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How Thailand’s political turmoil complicates ties with the US
Commentary
Thailand has sought to move closer to China in multiple domains – in addition to courting Chinese investment and tourism, Bangkok has also increased military ties between the ...
By Nathaniel Schochet
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The United States Should Not Ignore Kuwait’s Democratic Backslide
Commentary
In May, Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah, the emir of Kuwait, suspended the country’s National Assembly. This was a striking move against one of the more powerful legislative...
By Aaron Arnett
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The Will and the Power: China’s Plan to Undermine Pax Americana
Commentary
From Washington’s Farewell Address to Biden’s national security strategy, the core U.S. national interest, unsurprisingly, has not changed: to ensure the fundamental security ...
By Richard Fontaine & Robert Blackwill
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National Security Human Capital Program
Preparing for the Possibility of a Draft without PanicConscription has never had a political constituency in Congress. It remains a serious, costly, and potentially deadly tool meant to protect Americans from the extreme conseque...
By Taren Sylvester & Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Comments on Provisions Pertaining to U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern
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Submitted by: Sarah Bauerle Danzman (Associate Professor, Indiana University Bloomington; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council), Tim Fist (Senior Technology Fellow, In...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz, Tim Fist, Sarah Bauerle Danzman & Ngor Luong
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Making an Iranian attack Tehran’s worst option
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The Supreme Leader will be less likely to launch a major missile attack if he believes the US military will preemptively strike to defang it....
By Jonathan Lord
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Into the unknown: Managing conventional and nuclear uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific
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Rather than dismiss, ignore, or overlook conventional-nuclear integration discussions, US operational leaders must understand that China’s nuclear future is dangerous and unce...
By Andrew Metrick & Philip Sheers
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Technology & National Security
The 1960s Novella That Got AI (Mostly) RightA secret military project. A vast artificial mind. Questions of consciousness. These form the premise of Dino Buzzati’s The Singularity, originally published in 1960 at the da...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Military Needs to Make Human-Performance Optimization Part of Daily OpsUkraine’s fierce defense against Russia’s better-on-paper invasion force underscores—once again—how soldiers represent human weapons systems, bringing cognitive, physical, and...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Rise and Fall of the Economic Pivot to AsiaThe notion of Chinese political liberalization through trade and globalization was abandoned years ago....
By Richard Fontaine & Robert Blackwill
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Sharper: Economic Security
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U.S. international economic policy now centers squarely on economic security objectives, as a result of geopolitical competition with China, post-pandemic awareness of the fra...
By Anna Pederson & Emily Kilcrease
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Around the Table with Alyse LaVoie
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Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter. Each edition features a conversation with a peer in the national security community ...
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Sharper: NATO Summit
Commentary
The 75th NATO Summit was held in Washington DC, last week, and brought together leaders and governments to discuss pressing issues facing the world's oldest alliance. A bridge...
By Anna Pederson
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For Putin, the EU Is a Bigger Threat Than NATO
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Russia, by aiming to prevent the EU’s enlargement and impose its own control over Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, is on a campaign to reassert its imperial idea in Europe....
By Nicholas Lokker & Kate Johnston
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NATO and the EU Need to Get Real on Ukrainian Membership
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At NATO’s landmark 75th anniversary summit in Washington, a key issue on the agenda will be the nature of the alliance’s commitment to Ukraine’s future membership. Following v...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Holding China Accountable for Its Role in the Most Catastrophic Pandemic of Our Time: COVID-19
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All governments and institutions must comprehensively review their actions leading up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic and take appropriate corrective action to minimize cu...
By David Feith
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Around the Table with Taren Sylvester
Commentary
Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter. Each edition features a conversation with a peer in the national security community ...
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Technology dynamics, disruption, and de-risking: the security-prosperity nexus
Commentary
The role that economic security is playing in U.S. foreign policy has fundamentally changed over the last decade, but the institutions and capabilities and budgets of our econ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Israel’s War of Regime Change Is Repeating America’s Mistakes
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Israel should begin planning not only for taking on such responsibilities but also for later handing them off to Palestinians....
By Richard Fontaine, Meghan L. O'Sullivan & David H. Petraeus
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NATO’s Missing Pillar
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It is commonly assumed that NATO was built on U.S. power, but in fact the commitment to collective security emerged in Europe first....
By Jim Townsend, Sean Monaghan & Mathieu Droin
