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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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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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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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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
Report Preview: The Geopolitical Implications of Korean Unification -
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
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Video: Paul Scharre on Unmanned and Autonomous Systems and Emerging Weapons TechnologiesPaul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative leads a discussion called "Unmanned and autonomous systems and emerging weapons technologies" during th...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
American Strategy in the South China Sea: Time to Define 'Militarization' and 'Coercion'China’s previous paucity of runways in the South China Sea is leading to a trust deficit in U.S.-China relations. Over the course of this summer, China’s military and civilian...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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It's Time For The US To Stand Up For the Rule of Law
The world desires and needs American leadership to confront the expansion of authoritarian regimes that seek to undermine the global economic system and the rule of law that s...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Nanotechnology and U.S. Military Power
Research Associate Kelley Sayler explores nanotechnology and U.S. military power as an excerpt of the American Foreign Policy Council's "Defense Dossier." Assessing how micro-...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Video: Terminators - Fact or Fiction?By Paul Scharre
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Promoting Strategic Stability in the Midst of Sino-U.S. Competition
Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby examines Sino-U.S. competition and nuclear weapons. This is part of a series of briefs on "Strategic Domains and the Obama-Xi Summ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Don't Bother Working Through BaghdadThe United States has long relied on its influence in Baghdad to defuse sectarianism in Iraq, fight Sunni extremism, and curb Iran’s regional influence. But the Iraqi national...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Changing Tides in South China SeaChina’s rapid effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea is far more than a diplomatic challenge. For China’s neighbors and the United States, it could soon bec...
By Elbridge Colby