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On Parades and Politics
Last year President Donald Trump traveled to Paris to attend the Bastille Day parade as a guest of President Macron. He was very impressed with what he saw. In January, report...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defending America Means Defending Democracy
Commentary
In its new strategy documents, the Trump administration identifies America’s central security challenge as the re-emergence of great power competition. China and Russia seek t...
By Richard Fontaine
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The new defense budget: what you need to know
Commentary
The budget agreement finally reached by Congress last Friday provides around $700 billion for national defense in fiscal years 2018 and 2019, an allocation in line with Presid...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Don’t Retire Our Stealth Bombers
Commentary
When a local community government has trouble getting its books to balance or it simply desires additional tax revenue to expand local government, but it does not have support...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
China’s AI Agenda AdvancesAre China’s ambitions to “lead the world” in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 credible? China’s rapid emergence as an AI powerhouse is often hyped and sensationalized, var...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Energy Is America’s New Power
Commentary
When the Donald Trump administration released its National Security Strategy in December 2017, it celebrated the arrival of the United States as an energy-dominant world power...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump must send Russia powerful message through tougher actions
The Trump administration took several actions last week to implement U.S. sanctions on Russia that Congress passed last year. However, while the Trump administration’s actions...
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Survival at All CostsOn its face, the so-called Nunes memo regarding government surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 does little to undermine the case against President Trump an...
By Phillip Carter
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Technology & National Security
Strategic Innovation and Great Power CompetitionAt this time of disruptive transitions, the new U.S. National Defense Strategy rightly recognizes that the character of warfare is changing due to the advent of a range of dis...
By Elsa B. Kania
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War room to boardroom: The new era of cybersecurity
Facebook’s hire of its first ever head of cybersecurity policy is recognition that protecting corporations from foreign hacking is an increasingly serious matter. Sophisticate...
By Jacqueline Ramos
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Chinese Sub Commanders May Get AI Help for Decision-MakingWhat can we learn from a recent news report that China is seeking to develop a nuclear submarine with “AI-augmented brainpower” to give the PLA Navy an “upper hand in battle”?...
By Elsa B. Kania
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With China, Russia looming, SpaceX launch is about more than Mars
Commentary
SpaceX has reached another milestone with the successful launch of Falcon Heavy. The launch is another example of the organization’s persistent ability to innovate and push ma...
By Adam Routh
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
The Military Is Not a Political PropThe power of the president, as commander in chief of the armed forces, has evolved over more than two centuries, constrained by congressional action, the emergence of a standi...
By Phillip Carter
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The Trump Team’s Blinkered Obsession With the Iran Deal Is Poisoning the Well
When seemingly spontaneous protests erupted in cities across Iran, beginning in the last days of 2017, the prospect of a new, uncertain, and even hopeful chapter in the countr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Frustrations at the White House and the Pentagon
Commentary
In early February, months-long tensions between the White House and the Pentagon over how to address North Korea spilled out into the public scene. As officials revealed to th...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Julianne Smith
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When Putin Invades the Baltics
Commentary
Vladimir Putin is playing a vast chess game with NATO, and his next move will be to invade the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. When this happens, the United ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Beyond sanctions: On Russia policy, Congress should focus on new tools
Commentary
The Trump administration shocked observers by not imposing new Russia-related sanctions by a January 29 deadline. This decision came on the same day when CIA Director Mike Pom...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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Trump’s Use of Sanctions May Be Unsustainable
A year into his presidency, President Donald Trump has become an aggressive practitioner of economic sanctions. So far, the Treasury Department has added over 700 people, comp...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Peter Harrell
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NASA Needs a Politician More Than a Scientist for Its Chief
NASA is still in search of an Administrator. While Rep. Jim Bridenstine awaits the full Senate vote, it would be useful to think through the qualities that are necessary to be...
By Adam Routh
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Maximum Pressure: A Clarifying Signal in the Noise of North Korea Policy
At the height of the Roman Empire two thousand years ago, the Stoic philosopher Seneca counseled that any quest for a fulfilling life should begin with a clear objective: “Our...
By Patrick M. Cronin
