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Fort Trump Is a Farce
Commentary
Last month, Polish President Andrzej Duda asked U.S. President Donald Trump to build a military base in Poland and even offered to pay $2 billion for it. Savvy to the workings...
By Jim Townsend
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Superpower Standoff: The U.S.-Chinese Battle for Global Supremacy
Video
Is the United States looking for a fight or a deal? That’s the fundamental question that a mystified Chinese scholar and former government official posed to me when we met rec...
By Ely Ratner
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China’s Influence Operations Are Pinpointing America’s Weaknesses
Commentary
On the margins of the 2018 United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an explosive claim, alleging that China was engaging in a campaign to influence ...
By Abigail Grace
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Christian Mölling on German Defense Spending, Burden-Sharing, and Strategic Autonomy
Podcast
Christian Mölling, the deputy director of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), sits down with Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the conversation...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Christian Mölling
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What should be done with report on military sexual harassment and assault?
Commentary
After multiple delays, the Pentagon finally authorized RAND to release its report with estimates of installation- and command-level risk of military sexual assault and harassm...
By Kayla M. Williams
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How Russia and China Undermine Democracy
Commentary
Russian and Chinese actions are converging to challenge the U.S.-led global order. Last month, China joined Russia in conducting the latter’s largest military exercises since ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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Why ROTC is the overlooked tool to challenge the civil-military divide
The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) sits at a natural juncture between the military and society, operating on numerous college campuses across the country. ROTC Cadets a...
By Emma Moore
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‘Earning the Rockies’ author Robert Kaplan answers your questions
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Robert Kaplan, author of our September pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer questions from readers, plus Jeff announces ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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The US Military Must Lighten Warfighters’ Loads
Commentary
In World War II, being an infantryman was the third-deadliest job in the American military, behind bombardiers and submariners. In the years since, technology has woven a cloa...
By Paul Scharre
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Susanna V. Blume on Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast
On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, our guests include Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners, Ilan Berma...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Future of Life Institute: AI and Nuclear Weapons – Trust, Accidents, and New Risks with Paul Scharre and Mike Horowitz
In 1983, Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov prevented what could have been a devastating nuclear war by trusting his gut instinct that the algorithm in his early-warning...
By Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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China’s Quantum Future
Commentary
China should be a “global leader in innovation” by 2035, President Xi Jinping declared during the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th National Congress last October. His remarks re...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
Submitted Written Testimony...
By Nicholas Heras
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The Messy Reality Inside the Pentagon, Captured in Fiction
Commentary
“Thank you for your service” is one of the most frequently uttered phrases to those toiling in Americans’ most trusted, but least understood, institution: the United States mi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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China in the World Podcast: The U.S. and China as Peer Competitors in the Indo-Pacific
Podcast
The Trump administration has taken a more confrontational approach to bilateral relations with China, implementing tariffs on nearly half of all Chinese exports to the U.S. an...
By Abigail Grace & Paul Haenle
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5 forgotten books about geography and place to read now
Robert Kaplan said he knew the mixing of genres in “Earning the Rockies” ran the risk of alienating some readers. Parts of the book read like a travelogue, while others delve ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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N. Korea expert Duyeon Kim says "whether N. Korea is sincere about disarmament remains to be seen"
Commentary
North and South Korea say they have moved into an era without war on the Korean Peninsula, after leaders from the two countries signed agreements on a "way to achieve denuclea...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Lawfare Podcast: Elsa Kania on China’s Quantum Quest
Podcast
If you ask scientists what is most likely to kick off the next great wave of technological change, a good number will answer “quantum mechanics”—a field whose physics Al...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The Second Coming of Kim Jong Un
Commentary
The leaders of the United States and North Korea waited seventy years to have a first face-to-face encounter. That happened on June 12, when Chairman Kim Jong-un met President...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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A Year After 'Rocket Man' Speech, Trump Returns To U.N. With Eyes On Iran
Commentary
When President Trump delivers his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, one phrase is unlikely to show up: "rocket man." A lot has changed since Trump used...
By Ilan Goldenberg
