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Trump’s Use of Sanctions Is Nothing Like Obama’s
Commentary
Two and a half years into Donald Trump’s presidency, there is no doubt that economic sanctions are his administration’s foreign-policy weapon of choice. From China to Iran to ...
By Peter Harrell
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How Poland’s Law & Justice Party Plans to Win
Commentary
From Hungary to Turkey, strong, democratically-elected parties have used their control over the legislature to change their constitutions and other rules of the game in ways t...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Why Europe Won't Combat Huawei's Trojan Tech
Commentary
The United States has been unsuccessful at getting European countries to ban Huawei from building their fifth-generation wireless (5G) networks. It’s not for a lack of trying....
By Carisa Nietsche & Bolton Smith
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Situation Report: U.S.-North Korea Negotiations to Resume This WeekendAfter months of stalled talks, U.S. and North Korean representatives will meet this weekend to resume negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Just this week, ...
By Duyeon Kim, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Kristine Lee, Van Jackson & Neil Bhatiya
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The Army may have hit this year's recruiting goal, but the service still has a long way to goA year after missing its recruitment goals for the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. Army announced on Sept. 17 that it will meet its target of 68,000 new soldiers fo...
By Emma Moore
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How to Make Proportionate Bargains with North Korea on Denuclearization and Peace
Commentary
The United States and North Korea will finally sit down for nuclear talks on October 5, according to an announcement by Pyongyang. Three months had passed without negotiations...
By Duyeon Kim
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Want to prevail against China? Prioritize democracy assistance
Commentary
The United States is reshaping how it uses foreign aid in order to compete with China. The executive branch and Congress are exploring efforts — some controversial and still f...
By Patrick Quirk & David Shullman
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Confronting Reality: The Bitter Medicine That North Korea Policy Needs Now
Commentary
My entire career, I’ve watched policy officials make the well-intentioned choice to seek North Korean denuclearization. In the early 2000s, it was a smart and necessary goal. ...
By Van Jackson
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Trump’s Iran Policy Is a Failure
Commentary
This month’s attack on two Saudi Aramco oil facilities marked a stunning escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The scale, sophistication, and accuracy of the strikes all ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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The Most Dangerous Moment of the Trump Presidency
Commentary
For all of the uncertainty of the Trump administration’s nearly three years in power, genuine international crises have been rare. That’s changing right now. The attack a week...
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
VA treatment should be based on evidence, not political pressureLast week, lawmakers introduced legislation that would require the VA to make hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) available to any veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder (PT...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
How to Make the U.S. Military Weak AgainNo-first-use, or the idea that the United States should not use nuclear weapons unless first attacked with them, has gained traction everywhere from the House Armed Services C...
By Brent Peabody
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
The U.S. Military is Not, and Can Never Be, Afghanistan’s PoliceIn 1829, the father of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, established “Peel’s Principles” to describe the role of police at large. Almost 200 years later, policing has changed ...
By COL Sarah Albrycht
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Trump’s Defense Cuts in Europe Will Backfire
Commentary
Twice this month, the Trump administration moved to walk back critical efforts to strengthen the U.S. military presence in Europe, choosing cheap political points over essenti...
By Jim Townsend
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Coming Soon to the United Nations: Chinese Leadership and Authoritarian Values
Commentary
In a new essay for Foreign Affairs, Kristine Lee discusses global concerns behind Beijing's changing approach to international organizations....
By Kristine Lee
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North Korea’s Sanctions-Busting Gets More Sophisticated—and More Lucrative
As a United Nations report revealed earlier this month, North Korea continues to dodge international sanctions and raise money for its nuclear weapons program, despite attempt...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Commentary
Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Russia’s Middle East Power PlayTurkey flouted months of American warnings this summer and took delivery of the Russian-made S-400 air-defense system — triggering Ankara’s expulsion from the F-35 stealth-fig...
By Vance Serchuk
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Great-Power Competition Is Washington’s Top Priority—But Not the Public’sFor all the acrimony in Washington today, the city’s foreign policy establishment is settling on a rare bipartisan consensus: that the world has entered a new era of great-pow...
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Two Cheers for Esper’s Plan to Reassert Civilian Control of the PentagonThe longest-ever gap in civilian leadership atop the Department of Defense came to an end on July 23, when Mark Esper was sworn in as secretary of defense. His presence in the...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Alice Hunt Friend & Mara Karlin
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The Rise of Municipal RansomwareLast month’s coordinated ransomware attacks against 23 cities in Texas reflect a troubling trend for America’s cities: bad actors are addicted to the payoff. In the 30 years s...
By Kara Frederick
