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Debates on the Use of Military Force
Host Kathleen Hicks moderates a discussion about the use of force and AUMFs (Authorizations for the Use of Military Force), with her colleague Melissa Dalton (CSIS), Richard F...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS: Bold Ideas for National SecurityThis year, CNAS experts brought bold ideas and bipartisan cooperation to the national security conversation. In 2020, the CNAS team will continue tackling the biggest security...
By Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Kayla M. Williams, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Richard Fontaine, Kristine Lee, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Ely Ratner, Paul Scharre, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Carrie Cordero
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Enduring Relevance of Reagan’s Westminster SpeechEditor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three essays, commissioned by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, examining the legacy of Reagan’s Westmin...
By Richard Fontaine
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Does 'America First' mean 'America Alone'?
Are Washington's traditional allies confident that the U.S. will stand by them in their time of need? Does "America First" really mean "America Alone?" Or perhaps a U.S. that ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Nonintervention DelusionRichard Fontaine addresses the most frequently expressed concerns about U.S. military interventions and concludes that the use of military force will remain a key component of...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Most Dangerous Moment of the Trump Presidency
For all of the uncertainty of the Trump administration’s nearly three years in power, genuine international crises have been rare. That’s changing right now. The attack a week...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Great-Power Competition Is Washington’s Top Priority—But Not the Public’sFor all the acrimony in Washington today, the city’s foreign policy establishment is settling on a rare bipartisan consensus: that the world has entered a new era of great-pow...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
What would John McCain do?A year ago, the world lost Sen. John McCain. The global response to his passing — largely grief and appreciation from allies and democratic activists, mostly silence from adve...
By Richard Fontaine
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Don’t Peg Troop Withdrawals to the Political Calendar
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made news this week by suggesting that President Donald Trump has instructed him to pursue troop reductions in Afghanistan by Election Day 2020....
By Richard Fontaine
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Can South Korea and America Find a Common Position on China?
The image two weeks ago of Presidents Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in greeting Kim Jong Un in the Korean Demilitarized Zone captivated the world. The impromptu, trilateral meetin...
By Richard Fontaine, Kristine Lee & Hannah Suh
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Living on the Edge: Strengthening American CompetitivenessRichard Fontaine highlights the range of national security challenges facing the United States....
By Richard Fontaine
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Presentation of the 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich Jr. Award
Kristine Lee and Cole Stevens are recognized as the 2019 recipients of the 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich Jr. Award....
By Richard Fontaine, Andrew J. Bacevich, Cole Stevens & Kristine Lee
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Early days of the China feudRichard Fontaine joins The John Batchelor Show to discuss his recent essay in The Atlantic about the likelihood of a trade deal between the United States and China, as well as...
By Richard Fontaine
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Modi's Victory Is America’s Opportunity
History’s largest election has swept Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party back to power in India. More than six-hundred-million Indian voters cast ballots that decisively ga...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Forever Trade WarAmerica’s relationship with China has taken a turn toward the confrontational. Tariffs are rising, rhetoric is heating up, and both sides are digging in....
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Softens Escalating Iran War Rhetoric
The Trump administration is sounding warnings about Iran and building up force in the Persian Gulf, but the president's aversion to foreign intervention also weigh on his fore...
By Richard Fontaine
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From Truman to Trump, why Kansas City matters to NATO
Last week in Washington, D.C., representatives from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 29 member states marked the 70th anniversary of the transatlantic alliance. They c...
By Derek Chollet & Richard Fontaine
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NATO Secretary General sounds notes of caution for alliance
Today Jens Stoltenberg became the first NATO Secretary General to address a joint session of Congress, where he touted the alliance's success and emphasized the continuing nee...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Podcast: The Autocrat’s New Tool KitA new set of technological tools—some of them now maturing, others poised to emerge over the coming decade—seem destined to wind up in the hands of autocrats around the world....
By Richard Fontaine, Kara Frederick & Paul Scharre
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Autocrat’s New Tool KitChinese authorities are now using the tools of big data to detect departures from “normal” behavior among Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang region—and then to identify each su...
By Richard Fontaine & Kara Frederick