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Sharper: Iraq
Commentary
It has been 20 years since the United States began Operation Iraqi Freedom, and over a year since the Biden administration transitioned from a combat mission to an advise-and-...
By Anna Pederson
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Jonathan Lord on How America and the Middle East Continue to Look Past Each Other
Commentary
The American-led invasion of Iraq, which took place 20 years ago this week, set in motion a series of commitments to the Middle East, which have shaped the limits and tempered...
By Jonathan Lord
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Twenty Years Later, the U.S. Military Is Still Lost in Iraq
Commentary
Having done little to enable the Iraqi security forces to sustain their own capabilities, the Biden administration is setting the conditions for another strategic failure in I...
By Jonathan Lord
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What I Failed to Understand About Saddam’s Iraq—and American Power
Commentary
Iraq, rather than permanently traumatizing us, has proved to be a great teacher....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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The Surprising Success of U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine
Commentary
Ukraine’s military has defied expectations in its war with Russia, and many analysts attribute its success to U.S. help. But the mere fact of receiving aid is no guarantee of ...
By Polina Beliakova & Rachel Tecott Metz
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China’s Chip Industry Dismayed by Multilateral Export Controls
Commentary
The original Chinese statement takes a much more indignant tone, reading more like an impassioned call to action to the Chinese domestic semiconductor industry to get its act ...
By Emily Jin
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Bad Idea: Relying on the Same Old Solutions to Meet the Military Recruitment Challenge
Commentary
Military service provides the sense of mission, purpose, and stability that members of Gen Z seek that few other options offer....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Tom Spoehr
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The Pyrrhic Victory of a China Consensus
Commentary
A significant source of political ire in foreign policy today is bound not in adverse partisan rhetoric, but the race to see who can become a greater China hawk....
By Gibbs McKinley
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Intelligence Agencies as Truth-Telling Internet Informers?
Commentary
This commentary piece is part of CNAS' The Pitch: A Competition of New Ideas. The author, William Coffin, won the Safeguarding Against Threats to Democracy heat at the 2022 co...
By William Coffin
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Institutionalizing Climate Diplomacy in the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service
Commentary
This commentary piece is part of CNAS' The Pitch: A Competition of New Ideas. The author, Jacqueline White Menchaca, won the People’s Choice Award at the 2022 competition. The...
By Jacqueline White Menchaca
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It’s Time to Appoint a US Special Envoy for Semiconductors
Commentary
A special envoy for semiconductors could demonstrate U.S. leadership without acting unilaterally....
By Alexandra Seymour
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China’s Censors Are Afraid of What Chatbots Might Say
Commentary
If Xi grows worried that, for instance, AI-powered automation will displace too many jobs and thus metastasize the risk of social unrest, he would have to make a hard choice b...
By Jordan Schneider & Nicholas Welch
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U.S. and China Can Show World Leadership by Safeguarding Military AI
Commentary
The US and China must move beyond unilateral statements and begin developing shared confidence-building measures to manage the risks of military AI competition....
By Paul Scharre
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AI Nuclear Weapons Catastrophe Can Be Avoided
Commentary
AI-enabled nuclear weapons are particularly concerning due to their civilization-destroying nature....
By Noah Greene
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Al-Sudani's First 100 Days
Commentary
The first 100 days of the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shiya al-Sudani are a model of appeasement....
By Hamzeh Hadad, Erwin van Veen & Folkert Woudstra
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Our Military Leaders Need a National Security ‘Fast Lane’ to Compete With China
Commentary
The spy balloon is a wake-up call that highlights the boldness and aggression of China. This should remind Americans to expect more focus and agility from their government’s n...
By General Mike Holmes, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) & Dan Patt
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How to counter China’s scary use of AI tech
Commentary
In the face of these AI threats, democratic governments and societies need to work to establish global norms for lawful, appropriate and ethical uses of technologies like faci...
By Paul Scharre
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Generative AI Could Be an Authoritarian Breakthrough in Brainwashing
Commentary
The U.S. and allies should also invest aggressively into counter-propaganda capabilities that can mitigate the coming waves of generative AI propaganda — both at home and with...
By Bill Drexel & Caleb Withers
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A Tool of Attrition
Commentary
Sanctions are more of a marathon than a sprint, and the long-term picture looks much more promising than the short-term one....
By Edward Fishman
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Sharper: Ukraine One Year Later
Commentary
Immediately after President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the general consensus was that Ukrainian forces would be overwhelmed in a matter of days. O...
By Michael Angeloni & Anna Pederson
