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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Second Battle of MidwayThe year is 2025 and a Chinese amphibious action group has set out for Taiwan. The United States will intervene to stop this effort, but there isn’t a U.S. ship within 4,000 m...
By David Zikusoka
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
In Search of Ideas: The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Wants YouAmericans don’t want to grow old wondering what happened to their country’s place in the world. U.S. global leadership has fostered international institutions, strengthened hu...
By Robert O. Work & Eric Schmidt
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Can North Korea Be Deterred?
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Each time the world witnesses cycles of North Korean provocations or nuclear diplomacy, or both, Korea watchers and specialists question whether deterrence is possible or feas...
By Duyeon Kim
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
A Looming Retention CrisisSome of the most significant retention challenges the military faces are choices related to military families and how cultural shifts in family dynamics shape the decisions of...
By LtCol Colin Smith
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Can South Korea and America Find a Common Position on China?
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The image two weeks ago of Presidents Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in greeting Kim Jong Un in the Korean Demilitarized Zone captivated the world. The impromptu, trilateral meetin...
By Richard Fontaine, Kristine Lee & Hannah Suh
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Can Tariffs and Sanctions Lead to a Better Climate Change Strategy?
Commentary
A little more than two years since he announced in the Rose Garden that the United States was “getting out” of the Paris climate change agreement, President Donald Trump was i...
By Neil Bhatiya
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A Bold Idea for Security Reform in the Indo-Pacific Region
Commentary
Former Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan’s recent speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue was expected to herald a new approach to the Indo-Pacific region by the United S...
By CDR Bob Jones
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Why Ivanka Trump didn’t belong anywhere near the DMZ or the G-20 summitSince President Trump took office, the White House has been pushing the boundaries of what the American public will tolerate in terms of family involvement in presidential dec...
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Acting or Not, the Play’s The ThingThe musical chairs of “acting” officials at the Defense Department has taken on a dizzying pace. Army Secretary Mark Esper became the acting defense secretary after Patrick Sh...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
An Acting Secretary of Defense Isn’t EnoughThe U.S. public is rightfully anxious about U.S. policy on Iran and whether the Trump administration is leading the country toward war in the Persian Gulf. The White House has...
By Jim Townsend
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INF Treaty Defenders Raise the Risk of Nuclear War
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President Trump last year announced the U.S. would withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. That made sense because Russia was violating the pact and C...
By Elbridge Colby & Rep. Mike Gallagher
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Technology & National Security
US’ AI Ethics Debate: Overcoming Barriers in Government and Tech SectorPolicymakers and private sector leaders are recognizing the need for ethics and norms building in artificial intelligence (AI)....
By Megan Lamberth
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
This Is How to Solve America's Rare-Earths DilemmaYour computer, smartphone, car, your father’s pacemaker—they all require rare-earth elements. The U.S. military’s missile guidance systems, and platforms like fighter aircraft...
By Martijn Rasser & Ashley Feng
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Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for PolicymakersIntroduction President Trump’s late-May threat to impose tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico in response to illegal immigration, and ongoing threat of tariffs against U.S. aut...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump Keeps ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran, Even Though It Is Failing in Venezuela
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Escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf peaked last week when President Donald Trump abruptly canceled U.S. airstrikes against Iranian military assets, after Iran shot down an...
By Neil Bhatiya
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How to Address the Greater Russia-China Alignment
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The world’s leaders will gather this week for the G20 Summit in Japan. All eyes will be on President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinpi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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Democrats Face a Defense Spending Conundrum
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On Wednesday and Thursday, 20 of the two dozen contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination will converge on stage in Miami to make their case to the American people....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Key to Success with North Korea: A ROK-Solid AllianceWhen President Trump meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in after the G-20 Summit next week, he will have a golden opportunity to jump-start diplomatic engagement with North...
By Kristine Lee & Neil Bhatiya
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Trump and Kim’s Interactions Aren’t Transactional Anymore
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There’s a Korean saying that goes “Chop 10 times, and there isn’t a tree that won’t fall over.” Sometimes that number goes up to 100, but the underlying point—fundamental to c...
By Duyeon Kim
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Commentary
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Addressing America's Operational Shortfall in the PacificThe Trump administration has made a number of strong statements about the need for the United States to do more to prepare for great power competition with China. Officials ha...
By Mark Montgomery & Eric Sayers
