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National Security Human Capital
When 9,800 Doesn't Equal 9,800News coverage of President Obama's speech at West Point Wednesday focused on one seemingly hard and fast statement: The United States will keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan nex...
By Phillip Carter
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The Crisis-Prevention Directorate
Three years after the Tunisian street toppled President Ben Ali, Maidan protestors in Ukraine, with dizzying speed, triggered a major great-power confrontation between the Uni...
By Dafna Rand & Michael Horowitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
China Has Russia Over a BarrelChinese officials are notoriously tough negotiators, especially when they know you're in a pinch. Just ask Gazprom, Russia's natural gas giant, which is on the brink of capitu...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ely Ratner
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National Security Human Capital
Eric Shinseki is still the right person to lead Veterans AffairsAfter Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki appeared before a Senate committee last week, one television commentator indicated that when Shinseki said he was “mad as ...
By Thomas Davis
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Middle Powers Can Rescue the International CommunityPresident Barack Obama's recent swing through Asia reaffirmed the importance of alliances and a long-term U.S. policy of rebalancing to Asia. But it failed to halt the percept...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Technology & National Security
The Looming Robotics GapIn the summer of 2013, the X-47B -- an experimental, bat-winged, unmanned aerial vehicle -- flew over the Virginia coast, dove toward a 1,000-foot-long steel landing pad, then...
By Michael Horowitz
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The playbook for sanctions on RussiaThe newest round of sanctions on Russia sets the right tone for potential escalation of pressure if the political crisis in Ukraine deteriorates further. Hit President Vladimi...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Why East Asia Alienates Intellectuals
East Asia is arguably the most important part of the world. It is the geographic organizing principle of the global economy. It has an array of strong, consequential nations a...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
USAID & The National InterestMany Americans are convinced that foreign aid fails to advance the national interest, while others are vexed that they might be aimed at doing precisely that. A prime example ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
The Best Defense Ready, Aim, 'F.I.R.E.': A reviewThe Department of Defense's (DOD's) recent attempts to build next-generation weapons systems have not gone well. There is an alphanumeric soup of projects: FCS, EFV, F-22, F-3...
By Ben FitzGerald
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The False Cry of the Pivot Deniers
Former Vice President Al Gore told a crowd at the University of Hawaii on April 15 that using fake science to mislead the public on climate change is "immoral, unethical, and ...
By Ely Ratner
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Preparing the U.S. Military for an Uncertain Future
The years ahead represent a critical juncture for the Department of Defense (DoD). As it continues to draw down from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it must not only impleme...
By Kelley Sayler
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Obama Needs a New National Security Strategy
When you work on the president’s national security staff, you never feel like there are enough hours in the day. Whether you are managing Ukraine, Syria, South Sudan or the So...
By Jacob Stokes & Julianne Smith
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Defense / National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Reflections on the Chatham House Autonomy ConferenceChatham House recently held a conference on autonomous military technologies, the focus of which was really the current debate regarding autonomous weapon systems. Kudos to Ch...
By Paul Scharre
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New Iran Sanctions Would Undermine Coercion
On December 19, 2013, 13 Democratic and 13 Republican U.S. Senators introduced a bill entitled“The Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act.” The legislation aims to impose new oil and f...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The U.S. Humanitarian Presence in Southeast AsiaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently visited Tacloban in the Philippines to witness the recovery efforts following Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,000 people a...
By Zachary Hosford
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Asians Hedge Against ChinaBeijing's announcement of a new "air defense identification zone" that overlaps with existing Japanese and Korean airspace sent reverberations across the Indo-Pacific region. ...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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From Romance to Realism in U.S.-India Ties
Blink and you might have missed the U.S.-India summit earlier this month. Sitting in the Oval Office, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh watched as U.S. President Barack Oba...
By Richard Fontaine
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The End of the U.S. Military's Tech Edge?
Is the American military losing its vaunted technological edge? During the next decade, the rise of new powers and the accelerating diffusion of advanced technology throughout...
By Ben FitzGerald, Kelley Sayler & Shawn Brimley
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Placebo: The 2014 Defense Budget and DOD’s Credibility Challenges
The president’s Fiscal Year 2014 defense budget request is a placebo, a placeholder with no effect. It exceeds the budget caps imposed by the Budget Control Act’s automatic sp...
By Travis Sharp