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National Security Human Capital Program
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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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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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 Program
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 Program
Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's West Point Commencement Address on CNNBy Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital Program
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 s...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
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 Program
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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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 Program
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 Program
Video: Michèle Flournoy discusses Obama's Plan for Afghanistan on PBS NewsHourBy Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital Program / 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 Program
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
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National Security Human Capital Program
Video: Under scrutiny before, VA delay allegations strike a chordBy Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program / Energy, Economics & Security
2014 QDR maintains focus on climate change and operational energyThe Department of Defense released its 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) this week. The QDR is mandated by Congress to provide information on the current state of the U.S....
By Edward Delman
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
The Ghosts of Armies PastThe U.S. Army, like the nation as a whole, is facing difficult new strategic challenges. Thirteen years of constant warfare will end in 2014, when the last U.S. combat troops...
By Kelley Sayler, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Reflections on the Chatham House Autonomy ConferenceChatham House recently held a conference on autonomous military technologies, the focus of which was really the current debate regarding autonomous weapon systems. Kudos to Ch...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital Program
It Should Be ToughLone Survivor is a hard movie to sit through, and that’s a good thing. Bringing to life former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s book by the same name, the movie recounts the story...
By Jackson Keith
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National Security Human Capital Program
A Delicate Dance: The Need to Respond to Chinese Assertiveness in the Western PacificRecent Chinese assertiveness, manifested in the establishment of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and the harassment of the USS Cowpens in the South China Sea, couple...
By Stuart Montgomery
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National Security Human Capital Program
Thanks, Congress. Really.The ink on yesterday’s budget agreement had scarcely dried before analysts and media outlets began speculating about the next big congressional “battle.” (Lest you be tempted...
By Kelley Sayler