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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Alliance Requirements Roadmap: The OverviewBy Harry Krejsa, Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Elbridge Colby before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic ForcesElbridge Colby testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on adapting U.S. nuclear strategy and posture to a more contested and competitive wor...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Harry Krejsa on the Rise of China's GDPBy Harry Krejsa
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
South China Sea Artificial Islands -- U.S. Navy & Law of the SeaThe recent passage of an American warship within 12 nautical miles of one of China’s artificial (and illegal) “islands” in the South China Sea represents the sustainment of ov...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
After the Freedom of Navigation Exercise: What Did the U.S. Signal?On Friday, we published a “what to watch for” guide to the then-imminent U.S. freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the South China Sea. Yesterday, the USS Lassen, an Arl...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
How American Can Cross the Digital Security DivideIn the past year, the United States has learned about unprecedented digital data breaches ranging from the confidential files of Sony Pictures, to the security clearance recor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Waiting for Widodo: The Limits of Security Assistance and the U.S. Rebalance to AsiaIndonesia’s President Joko Widodo makes his first visit to Washington for a summit meeting with President Obama in less-than-auspicious circumstances. The honeymoon period tha...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Obama's veto of defense bill offers conservatives opportunity to think hard about spendingThe Congress finds itself dealing with a veto of the National Defense Authorization Act from the president and has no reason to act surprised. A redistributionist president, c...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea: What to Watch ForIt is widely expected that in the next several days, the United States will conduct a freedom of navigation exercise near China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea. Th...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Projecting Power in the South China SeaBeijing’s land reclamation in the South China Sea has prompted reports that the U.S. Navy will soon conduct freedom of navigation exercises in the area. If they pass within 12...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre on the Future of the Ground Forces ProjectBy Paul Scharre
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The Future of the Carrier Air Wing Looks Dim
Two problems emerge in the history of superpowers. First, it takes a significant investment in military infrastructure to stay on top. Second, they present a large target for ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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This Is How to Save America's Aircraft Carriers from Becoming Obsolete
Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain has released his annual “America’s Most Wasted” report on bloated defense programs and makes a startling suggestion: Cease...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Slowing GDP Growth Doesn't Have To Spell Doom For ChinaIt was announced Monday that the Chinese economy’s growth continued to slow in the third quarter, falling to 6.9 percent. While not as steep a decline as many economists feare...
By Harry Krejsa
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea Is Business as UsualBy all appearances, the U.S. Navy is poised to begin Freedom of Navigation exercises in the South China Sea. Rumors first emerged in May 2015 that the Pentagon was contemplati...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Crackdown: Time to Pressure China on Cyber TheftAt last month’s state visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping, both Xi and President Obama pledged that their governments would refrain from cyberespionage targeting intellectua...
By Harry Krejsa
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Transforming Training for a 21st Century Threat LandscapeSenior Fellow Paul Scharre joined RealClearPolitics as a panelist for their event with Sen. Tom Cotton: “Transforming Training for a 21st Century Threat Landscape.” ...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Seoul's China GambitAt the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye called on the international community to turn its attention to North Korea and its nucl...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Terrible But Justified: The U.S. A-Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and NagasakiWere the atomic bomb attacks on Japan in August 1945 justifiable? As the world marks the 70th anniversary of these momentous and terrifying events, it is important to ask this...
By Elbridge Colby