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John Stuart Mill, Dead Thinker of the Year
Fundamentally, the past year has been about grappling with the most profound question in political philosophy: how to create legitimate central authority. In one Arab country ...
By Nora Bensahel
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Syria and Other Wars Without End
Syria is in the early stages of what every indication suggests could become a long, cruel, and bloody civil war. In the early hours last Wednesday morning, the Free Syrian Arm...
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Cuts to Defense Budget Might Be Inevitable, but Pentagon Knows Best
Cuts to the defense budget are necessary because today's elected leaders and their constituents seek policies that are not mutually sustainable. Lawmakers feel broad pressure ...
By Nora Bensahel
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How Iran Bomb Could Threaten Peace
Editor's note: Patrick M. Cronin is senior adviser and senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, a nonpartisan research o...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Opinion: Find ways to keep quality midgrades
It’s been a tough decade for the U.S. Army. Like the rest of the nation, it was unprepared for the asymmetric attacks of Sept. 11. Special Forces teams, with CIA agents and Ai...
By John A. Nagl
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Military Suicides a Wake-Up Call for Overstretched U.S. Force
For many, Veterans Day will bring parades honoring those who have served as well as a chance to pause and reflect upon those who are willing to pay, and have paid, the ultimat...
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China's Cyber Moves Hurting Beijing
A new report by an arm of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence confirms what officials have privately lamented for several years: the United States is the target of a v...
By Richard Fontaine
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Improve Mental-Health Care for Our Troops
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earli...
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At the G-20, Look to the Swing States
As the leaders from the 20 largest developed and emerging economies gather this week in Cannes, France, observers will catalogue the difficulties in forging consensus around d...
By Daniel Kliman & Richard Fontaine
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The Battle of Military Suicides
The Pentagon's efforts to acknowledge and address the problem of military suicides have been successful, by most accounts. Outreach, prevention programs, and increased mental-...
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America's Not-So-Strategic Trade Policy in Asia
After years of delay, the United States last week approved three free trade agreements, including a landmark accord with South Korea. Behind the fanfare that accompanied their...
By Richard Fontaine
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Hard Choices for Ground Forces
Given today's fiscal constraints, together with a shift of emphasis to the Indo-Pacific Rim, the United States should make plans to reduce the Army and Marine Corps to roughly...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Crime and War
As criminal organizations metamorphose into criminal states, the domains of law enforcement and the military increasingly overlap. The most important emerging security chall...
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Taiwan’s Asymmetric China Plan
The US decision not to sell Taiwan the latest F-16 fighter is a sign ties could be unravelling. Washington should back a Taiwan breakout strategy. China’s success in limiting ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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China’s Arab Spring Cyber Lessons
As the Arab Spring turns to autumn, observers around the world are piecing together what happened this year, why, and where – if anywhere – it might happen next. And, as they ...
By Richard Fontaine & Will Rogers
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This War Can Still Be Won
Returning home after 14 months in Afghanistan, I’ve sensed a growing gloom over the American war effort there. Many of the policy wonks, politicos and academics I encounter he...
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Time to Boost US Alliance, Not Weaken It
As Australia and the US reflect on the 60th anniversary of their alliance, the two governments have announced steps to strengthen their security ties. Enhancing joint exercise...
By Richard Fontaine
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A power shift in Asia
Washington is obsessed with decline: the upshot of the worst economy since the Great Depression, the prospect of massive defense cuts that could signal the end of the American...
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What We Still Don't Know About the Kabul Attacks
Tuesday, Sept. 13's dramatic attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO compounds in Kabul is sure to garner many headlines and will sow doubts about the ability of the Afghan nation...
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Pentagon Must Reshape Future Role of Private Contractors
The recent report by the U.S. Commission on Wartime Contracting, which examined contracting abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, understandably focused on the loss of up to $60 bil...
By Richard Fontaine