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Time for US nuclear strategy to embrace no first use
Commentary
No first use is the most meagre of many measures needed to restrain US presidential authority in the nuclear realm....
By Van Jackson
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The Stakes are High
Underneath the veneer of goodwill remain persistent European concerns about the reliability of the United States as a partner, threatening to weaken transatlantic cooperation....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Carisa Nietsche
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Gradually and then Suddenly: Explaining the Navy's Strategic Bankruptcy
The real impediments to urgent change are a lack of consensus on the risks posed by China, a lack of a shared vision for the future of the fleet, and limited options for imple...
By Chris Dougherty
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Debunking the AI Arms Race Theory
Commentary
In 2015, a group of prominent AI and robotics researchers signed an open letter warning of the dangers of autonomous weapons. “The key question for humanity today,” they wrote...
By Paul Scharre
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Bipartisan support for taking on China goes only so far
Commentary
The embrace of great-power competition comes with a critical caveat. Both parties’ enthusiasm for the concept abruptly ends when it requires doing something politically hard....
By Vance Serchuk
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How the Afghanistan Withdrawal Costs the U.S. With China
Commentary
U.S. departure from Kabul could end up undermining, rather than strengthening, America’s strategic hand against China....
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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Rethinking Research Security
Commentary
Research security under the China Initiative may damage America’s ability to innovate and continue defining the cutting edge of technological research in the long term....
By Ainikki Riikonen & Emily Weinstein
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Around the Table with Lucas Schleusener
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 Lucas Schleusener
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Biden Can Keep the Two-State Solution Alive
Commentary
Small details matter a great deal—and they have the potential to become big international headaches....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Dangers of Potential Russian Counter-UAV Technology Exports to Latin America
Commentary
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has proliferated globally, resulting in myriad uses, both military and civilian. With the steady rise in non-military uses comes t...
By Samuel Bendett
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Getting real about US–China cooperation
Commentary
One of the toughest questions in the current frosty era of relations between Washington and Beijing is whether and how to pursue cooperation amid ‘extreme’ geopolitical compet...
By Jacob Stokes
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Pentagon: Diversify Your Orbital Regimes
Commentary
Resilience is a key attribute of any defense space architecture – legacy or disruptive....
By Sarah Mineiro
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Why Biden Should Extend Vaccine Diplomacy to Sanctioned States Like Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea
Extending vaccine diplomacy to heavily sanctioned countries will allow Washington to both hedge against growing Chinese-Russian influence abroad and help alleviate global huma...
By Jason Bartlett
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The Way Ahead for the Next Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
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There are few things in the Pentagon more consequential than military personnel policy...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Nathalie Grogan
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Sharper: Defense Tech
The prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, the growing centrality of information warfare, and threats to traditional command and control are redefining combat in ...
By Jennie Matuschak, Ainikki Riikonen & Anna Pederson
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Beyond the Coup: Can the United Nations Escape Its History in Myanmar?
Commentary
Even if both sides can break old habits, there is no guarantee that the outcome will be successful for the Burmese people. But if the NUG and U.N. squander this opportunity by...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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How Meeting North Korean Defectors Changed My Life
Commentary
All I brought to Korea was genuine curiosity and a humble interest to learn, and I was met with kindness from the most unlikely of people....
By Jason Bartlett
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America Must Rediscover Human-Rights Realism
Commentary
The US must not throw away the strategic advantage conferred by its longstanding commitment to human rights...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Around the table with Lauren Sung
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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 Lauren Sung
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The Pentagon needs a plan to get punched in the mouth
The Pentagon should aim for degradation dominance: operating effectively enough with degraded systems. Put simply, the Pentagon needs a plan for getting punched in the mouth....
By Chris Dougherty
