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China’s Influence Operations Are Pinpointing America’s Weaknesses
Commentary
On the margins of the 2018 United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an explosive claim, alleging that China was engaging in a campaign to influence ...
By Abigail Grace
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What should be done with report on military sexual harassment and assault?
Commentary
After multiple delays, the Pentagon finally authorized RAND to release its report with estimates of installation- and command-level risk of military sexual assault and harassm...
By Kayla M. Williams
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How Russia and China Undermine Democracy
Commentary
Russian and Chinese actions are converging to challenge the U.S.-led global order. Last month, China joined Russia in conducting the latter’s largest military exercises since ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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Why ROTC is the overlooked tool to challenge the civil-military divide
The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) sits at a natural juncture between the military and society, operating on numerous college campuses across the country. ROTC Cadets a...
By Emma Moore
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The US Military Must Lighten Warfighters’ Loads
Commentary
In World War II, being an infantryman was the third-deadliest job in the American military, behind bombardiers and submariners. In the years since, technology has woven a cloa...
By Paul Scharre
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China’s Quantum Future
Commentary
China should be a “global leader in innovation” by 2035, President Xi Jinping declared during the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th National Congress last October. His remarks re...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The Messy Reality Inside the Pentagon, Captured in Fiction
Commentary
“Thank you for your service” is one of the most frequently uttered phrases to those toiling in Americans’ most trusted, but least understood, institution: the United States mi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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5 forgotten books about geography and place to read now
Robert Kaplan said he knew the mixing of genres in “Earning the Rockies” ran the risk of alienating some readers. Parts of the book read like a travelogue, while others delve ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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N. Korea expert Duyeon Kim says "whether N. Korea is sincere about disarmament remains to be seen"
Commentary
North and South Korea say they have moved into an era without war on the Korean Peninsula, after leaders from the two countries signed agreements on a "way to achieve denuclea...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Second Coming of Kim Jong Un
Commentary
The leaders of the United States and North Korea waited seventy years to have a first face-to-face encounter. That happened on June 12, when Chairman Kim Jong-un met President...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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A Year After 'Rocket Man' Speech, Trump Returns To U.N. With Eyes On Iran
Commentary
When President Trump delivers his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, one phrase is unlikely to show up: "rocket man." A lot has changed since Trump used...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Pyongyang Declaration: Bringing peace to the Koreas beyond symbolism
Commentary
Symbolism and atmospherics are often just as important as literal deliverables in Korean culture. This symbolic approach is not necessarily understandable to Western minds acc...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Myth of Authoritarian Competence
Commentary
For nearly six months, one of the world’s top economies has been gripped by crisis, sparking fears of wider financial contagion. Since the spring, the Turkish currency has cra...
By Vance Serchuk
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Pakistan’s Debt May Be an Opportunity in Disguise
Commentary
Pakistan’s recent decision to review its economic agreements with China, if implemented successfully, will pay dividends for promoting regional and global stability. While the...
By Abigail Grace & Max Hill
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Numbers game: How the Air Force is following the Army and Navy’s bad example
Commentary
On Sept. 17, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson stole a page from the Army and the Navy, announcing that the Air Force needed to grow its number of operational squadron...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Veterans: Answering the call to serve
In August, the veteran unemployment rate was 3.8 percent – the same as that for non-veterans – continuing a multi-year positive trend. The same month, Google announced that it...
By Kayla M. Williams
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China and America May Be Forging a New Economic Order
Commentary
“New U.S.-China Tariffs Raise Fears of an Economic Cold War,” proclaimed a Washington Post headline. The New York Times alleged that the United States and China were already “...
By Abigail Grace
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Winning the LDP Election Won’t Win Shinzo Abe Constitutional Revision
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be facing off against his political opponent, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership elect...
By Margaret Bittle
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Turkey's deal with Russia still leaves the US with a dilemma on its Syrian strategy
Commentary
Turkey just scored a big win in Syria that could save tens of thousands of lives and avert what would have been the worst humanitarian crisis of an already terrible war, but t...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iran Hawks Could Make a Bad Situation Worse
Commentary
One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief foreign-policy objectives is to persuade or force the Iranian government to abandon policies that pose a threat to U.S. interests—na...
By Eric Brewer & Ariane Tabatabai
