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Shutdown Reform’s Constitutional Blind Spot: The Two-Year Clause
There is a path forward to ending shutdowns, should Congress choose to do so. Federal armies just can’t be part of it....
By Mark Nevitt
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The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military
Deterrence can succeed, and continued U.S., Taiwanese, and allied investment can matter a great deal — if undertaken with the urgency the situation demands....
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Sharper: Defending TaiwanDefending Taiwan has long been a complex issue for the United States, with Washington sticking to its “One China” policy and embracing the principles of strategic ambiguity to...
By Charles Horn & Cadence Barker
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Technology & National Security
Test, Standardize, Restrict: A U.S. Policy for Chinese AI ModelsThe most durable way to mitigate the risks of Chinese AI models and maintain America’s edge is to go on offense against China’s AI developers....
By Daniel Remler
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Iran and the U.S. Are Trapped In a War Neither Knows How to Win
Both the US and Iran have adopted military strategies that can prevent defeat but cannot produce a decisive victory....
By Becca Wasser
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GenAI.mil and Three Implications for National Security’s AI Era
Introduction Roughly six months ago, the Department of War (DoW) launched its internal platform for hosting generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, known as GenAI.mil....
By Joshua Marcuse
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Japan Is Emerging as a Regional Security Power Broker
While Japan’s re-emergence as a security partner in the Indo-Pacific may not be welcomed by its geopolitical antagonists, Tokyo’s multilateral approach to preserving the statu...
By Derek Grossman
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China Presses a Weakness in America’s Tech Policy
America’s semiconductor strategy now must confront not only who controls the factories, tools, and materials required to make chips, but also who controls the language those c...
By David Feith
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Sorry, Europe: Trump Has Found Better Allies in Asia
Trump may think his European partners are not worth more than a few days of summitry. He cannot think the same about the U.S.’s golden allies in Asia....
By Derek Grossman
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Technology & National Security
The Cure for Russia’s Labor Shortage Is Worse Than the DiseaseAltogether, while Russia’s labor crisis is becoming a structural constraint on the Kremlin’s wartime economy, domestic stability, and long-term geopolitical ambitions, its res...
By Samuel Bendett
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China’s Quiet Quest to Dominate Latin America
Beijing can thus make investment after investment almost undetected until, suddenly, it has built much of a state’s critical security infrastructure....
By Natalia Cote Muñoz
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Europe’s Dangerous Hesitation on Its Own Air Defense
A NATO that credibly signals that it will not only attempt to defend against incoming missiles but also shoot the archer would strengthen deterrence, preventing war in the fir...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Donald Trump Is Missing Thailand’s Strategic Moment
As China expands its economic footprint across mainland Southeast Asia, Washington must demonstrate that it can also be Thailand’s partner of choice for trade, investment, and...
By Derek Grossman
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The Ambiguity Spiral in Iran
But on the whole, the best way for the United States to settle the war with Iran is to be clearer about its objectives....
By Erik Lin-Greenberg
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Trump’s Pacific Islands Blind Spot
If the Trump administration truly believes that strategic competition with China will be decided in the Western Pacific, then the Pacific islands should be receiving more—not ...
By Derek Grossman
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To Understand the Middle East’s Future, Follow the Cranes
The Middle East exemplifies the reality that control of infrastructure has always meant more than commerce. That competition is already underway. Follow the cranes....
By Eitan Danon & Josh Kram
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Technology & National Security
Can China Keep Its AI Open?Without reliable ways to measure dangerous capabilities, some judgments may be wrong. And an open model that clears a badly drawn line proliferates globally, offering maliciou...
By Ruby Scanlon
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Accelerate Production by Modernizing Acquisition
Introduction The threats facing the United States and its allies today demand more than incremental improvements to defense capacity—they require a fundamentally different mod...
By Frank St. John
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Technology & National Security
The Modern Mythology of AILLMs can’t replace people, and AI can’t replicate actual thought. But if employers reject these truths and succumb to empty promises and motivated thinking, employees will suf...
By Peter L. Levin
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German Military Power Needs to Go It Alone
But those who worry about a mighty Germany going it alone need to face an uncomfortable truth: NATO needs a powerful German military backed by the continent’s biggest economy ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady