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China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It's Time for the United States to Counter It.
The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it long-term politica...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Hunter Stires
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Commentary: Success, or failure, of new Army Command rests on CongressIn July, the U.S. Army announced that Austin will be the location for its new Futures Command headquarters. The command, intended to be the spearhead of the Army’s modernizati...
By Cole Stevens
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The Census Bureau owes us some peace of mindThese days, it takes little imagination — none at all, in fact — to conceive of a hostile foreign actor hungry for detailed information about millions of U.S. voters and deter...
By Matt Olsen & Joshua A. Geltzer
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
How The Media’s Narrow Portrayal Of Service Members Does The Military A DisserviceAs the American military becomes more isolated from society and society more disconnected from war, public understanding of its military will continue to impact the interest a...
By Emma Moore
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The US Military Should Not Be Doubling Down on SpaceYes, a #SpaceForce is a dumb idea, but not because @realDonaldTrump said it. The U.S. military has real problems in space and a Space Force is likely to make them worse, not b...
By Paul Scharre
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The U.S. Military Should Be Doubling Down on Space
Commentary
My colleague Paul Scharre recently wrote that the development of a #SpaceForce is misguided. His argument is based on the assumption that it will generally be cheaper to build...
By Adam Routh
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Washington Has to Learn Pyongyang’s Rules
Commentary
Nuclear diplomacy with North Korea is not in peril yet. It’s exactly where Pyongyang wants it to be—and when Pyongyang sets the pace of negotiations, they’re bound to be trick...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Trump administration's Iran strategy may be high-cost, low-return
Commentary
The U.S. administration’s signals that it will take a tough line on the reimposition of Iran oil sanctions in November, notwithstanding indications that it may consider some e...
By Rachel Ziemba, Edoardo Saravalle & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Congress needs to be smarter on Russia sanctions
Commentary
In the aftermath of the Helsinki summit, lawmakers are angry at the Trump administration and are turning to sanctions to hold the White House accountable for failing to fix Am...
By Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Pentagon Gender Gap Persists in Trump Era Even as Women Rise in IndustryWhen Kathy Warden takes over as CEO of Northrop Grumman in January, women will run three of the primes, as the largest American defense firms are known. Warden joins Marillyn ...
By Michèle Flournoy & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Veterans Affairs Secretary Wilkie should expand care to transgender veteransThis week Robert Wilkie was confirmed as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. I had the honor of serving under him as Director of VA’s Center for Women Veterans during his brief ten...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Don't Rush to a Peace Treaty on North Korea
Commentary
Today’s sixty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Korean armistice is fueling speculation that an official end to the war may be forthcoming. There is value in signaling i...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Taiwan Is Not a Bargaining Chip
Commentary
For Taipei, the question of U.S. reliability is an existential matter. Beijing is pressuring Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, hinting at the use of forc...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
How the Five Eyes Can Harness Commercial InnovationEarlier this year, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand – which along with the United States are members of the “Five Eyes” alliance – came together to collec...
By Daniel Kliman & Brendan Thomas-Noone
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PacNet #46 - Kim Jong Un’s Long Game
Commentary
Welcome to North Korean Negotiations 101. North Korea’s reaction to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent visit to Pyongyang was expected and does not signal the end of the ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Will China Undermine Trump's Iran Strategy?
Commentary
In May, President Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. A few weeks later, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined th...
By Ariane Tabatabai & Dina Esfandiary
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The Fall of Daraa
Commentary
On July 6, after more than two weeks of hard fighting, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stood triumphant at the Nasib gate. The gate, which lies on the Jordani...
By Nicholas Heras & Suha Maayeh
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Minding the Gap in US-ROK Public Opinion
Commentary
The United States’ post-Singapore summit engagement with North Korea is in large measure being dictated by President Donald Trump’s perception of what Kim Jong Un agreed to be...
By Kristine Lee & Melodie Ha
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Spooky Action: Sorting Hype from Reality in China’s Quantum-Tech QuestCould the “spooky action” of quantum technologies enable China to develop disruptive military capabilities – and perhaps achieve a strategic advantage? In its quest to offset ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Standing Up for Democracy
Commentary
In its 2018 National Defense Strategy, released in January, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump correctly identified great-power competition as the United States...
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Twining
