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Why U.S. Consulates Are More Dangerous Than War Zones
In the 11 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, more than 2.4 million members of the armed forces have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. This is slightly less than the number (2.6 mi...
By Phillip Carter
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Snap judgments over Libyan attacks play into hands of terrorists
The armed attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11 and the killing of the US ambassador Christopher Stevens and three of his staff is a horrible tragedy whose re...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Tensions mount in South China Sea. Here's how to ease them.
During her visit to the Asia Pacific last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to the dispute over the South China Sea, arguably one of the region’s most intr...
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Statesmen need patience to calm public jingoism as disputes flare
The uncompromising claims, official and unofficial accusations, and policy moves in the South and East China Seas in recent months are creating a trend that is not in the nati...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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US should designate Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization
Early this month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will submit her decision to Congress on whether or not to designate the Haqqani Network as a terrorist organization. The d...
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Averting Conflict in the South China Sea
Despite rising tensions in the South China Sea, conflict can and should be averted. A good first step would be to acknowledge that the South China Sea is part global good, pa...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Odds of a Secret Iranian Nuke
The debate over whether or not the Islamic Republic of Iran seeks nuclear weapons has been raging for years. In fact, this past Tuesday marked a full decade from the day that ...
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Reforming outmoded government
Michèle A. Flournoy, a senior adviser at Boston Consulting Group, was undersecretary of defense for policy from February 2009 to February 2012. As the United States peers into...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Can U.S. help Gulf shield itself against Iran?
Advancements in Iranian missile capabilities are driving Gulf Arab countries to cooperate on a theater-wide missile defense system. The fear is that Iran could launch missiles...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Betting Against a Drone Arms Race
Bold predictions of a coming drones arms race are all the rage since the uptake in their deployment under the Obama Administration. Noel Sharkey, for example, argues in an Aug...
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Help wanted: Geek squads for US cybersecurity
Finding enough qualified men and women to protect America’s cyber networks stands as one of the central challenges to America’s cybersecurity. Even in the computer age, people...
By Jacob Stokes & Kristin M. Lord
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Abu Muqawama in World Politics Review
Over the past several weeks, a series of articles have noted the absence of any discussion of the Afghanistan War in the U.S. presidential campaign. President Barack Obama mig...
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5 big questions for U.S. strategy
Although domestic issues may continue to dominate the presidential campaign, eventually the candidates will be called upon to give a comprehensive view of U.S. national securi...
By Kristin M. Lord & Richard Fontaine
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Why U.S. should be all in with Myanmar
Myanmar’s nascent liberalization is at a critical juncture. In the next few months we will know whether or not President Thein Sein’s attempt to transform his country from par...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Let’s Draft Our Kids
In late June, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan, called for reinstating the draft. “I think if a nation goes to war, ever...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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U.S. Lawmakers Must Fix Pentagon’s China Report
Calibrating a long-range China policy may be the greatest challenge for the U.S. administration’s pivot to the Asia-Pacific region. And that challenge has become even more dif...
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The Arab Spring's Second Bloom
When did the Arab Spring end? Some analysts place it in March 2011—the start of the “Arab Winter” or the week when “the empire struck back,” in the words of Marc Lynch. And it...
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At G20 summit, West must partner with rising democracies in new global order
The G20 summit that begins today in Los Cabos, Mexico, brings together a disparate collection of nations. There are the United States and its longtime democratic allies in Eur...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Operational and Strategic Rationale Behind the U.S. Military’s Energy Efforts
The recent debate over the role of the military in investing in renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency and conservation programs and alternative biofuels has include...
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Red, Red Lines
In an April 18 speech commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu painted a stark picture of the Iranian nuclear threat and made clear t...