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Splitting the Atom on U.S. Nuclear Strategy
Podcast
Earlier this year, the Biden administration revised its nuclear strategy, the nuclear employment guidance, which is updated approximately every four years. This time, however,...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, James Acton & Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Sharper: Drones on the Battlefield
Commentary
From the battlefields of Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh to Ukraine, the deployment of drones has become a critical element of modern warfare. Will the explosion of unmanned aerial ...
By Anna Pederson & Molly Campbell
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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
Commentary
Democratic governments have done much to protect themselves in recent years. Still missing, however, is a mechanism for collective action....
By Richard Fontaine
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How the Space Force Can Better Tell Its Story
Commentary
Space Force guardians should use the spotlight from real world events — like this story — to educate the public and advocate for resources....
By Hannah Dennis
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What to know about CCA - US Air Force loyal wingman drones
Video
The U.S. Air Force is developing drones to accompany fighter jets into combat. Stacie Pettyjohn, senior fellow and director of the Defense program joined Breaking Defense to d...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Germany's Historic Elections and What Comes Next
Podcast
Germany is currently at a critical juncture, balancing numerous challenges both at home and abroad. Just last weekend, populist parties including the far-right AfD scored subs...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Daniela Schwarzer & Christopher Schuetze
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Why Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are teaming up
Video
Probably the most surprising thing about the war in Ukraine is that Russia is getting a ton of help. North Korea and Iran are sending it millions of rounds of ammunition and l...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Geopolitical Doomscrolling
Podcast
Geoff and Emily talk about the tensions between social media platforms and governments around the world, including Telegram’s troubles in France and X’s spats with Brazil and ...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Carrie Cordero
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How to Revamp Chinese Students’ American Education
Commentary
The PRC today operates the largest and most sophisticated propaganda apparatus in human history....
By Bill Drexel & Grace Gao
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Putin Will Never Give Up in Ukraine
Commentary
The evidence suggests that on Ukraine, Putin simply is not persuadable; he is all in....
By Peter Schroeder
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AI’s impact on elections is being overblown
Commentary
Far from being dominated by AI-enabled catastrophes, this election “super year” at that point was pretty much like every other election year....
By Keegan McBride, Felix M. Simon & Sacha Altay
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U.S. military must reinforce Guam's crumbling infrastructure
Commentary
In Guam, one is quickly struck by the juxtaposition of crystal-clear waters with crumbling infrastructure and abandoned cars strewn across the small Pacific island. Following ...
By Taren Sylvester & Evan Wright
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Around the Table with Evan Gaul
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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The Origins of Elected Strongmen
Since the end of World War II, democracies typically fell apart by coup d'état or through force. Today, however, they are increasingly eroding at the hands of democratically e...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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There Are No Magic Beans: Easy Options to Deter China Militarily Do Not Exist
Commentary
The only assured way to deter an attack on Taiwan is to have sufficient survivable forces and munitions properly postured before a Chinese attack....
By Tom Shugart
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Economic Security in Asia Part 3: The View From Australia with Mike Green
Podcast
On this international episode of Derisky Business, recorded at the United States Studies Center in Sydney, Australia, Dr. Mike Green joins the podcast to discuss how Australia...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Understanding China-Philippines' dangerous South China Sea face-offs
Podcast
The situation in the South China Sea is more worrying than that in the Taiwan Strait, says Indo Pacific security expert Lisa Curtis, former top US official and now Senior Fell...
By Lisa Curtis
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Sharper: Axis of Upheaval
Commentary
A loose but growing coalition between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea demonstrates that their combined strategic interests have the potential to pose significant economic...
By Anna Pederson
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Regulating Artificial Intelligence Must Not Undermine NIST’s Integrity
Commentary
A strong NIST will continue to help build standards that are adopted globally and lay the foundation for further American AI innovation and dissemination....
By Keegan McBride
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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
