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Jordan: The Canary in the Coal Mine
After the United States initiated an airstrike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jordanannounced that it was one of five Arab states participat...
By Amanda Claypool
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Technology & National Security
Offset Strategies & Warfighting RegimesToday’s headlines are reinforcing the alarms sounded by defense policymakers and analysts warning of the perils of cuts to the defense budget, the blind meat-axe of sequestrat...
By Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
An Agenda for the U.S.-ROK Security Consultative MeetingIn the past week, a whirlwind of stories on North Korea has emerged. Most of the news media reporting on the most secretive country in the world relates to three events: The ...
By Hannah Suh
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Does Kim Really Run North Korea? Find Out with Military DiplomacyRecent rumors of Kim Jong-un’s whereabouts and whether a coup had occurred put our ignorance about what goes on in North Korea on full display. Speculation is natural when it ...
By Van Jackson
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Video: Army National Guard Panel Discussion at AUSA 2014 Panel Discussion
By Nora Bensahel
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The Fletcher School: Thinking About Think Tanks: Keynote and Welcome
By Michèle Flournoy
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Highlights: Department of Defense and Industry Innovation Agenda
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Technology & National Security
To Save the Navy’s Next-Gen Drone, Kill It FirstThe Defense Department was set to release this summer the final request for proposal for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS, aircraft, b...
By Paul Scharre & Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Maritime Strategy Project Workshop #2 pt 1: Imposing Costs on Coercion in the East China Sea, with the Japan Institute of International AffairsThe news this week that Japan and the United States have finished an interim draft of their bilateral defense cooperation guidelines – under review for the first time in 17 ye...
By Alexander Sullivan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Will Kim Jong Un appear at big event?By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital Program
Learning from the Air Force: Why the Army Needs a Congressional CommissionOver recent months, tensions between the active U.S. Army and the U.S. Army National Guard have escalated dramatically. Instead of working as a team to manage the deep cuts to...
By Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Ratner: The United States is responsible for the tensionBy Ely Ratner
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Can air power alone stop advance of Islamic State militants?
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Do Drones Have A Future?Thirteen years ago today the Predator drone saw its first armed reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. Since then, the U.S. military drone fleet has grown by leaps and bounds....
By Paul Scharre
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How can U.S. cut off ISIS funding?
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Hendrix: The Navy Has No Strategy? A Response to Randy ForbesBy all measures Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., is a maritime strategist and a supporter of the United States Navy. He is chairman of the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee....
By Jerry Hendrix
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National Security Human Capital Program
Bensahel: A Step on the Path Toward StabilityThe bilateral security agreement was a necessary step toward long-term stability in Afghanistan, but it is not sufficient by itself. Without it, however, Afghanistan would hav...
By Nora Bensahel
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Why War Is Good
Some of the most terrifying moments of my life have been in the midst of conflict: with American marines in Fallujah in 2004 and with armed bands in Sierra Leone in 1993. I st...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
An "App" For Peace?: Technology's Role in Asia’s Balance of PowerAsian geopolitics needs tech solutions to help manage the shifting regional balance of power and prevent war. For the past generation, Asia has known greater peace for a long...
By Van Jackson
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Low-Key Caspian Sea Summit Has Far-Reaching Implications
The leaders of all five littoral states attended the fourth Caspian Sea summit in the Russian city of Astrakhan yesterday. The latest meeting was more significant than previou...
By Richard Weitz