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A Sci-Fi Concept That Should Become Reality: Asteroid Mining Is Essential for the Future of U.S. National Security
Commentary
For many Americans, it seems difficult to imagine a world in which the United States sources its lithium and cobalt from an asteroid thousands of miles from Earth rather than ...
By Anna Blue
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Strengthening the DoD’s Innovation Ecosystem through Structured Collaboration across Service Branches
Commentary
Because emerging defense technology is being applied in critical ways across the globe, the United States needs to consistently invest in and scale the capabilities that would...
By Sam Pandey
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Power of the People: Harnessing the Nation’s Human Capital through Remote Work
Commentary
People power is the core of U.S. national security. From the National Cybersecurity Strategy and the President’s Management Agenda to the CHIPS and Science Act, the federal go...
By Jennifer Lee
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Commentary
Defense / Transatlantic Security
NATO’s Confusion Over the Russia ThreatNATO should not take the Russian military’s poor performance in Ukraine as a reason to be complacent....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Comments on the Advanced Computing/Supercomputing IFR: Export Control Strategy & Enforcement for AI ChipsThis comment represents the views of the authors alone and not those of their employers.1 The authors commend the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the Advanced Comput...
By Erich Grunewald & Tim Fist
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Navalny's Legacy: Envisioning a Post-Imperial Russia Amidst Ukrainian Crisis
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For the West, there is no long-term alternative to aiming for a post-imperial Russia—no matter how long it might take or how difficult it may be to achieve...
By Nicholas Lokker
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For Heaven’s Sake: Why Would Russia Want To Nuke Space?
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Legally and morally, the U.S. and its allies should call out any such illegal and dangerous effort for what it is – madness....
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Washington’s Ability to Pressure Maduro is Limited
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The U.S. approach needs to be accompanied by support for a robust and far-reaching effort at negotiation and reconciliation by Venezuelans themselves...
By David Smilde & Rowan Scarpino
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Worrywurst at the Munich Security Conference
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On one matter, everyone — Europeans, Ukrainians, Americans, and delegates from other regions — concurred: What America does, or fails to do, will be vital....
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Defense / Transatlantic Security
How Ukraine Can Help ItselfThe challenge is not how to innovate but how to scale up production, given skilled labor shortages, supply chain bottlenecks, corruption, and Russian attacks....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The rising tide of sovereign AIGovernments embarking on the strategy are thinking about AI as infrastructure rather than just a problem to solve with laws....
By Pablo Chavez
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign PolicyToday’s international challenges threaten the security, prosperity, and freedom of the American people. But Americans will naturally shy from a focus on overseas problems unti...
By Richard Fontaine & Stephen J. Hadley
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Mind the Gap: America Needs an Office of Technology Net AssessmentPolicymakers have begun to recognize the need for this type of long-term technology analysis....
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Around the Table with Alexandra Stark
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Dr. Alexandra Stark is an Associate Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation. She is the author of the forthcoming book The Yemen Model. The views expressed are those of the ...
By Alexandra Stark
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Sharper: Middle East Security and Stability
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The fallout from the war in Gaza created a considerable shift in Middle East regional dynamics and challenges to cohesion. As the region continues to experience broadening sec...
By Anna Pederson, Arona Baigal & Charles Horn
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Why Trump’s control of the Republican Party is bad for democracy
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As former President Donald Trump edges closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, our political science research has shown that a second Trump preside...
By Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Joseph Wright
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Technology & National Security
How Policymakers Can Advance American Quantum Technology Leadership in 2024Misguided policies now could tip the quantum scales in an adversary’s favor later, perhaps irreversibly....
By Sam Howell
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The EU Should Do More to Help Armenia Shake Off Russia
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Engaging Armenia as a close partner in the South Caucasus would export stability to the region and represent a strategic victory for the EU vis-à-vis Russia....
By Nicholas Lokker & Anna Avanesyan
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
How the West Can Match Russia in Drone InnovationThe war in Ukraine is pushing innovation on both sides to the limit, forcing the adversaries to adapt and adopt the latest in military and civilian technologies for combat....
By Samuel Bendett & Jane Pinelis
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The Ukraine war and the myth of a permanent all-volunteer forceWhen Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, many heralded a new era of warfare. Short wars waged by small professional forces seemed to be the way of the future. Authoritarian actors,...
By Andrew Spafford
