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Military and Public Service Policy Forum
Commentary
The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) held a hearing on potential policies to encourage or require military, national, and public service ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Elsa B. Kania & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Time for the U.S. to Learn Its Lessons from AfghanistanThe United States failed in Afghanistan. The only points of debate left for analysts and historians are by how much and who is to blame. With negotiations and withdrawal plans...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
Pentagon Questioned Over Blackout On War Zone Troop NumbersFor more than a decade, if you wanted to know how many U.S. troops there were in war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan, you could readily find that information at a publ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
Combat HighAfew months before the United States invaded Iraq, in 2003, Donald Rumsfeld, the defense secretary at the time, was asked on a radio show how long the war would take. “Five da...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Pentagon’s Wars: Winning at Home While Losing OverseasWith his latest book, The Pentagon’s Wars, Mark Perry has written an informative volume about the pinnacle of national security decision-making — the interaction between the J...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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It is time for Trump to send H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan
Commentary
It is time to send H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan. Following reports of the National Security Advisor’s imminent departure from the White House, speculation on where the lieuten...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Will Trump’s Military Fetish End Up Hurting American Democracy — Or Saving It?
It is difficult to read a story about President Donald Trump without also hearing about “his generals.” Since Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster became national security advisor and retir...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Trump’s right — we are losing in Afghanistan
President Trump is not wrong on Afghanistan. During a contentious July meeting with his top military and national security advisors, he repeatedly questioned the quality of ad...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Defense / Middle East Security
Don't Celebrate Dropping The 'MOAB' In Afghanistan - It's Just More Of The SameLast week's utilization of a 21,000 pound bomb to destroy an ISIS cave complex in Afghanistan was oddly met with jubilation. But as the dust settles, both literally and metaph...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
We Need More Of The Right Forces In AfghanistanAfghanistan is at an inflection point. Again. For anyone keeping track, this has become an annual ritual as our efforts over the last decade have been characterized by the sus...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
Elephants in Afghanistan: The Military’s Counterinsurgency FailureEarlier this year, several former ISAF commanders and diplomats wrote President Barack Obama, imploring him to freeze troop levels in Afghanistan until the next administration...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
