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The Afghan peace deal and its eerie parallels with Vietnam
Commentary
Last month marked a potential turning point in America’s 19-year war in Afghanistan. In signing a landmark peace agreement, the United States and the Taliban paved the way for...
By Richard Fontaine
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Could the U.S. Sanction the International Criminal Court?
Commentary
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) March 5 decision to authorize its top prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, to pursue an investigation into alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghani...
By Peter Harrell
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Big Ideas for NATO’s New Mission in Iraq
Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls for America’s allies to “get more involved in the Middle East,” NATO defense ministers last month agreed to “enhance” the Atlanti...
By David H. Petraeus & Vance Serchuk
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Clawing Back Constitutional War PowersWashington is in the early innings of what has the potential to become the most significant congressional claw-back of constitutional war powers authority since Vietnam. Follo...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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Busting North Korea’s Sanctions Evasion
Commentary
North Korea is the most sophisticated, creative, and dangerous actor when it comes to stealthy and skillful methods of financing illicit nuclear and missile proliferation. Whi...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Boosting VA funding is not enough to support veteransTrump’s proposed 2021 budget includes another significant increase for the Department of Veterans Affairs: a 13 percent increase to $90 billion for medical services, another $...
By Kayla M. Williams
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The Building Blocks of a Progressive Transatlantic Vision
Commentary
As the US presidential elections in November 2019 quickly approach, transatlanticists in the United States and Europe are trying to decipher what the next four years may bring...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Digital Repression in Autocracies
Commentary
Repression is a hallmark feature of authoritarian rule. It raises the costs of disloyalty and makes it more difficult for groups to mobilize against the regime (Wintrobe, 1998...
By Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Joseph Wright
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The VA has some serious problems with how it handles claims of military sexual traumaImagine going to your doctor’s office for care. You walk in and go to the front desk to check in. But the front desk staff tells you that you can’t get care there. You’re not ...
By Kayla M. Williams & Samantha Kubek
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
How Adversarial Attacks Could Destabilize Military AI SystemsArtificial intelligence and robotic technologies with semi-autonomous learning, reasoning, and decision-making capabilities are increasingly being incorporated into defense, m...
By Dr. David Danks
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Veteran Benefits in U.S. TerritoriesEach of the U.S. territories could do more to support veterans and make benefits more easily located....
By Emma Moore & Brent Peabody
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Have Its Own Huawei?The Trump administration has tried one tactic after another to confront the rise of Huawei, the Chinese company that has been fighting to establish a dominant position in 5G. ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
For House, Senate National Security Committees, Stopgaps for Term LimitsThe primary election season for the next Congress opens officially on March 3, as states from California to Arkansas begin counting votes for candidates vying for seats in the...
By Chris Estep
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Technology & National Security
AI Deception: When Your Artificial Intelligence Learns to LieIn artificial intelligence circles, we hear a lot about adversarial attacks, especially ones that attempt to “deceive” an AI into believing, or to be more accurate, classifyin...
By Heather Roff
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
The American Public Wants a Sustainable Middle East PolicyAfter the U.S. strike on Qasem Soleimani, Americans feared the United States was on the brink of war with Iran. “World War III draft” memes circulated around the internet, and...
By Kaleigh Thomas & Emma Moore
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Take Greenland Seriously and Literally as a Vital National Security IssueIt is tempting to dismiss talk of Greenland’s significance for defense and foreign policy simply because President Trump infamously made it a punch line last year. The world’...
By David Priess & Martijn Rasser
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Faux News Articles and Social Media Posts Will Haunt This ElectionLast September, an image of a New York Times headline began circulating online, claiming that Abdullah Abdullah, a candidate for the Afghan presidency, had taken millions of d...
By Chris Estep & Megan Lamberth
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Power and Pretzels in Munich, 2020
Commentary
Once a year, the world’s foreign policy elite descend on Bavaria for a weekend to reconnect with colleagues, eat pretzels, and debate the shape of global order. The Munich Sec...
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump AdmitsOver 100 American soldiers have been treated for traumatic brain injuries following Iran’s missile strike on Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq. The strike came in retaliation f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Dangers of Manipulated Media in the Midst of a CrisisIn the immediate aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the internet was flooded with purportedly real-time information about the circ...
By Megan Lamberth
