Articles & Multimedia
Showing 1861-1880 of 3182 Publications
-
Congress Should Oversee America’s Wars, Not Just Authorize Them
Commentary
Nearly 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, a bipartisan coalition of senators has put forward legislation that promises to overhaul the legal framework for America’s worldwide ca...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
-
The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart
Commentary
In a May 21 speech on U.S. strategy following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo struck a tough tone, pro...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
-
Asean is the fulcrum of a free and open Indo-Pacific
More than half a year has elapsed since President Donald Trump's inaugural Asian tour, during which he announced a US vision of a "free and open Indo-Pacific". The bare bones ...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Abigail Grace
-
Commentary
Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence, International Competition, and the Balance of PowerIn early September 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin brought artificial intelligence from the labs of Silicon Valley, academia, and the basement of the Pentagon to the fo...
By Michael Horowitz
-
Back to the future: North Korea policy returns to business as usual
Commentary
The cancellation of the widely anticipated Trump–Kim summit in Singapore represents the latest turn in a period of dramatic zig-zag diplomacy: Just a few months ago, the Presi...
By Richard Fontaine
-
Trump Has No Idea How Diplomatic Deals Work
Commentary
Earlier this week, the New York Times ran a remarkable story explaining all of the ways in which the Trump administration botched its high-stakes trade negotiations with China...
By Ilan Goldenberg
-
Trump Leaves the Door Open for Another North Korea Summit
The Trump administration’s announcement that they will postpone the Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signaled that they are committed to a good deal for t...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Abigail Grace
-
Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Tell voters in real time if adversaries like Russia try to hack and manipulate electionsThis month’s primaries mark the official kickoff of an election cycle that will carry major consequences for America and the world. Yet questions loom over whether voters can ...
By Shawn Turner
-
Commentary
Technology & National Security
Now is the time to take DIUx globalThe Defense Innovation Unit Experimental — the Pentagon’s signature effort to engage commercial technology startups ― is primed to go global. In fact, DIUx could become a key ...
By Daniel Kliman & Brendan Thomas-Noone
-
The One Place in Syria That Works
Commentary
The last few months in Syria have been the latest in a string of awful months. After an estimated 511,000 deaths since the war began in 2011, the Bashar al-Assad regime has re...
By Nicholas Heras & Shadi Martini
-
Commentary
Technology & National Security
Beyond Cold War: Paradigms for U.S.-China Strategic CompetitionBeijing has long called for the United States to abandon what it calls its “Cold War mentality” (冷战思维). Today, that critique, long a staple of official Chinese propaganda, is ...
By Elsa B. Kania
-
Pompeo’s Iran Plan Is a Pipe Dream
Commentary
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement this month that the United States would no longer implement the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monda...
By Julianne Smith
-
As AI Begins to Reshape Defense, Here’s How Europe Can Keep Up
Commentary
Change comes hard in much of Europe, particularly in the defense community. But no less than in the United States, European nations are wrestling with the implications of mach...
By Jim Townsend & Wendy R. Anderson
-
America faces real threat from Europe to block Iran sanctions
European leaders have sharply criticized President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran. France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the...
By Peter Harrell
-
President Trump’s Strategy and Style Better for North Korea Than Iran
Commentary
American presidents have long found double-trouble in managing Iran and North Korea. The two countries are separated by four thousand miles and starkly different histories, bu...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Sarah Donilon
-
On China’s New Silk Road, Democracy Pays A Toll
Commentary
Great power competition is back. And China is now combining its vast economic resources with a muscular presence on the global stage. One of Beijing’s key efforts is the Belt ...
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Kliman
-
Leaving the Iran Nuclear Deal Will Have Unintended Consequences
Commentary
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal and reinstate all U.S. sanctions won’t deliver punishing economic pressure capable o...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
-
How the exit from the Iran deal will hurt the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions
Commentary
After more than a year of negotiations and crises, President Trump decided to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal last week as he announced that the United States would unilat...
By Edoardo Saravalle & Axel Hellman
-
What's Wrong with the Defense Department's 2019 Budget Request - and What Congress Can Do to Fix It
The Trump administration had a rare opportunity in the 2019 planning and budgeting cycle. For most of its time in office, the Obama administration requested more for defense t...
By Susanna V. Blume
-
National Security Human Capital Program
Combat HighAfew months before the United States invaded Iraq, in 2003, Donald Rumsfeld, the defense secretary at the time, was asked on a radio show how long the war would take. “Five da...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
