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Donald Trump and the Art of Strategic Ambiguity
Donald Trump has disturbed the world. His policy of strategic ambiguity has destabilized friends and foes alike. It has forced enemies such as North Korea to the bargaining ta...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Technology & National Security
China’s Quest for Political Control and Military Supremacy in the Cyber DomainThe People’s Republic of China seeks to contest information dominance (制信息权) and discursive dominance (话语权) in cyberspace. For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), cybersecurity...
By Elsa B. Kania
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National Security Human Capital Program
Firing VA Secretary David Shulkin Is a Bad IdeaDr. David Shulkin, the current secretary of veterans affairs and the only Democrat in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, has done fairly well running the VA. At a signing cerem...
By Phillip Carter
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Robert Kaplan: Grand Strategy and the Return of Marco Polo's World
Commentary
The following is a transcript of Robert D. Kaplan's speech at the Michael J. Zak Grand Strategy Lecture on March 7th, 2018. KAPLAN: It is a great privilege and honor for me to...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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How Mike Pompeo Could Save the State Department
Commentary
Former congressman and CIA Director Mike Pompeo has a bio that sparkles even in Washington: top of his class at West Point, five years of Army service, Harvard Law, success in...
By Phillip Carter
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A Requiem for Rex’s Redesign
Commentary
President Trump’s decision to inform Rex Tillerson of his firing via tweet was a fitting end to what has been a historically weak and ineffective tenure as secretary of state....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal
After a year of complaining about the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), U.S. President Donald Trump finally resorted to thre...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ilan Goldenberg
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The Clock Is Already Ticking on Mike Pompeo
Commentary
Rex Tillerson’s humiliating end is hardly surprising. He’s been on life support for months: last summer, Washington buzzed with rumors of “Rexit,” and last November the White ...
By Julianne Smith & Derek Chollet
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For the Navy, Strike Capability Should Be Top Priority
The United States Navy needs to make some hard choices if it wishes to remain relevant in the Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2AD) security environment that lies ahead of it. It mus...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Column: Toward a civil discourse on foreign policy
Tampa Bay residents were surprised recently when Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual address, showed an animated video that had multiple warheads raining down on w...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump Is the Peacemaker Korea Has Always Needed
Coming against all odds, enduring withering criticism, and facing deep cynicism, Donald Trump announced his decision to become the first sitting American president to meet Nor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s War on Europe Is Revving Up
Commentary
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office just over a year ago, America’s relationship with the European Union has been little more than an afterthought. That shouldn’t be...
By Julianne Smith & Rachel Rizzo
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Baathism Caused the Chaos in Iraq and Syria
Commentary
The United States intervened militarily in Iraq in 2003, 15 years ago this month, and the result was war and chaos. But the United States did not intervene in Syria in 2011 wh...
By Robert Kaplan
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Lessons for the Navy from SpaceX and the Commercial Sector
Commentary
The United States Navy has a goal of increasing its fleet from its current inventory of 280 ships to 355, but its recently released 30-year shipbuilding plan does not reach th...
By Jerry Hendrix
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It is time for Trump to send H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan
Commentary
It is time to send H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan. Following reports of the National Security Advisor’s imminent departure from the White House, speculation on where the lieuten...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Can South Korea Really Defuse the North's Nuclear Threat?
South Korea’s high-powered envoys sent to Pyongyang to prepare for a possible summit have apparently extracted from Kim Jong Un’s regime an idea that many on the outside assum...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Trap of Empire and Authoritarianism
Commentary
For thousands of years the tragedy of politics has been that empire affords the answer to chaos. Imperialism, as the Oxford historian John Darwin says, “has been the default m...
By Robert Kaplan
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Safety Analysis of Leishmania Vaccine Used in a Randomized Canine Vaccine/Immunotherapy Trial
In Leishmania infantum–endemic countries, controlling infection within dogs, the domestic reservoir, is critical to public health. There is a need for safe vaccines that preve...
By Molly Parrish
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Everything here is fakeI recently had a private tour of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. I was shown the famous stage where the original “King Kong” was filmed. “Do you know how big the real King K...
By Robert Kaplan
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Space Exploration Could Be the Key to America’s Renewal
History is replete with examples of great nations sliding slowly into decline. Six hundred years ago, Ming Dynasty China sent Admiral Zheng He on seven voyages throughout the ...
By Jerry Hendrix
