasion force of approximately 100,000 Iraqi troops crossed into Kuwait. As mechanized and armored Republican Guard divisions breach...
By Vance Serchuk
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From 1987: Robert D. Kaplan on Robert Conquest
At the height of the famine emergency in 1985, a few journalists sat around a restaurant table in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, considering analogies for the food cris...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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National Security Human Capital / Energy, Economics & Security
Security assistance isn't the quick fix the US thinks it isBuilding partner capacity, or BPC, has become all the rage. But the recent capture of U.S.-trained rebels in Syria by the al Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra front is the latest in a...
By Dafna Rand
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A Defining Moment for the Alliance?
Williams: To what extent is it fair to classify Europe's lack of investment in defense technology and national defense budgets as a threat to the capabilities of the Atlantic ...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital
America's Allies Want More From the USDuring the past several years, U.S. allies got a “reset” and a “rebalance,” but what they really need and want is reassurance. During our time in the Obama administration, we ...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
Why China likes the Iran dealAs members of Congress debate whether to back the deal over Iran's nuclear program, one source of support seems guaranteed -- China. It's one of the biggest winners in the agr...
By Alexander Sullivan & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Stephen Hawking Doesn't Have to Fear Killer RobotsOn Monday, a broad group of several thousand academics, legal scholars, roboticists, and scientific luminaries – including Stephen Hawking – released an open letter warning th...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
North Korea's saber rattling more worrying than RussiaWhile Iranian leaders prepare to pause on their nuclear program, Russia and North Korea appear locked in a contest for chief nuclear menace. Both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Contesting the Caliphate
On June 29, 2014, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared himself the Caliph, extending his position as the ruler of the Islamic State and claiming leadership of all Muslims. A remarkab...
By Marc Lynch
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Forecasting the Future of US-China CompetitionChina figured prominently in this year’s annual conference conducted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which held the massive, all-day event at the end of last...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Can the Iran deal be a new Camp David?
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement over Iran’s nuclear program announced on Tuesday is a genuinely historic accomplishment. While experts will closely pa...
By Marc Lynch
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National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How Promoting Business in Iran Boosts the Nuclear AgreementThe United States and international partners have signed a historic agreement with Iran on its nuclear program, but they still face important choices about just how far to go ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
