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Don't Mistake Russia for Iran
With sanctions beginning to bite, Russia is starting to play a new economic game. To alleviate the pain of Western restrictions on its financial and energy sectors, Russia is ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Technology strategy then and now – the Long Range Research and Development Planning ProgramDeputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has called for a new offset strategy to help maintain the United States’ military technical superiority. But is a third offset strategy th...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Coming Swarm: Robotics on the BattlefieldThe unfolding robotics revolution is transforming a range of industries, from manufacturing to transportation, warehouse management, household appliances, toys, elder care and...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Preventing violence in a post-Kim NorthHow would Kim Jong Un’s removal from power affect the likelihood of North Korean violence against the United States or South Korea, and what might be done to prevent such viol...
By Van Jackson
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Contain ISIS, Then Roll It Back
Nine days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress. Referring to thousands of terrorists active in more than 60 coun...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Does Kim Really Run North Korea? Find Out with Military DiplomacyRecent rumors of Kim Jong-un’s whereabouts and whether a coup had occurred put our ignorance about what goes on in North Korea on full display. Speculation is natural when it ...
By Van Jackson
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Jordan: The Canary in the Coal Mine
After the United States initiated an airstrike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jordanannounced that it was one of five Arab states participat...
By Amanda Claypool
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Technology & National Security
Offset Strategies & Warfighting RegimesToday’s headlines are reinforcing the alarms sounded by defense policymakers and analysts warning of the perils of cuts to the defense budget, the blind meat-axe of sequestrat...
By Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Technology & National Security
To Save the Navy’s Next-Gen Drone, Kill It FirstThe Defense Department was set to release this summer the final request for proposal for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS, aircraft, b...
By Paul Scharre & Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital Program
Learning from the Air Force: Why the Army Needs a Congressional CommissionOver recent months, tensions between the active U.S. Army and the U.S. Army National Guard have escalated dramatically. Instead of working as a team to manage the deep cuts to...
By Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Do Drones Have A Future?Thirteen years ago today the Predator drone saw its first armed reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. Since then, the U.S. military drone fleet has grown by leaps and bounds....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Hendrix: The Navy Has No Strategy? A Response to Randy ForbesBy all measures Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., is a maritime strategist and a supporter of the United States Navy. He is chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee....
By Jerry Hendrix
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National Security Human Capital Program
Bensahel: A Step on the Path Toward StabilityThe bilateral security agreement was a necessary step toward long-term stability in Afghanistan, but it is not sufficient by itself. Without it, however, Afghanistan would hav...
By Nora Bensahel
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Why War Is Good
Some of the most terrifying moments of my life have been in the midst of conflict: with American marines in Fallujah in 2004 and with armed bands in Sierra Leone in 1993. I st...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
An "App" For Peace?: Technology's Role in Asia’s Balance of PowerAsian geopolitics needs tech solutions to help manage the shifting regional balance of power and prevent war. For the past generation, Asia has known greater peace for a long...
By Van Jackson
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Low-Key Caspian Sea Summit Has Far-Reaching Implications
The leaders of all five littoral states attended the fourth Caspian Sea summit in the Russian city of Astrakhan yesterday. The latest meeting was more significant than previou...
By Richard Weitz
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Why Modi's visit matters
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the White House next week, he will carry with him grand hopes for a re-energized partnership between his country and the United...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Should the U.S. Cooperate with China on Terrorism?The question of U.S.-China counterterrorism cooperation is particularly salient in the context of National Security Advisor Susan Rice’s recent trip to Beijing, during which s...
By Ely Ratner
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
High-Profile Naval Visit Belies China’s Low-Profile Approach to IranTwo Chinese warships paid a port call to Iran over the weekend, in advance of a four-day joint naval exercise with the Iranian navy that was reportedly to begin Monday. The vi...
By Richard Weitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Analyzing Peace Mission 2014: China and Russia Exercise with the Central Asian StatesFrom August 24-29, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held “Peace Mission 2014” at China’s Zhurihe Training Base, in Inner Mongolia in North China. This is China’s ba...
By Richard Weitz