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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
The Case for U.S. Arms Sales to VietnamWhen Beijing built a deep-sea drilling platform squarely in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone earlier this summer, it once again flouted widely accepted rules and sought to ex...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
A New U.S. Military Would Be an Army of AdvisersThe United States has an extraordinary ability to defeat any conventional armed force on the planet; our tanks, ships and planes will make short work of any enemy in frontal w...
By John A. Nagl
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National Security Human Capital
The Army’s next enemy? Peace.Retired Army Lt. Gen. David W. Barno is a senior fellow and co-director of the Responsible Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security. From 2003 to 2005, he ser...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
How worried should U.S. policymakers be about nuclear blackmail?In recent years, a new generation of scholars has increasingly turned to sophisticated statistical methods to tackle decades-old questions regarding the causes and consequence...
By Colin H. Kahl
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National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
Maliki Isn’t The Problem. Oil Is.During the past few days, the United States strategy for addressing the escalating violence in Iraq has emphasized diplomacy to achieve political reconciliation. The Obama adm...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Visualizing Today's Veterans Population and Forecasting the Issues of TomorrowBy Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
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National Security Human Capital
Rebuilding Bipartisan Consensus on National SecurityPolitics, despite the saying, has never really stopped at the water’s edge. But these days, it seems, policymakers cannot even get to the beach before the sniping begins. The ...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
70 Years After D-Day, the Legacy of WWII Veterans Carries OnThe crash of naval gunfire and aerial bombing grew louder. His Higgins boat, one of thousands in the first wave, tossed in the Channel toward the overcast beaches of Normandy ...
By Chris Kolenda
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Citizen-Soldiers in a Time of Transition: The Future of the U.S. Army National GuardBy Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital
When 9,800 Doesn't Equal 9,800News coverage of President Obama's speech at West Point Wednesday focused on one seemingly hard and fast statement: The United States will keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan nex...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's West Point Commencement Address on CNNBy Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's Plan for Afghanistan on PBS NewsHourBy Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital
Fontaine: Afghanistan Announcement is One Step Forward, Two Steps BackThe President’s decision to retain an initial residual force in Afghanistan of 9,800 troops represents a step forward in America’s efforts to succeed in that country. But his ...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
Smith: 3 Questions for NATO on Pres. Obama's Plan for AfghanistanThe President’s announcement today that the United States will maintain 9800 troops in Afghanistan throughout 2015 has ended months of speculation about the U.S. post-2014 tro...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital
Brimley: Slow But Steady in Afghanistan and BeyondPresident Obama made the right call in deciding to maintain 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan – a number close to that recommended by U.S. military commanders. Augmented by coa...
By Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital
Bensahel: A Slower Zero OptionPresident Obama’s decision to keep U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan through the end of 2016 is good news for U.S. military commanders and others who argued against the...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital
Barno: President's Announcement is mixed news at bestThe President’s announcement of a residual force in Afghanistan of 9, 800 U.S. troops after the end of this year is mixed news at best. While the number is just adequate to st...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Video: Ben FitzGerald on VOA News Discussing Spying Charges Against ChinaWASHINGTON — The U.S. indictment of Chinese army officers on charges that they spied on American industries reveals a basic disagreement about what the two nations consider as...
By Ben FitzGerald
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National Security Human Capital
Eric Shinseki is still the right person to lead Veterans AffairsAfter Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki appeared before a Senate committee last week, one television commentator indicated that when Shinseki said he was “mad as ...
By Thomas Davis