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Why Trump Needs to Make Strategic Investments in the U.S. Military
The seemingly shocking numbers are grabbing attention: a defense spending increase near 10 percent. But the reality is, increased spending is overdue. The global role of the U...
By Lauren Fish
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10 Things to Watch for in Trump’s Address to Congress
Donald Trump’s speech tonight will be, like everything he does, a spectacle. The last time Trump had such a stage was his inaugural, where all of official Washington stood beh...
By Julianne Smith
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3 Areas of Opportunity for the US-India Relationship
The best strategy for U.S.-India relations may be to have no new strategy at all. Whether dealing with an ally or adversary, this White House has been unpredictable to say the...
By Manpreet Singh Anand
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While Lobbing Rhetorical Bombs at China, Trump Risks Friendly Fire
During the campaign, Donald Trump’s foreign policy platform was decidedly lacking in detail. A notable exception, however, was the purportedly unquestionable villainy of China...
By Harry Krejsa
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Technology & National Security
Adam Klein before the House Judiciary CommitteeChairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Conyers, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. In today’s chaotic world, our country faces a complex...
By Adam Klein
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Harry Krejsa on U.S.-China Relations and the Trump Administration
Harry Krejsa, research associate for the CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program, discusses challenges and opportunities for U.S.-China Relations under the Trump Administration. Ho...
By Harry Krejsa
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National Security Human Capital
Trump just blamed the military for the botched Yemen raid. That's a disgrace.Most Americans thought little of President Harry Truman when he ascended to the White House in April 1945. Six months later, they thought even less, as the nation’s economy sl...
By Phillip Carter
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Opinion: The State Department Is Already Running on Fumes
When every problem looks like a nail, it’s all too easy to order up more hammers. So it is with the Trump administration, which announced this week that it plans to ask Congre...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
Defense Secretary Mattis has rare, brief chance for Pentagon reformIn a few days, the Pentagon will submit an interim report to Congress in response to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) providing an update on Secretary James ...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Madeline Christian
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President Trump’s Counterterrorism Paradox
President Trump kept two aspects of his foreign policy vision consistent throughout the campaign and after the November election. He promises to reduce U.S. intervention into ...
By Daniel Heesemann
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Alpha Ladies: Madeleine Albright, Michele Flournoy and Wendy Sherman
Susan Glasser: Well, hello, and welcome back to The Global POLITICO. I'm Susan Glasser, and I'm particularly delighted that you're joining us today for this episode of Th...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
McMaster knows how national security policy can go wrong. Will that help him?For a generation after losing the Vietnam War, the American military soothed itself with a “stabbed in the back” narrative: If not for meddling politicians, intrusive journali...
By Phillip Carter
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Beyond palace intrigue: How North Korea's antics threaten US interests
Last week in Malaysia, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s estranged half brother was assassinated in shockingly public fashion. Apparently poisoned by two young women as he w...
By Harry Krejsa
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My Love Letter to the Deep State
My Dearest, May I call you Deep State? Everyone else is doing it and it’s so hot right now. Such a brief and convenient nickname, which must make up for the fact that it’s wil...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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National Security Human Capital
The Trump Administration’s Not-So-Benign NeglectThis week, President Trump delighted his base with a pledge to treat deportations like a “military operation.” There were also reports that his administration is urging govern...
By Phillip Carter
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Analyzing President Trump's foreign policy agenda
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Richard Fontaine, president of The Center for a New American Security, joins CBSN to discuss what the Trump administration means for foreign policy in the United States. Watc...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
Grow the US military but do it right, not just fastTopping the 2017 agendas for President Trump, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and Armed Services Committee leadership are plans to grow the military. They are each glossing...
By Amy Schafer & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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CVE Was Doomed to Fail. Under Trump, It Will Get Worse
Federal countering violent extremism (CVE) programming is more likely to harm than help build trust in American communities. Though well-intentioned, the Obama administration’...
By Yasmin Faruki
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Video: Experts on a New Way Forward in Afghanistan
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CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy, Adjunct Senior Fellow Christopher Kolenda, and Ambassador Ronald Neumann discuss a new way forward in Afghanistan. Kolenda is the author of the CNAS...
By Christopher D. Kolenda, Michèle Flournoy & Ambassador Ronald Neumann
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Russia and China’s Enduring Alliance
Commentary
Several commentators, among them Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute and Edward Luttwak of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, have suggested that U.S. President...
By Jacob Stokes
