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Opec's Surprise Cut: Is the Global Economy Ready
Commentary
The decision by Opec+ members to cut production could be a prescient adjustment ahead of a global slowdown or a premature move that hinders recovery....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
The Unsung Hero of Social MobilityPoliticians and policymakers serious about creating opportunities for young Americans can focus on preserving and protecting military service as part of a broader mobility pol...
By Tobias Switzer
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Two Decades of Uneven Federalism in Iraq
Commentary
Beyond the political obstacles and resistance by the central government to give up control over revenue-generating resources, Iraq lacks the institutions for decentralized gov...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Putin’s Shakespearean Demons
Commentary
Imagine the condition in the heart of Europe today had NATO’s boundaries remained frozen after 1989....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Around the Table with Andrea Pimentel
Commentary
Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter. Each edition features a conversation with a peer in the national security community ...
By Andrea Pimentel
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Russia Won’t Sit Idly by After Finland and Sweden Join NATO
Commentary
Russia will seek to increase conventional deterrence along its northwestern flank as soon as it has the capacity to do so...
By Nicholas Lokker & Heli Hautala
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Agile Ukraine, Lumbering Russia: The Promise and Limits of Military AdaptationDuring more than 13 months of war against one of the world’s largest armies, Ukraine’s military has continually stood out for one quality in particular: its ability to adapt. ...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Owen J. Daniels
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Putin’s Forever War
Commentary
More than a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a grim reality has settled in: the war will not end soon. Despite the heavy fighting in and around the eastern city of Bak...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Erica Frantz
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Sharper: Iraq
Commentary
It has been 20 years since the United States began Operation Iraqi Freedom, and over a year since the Biden administration transitioned from a combat mission to an advise-and-...
By Anna Pederson
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Jonathan Lord on How America and the Middle East Continue to Look Past Each Other
Commentary
The American-led invasion of Iraq, which took place 20 years ago this week, set in motion a series of commitments to the Middle East, which have shaped the limits and tempered...
By Jonathan Lord
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Twenty Years Later, the U.S. Military Is Still Lost in Iraq
Commentary
Having done little to enable the Iraqi security forces to sustain their own capabilities, the Biden administration is setting the conditions for another strategic failure in I...
By Jonathan Lord
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What I Failed to Understand About Saddam’s Iraq—and American Power
Commentary
Iraq, rather than permanently traumatizing us, has proved to be a great teacher....
By Robert D. Kaplan
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The Surprising Success of U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine
Commentary
Ukraine’s military has defied expectations in its war with Russia, and many analysts attribute its success to U.S. help. But the mere fact of receiving aid is no guarantee of ...
By Polina Beliakova & Rachel Tecott Metz
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
China’s Chip Industry Dismayed by Multilateral Export ControlsThe original Chinese statement takes a much more indignant tone, reading more like an impassioned call to action to the Chinese domestic semiconductor industry to get its act ...
By Emily Jin
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
Bad Idea: Relying on the Same Old Solutions to Meet the Military Recruitment ChallengeMilitary service provides the sense of mission, purpose, and stability that members of Gen Z seek that few other options offer....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Tom Spoehr
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The Pyrrhic Victory of a China Consensus
Commentary
A significant source of political ire in foreign policy today is bound not in adverse partisan rhetoric, but the race to see who can become a greater China hawk....
By Gibbs McKinley
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Intelligence Agencies as Truth-Telling Internet Informers?
Commentary
This commentary piece is part of CNAS' The Pitch: A Competition of New Ideas. The author, William Coffin, won the Safeguarding Against Threats to Democracy heat at the 2022 co...
By William Coffin
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Institutionalizing Climate Diplomacy in the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service
Commentary
This commentary piece is part of CNAS' The Pitch: A Competition of New Ideas. The author, Jacqueline White Menchaca, won the People’s Choice Award at the 2022 competition. The...
By Jacqueline White Menchaca
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
It’s Time to Appoint a US Special Envoy for SemiconductorsA special envoy for semiconductors could demonstrate U.S. leadership without acting unilaterally....
By Alexandra Seymour
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
China’s Censors Are Afraid of What Chatbots Might SayIf Xi grows worried that, for instance, AI-powered automation will displace too many jobs and thus metastasize the risk of social unrest, he would have to make a hard choice b...
By Jordan Schneider & Nicholas Welch
