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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Time for US nuclear strategy to embrace no first useNo first use is the most meagre of many measures needed to restrain US presidential authority in the nuclear realm....
By Van Jackson
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
If You Want Peace, Prepare for Nuclear WarIn a little under three decades, nuclear weapons have gone from center stage to a sideshow in U.S. defense strategy. Since the 1990s, the United States has drastically reduced...
By Elbridge Colby
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump's nuclear views are terrifying: ColumnThe contours of Donald Trump’s foreign policy are becoming disturbingly clear. Newspapers have labeled his thinking on international affairs "isolationist” and “unabashedly no...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Elbridge Colby before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic ForcesElbridge Colby testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on adapting U.S. nuclear strategy and posture to a more contested and competitive wor...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Terrible But Justified: The U.S. A-Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and NagasakiWere the atomic bomb attacks on Japan in August 1945 justifiable? As the world marks the 70th anniversary of these momentous and terrifying events, it is important to ask this...
By Elbridge Colby
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
How to constrain Iran's support for terrorism - and still make a dealOne of the major criticisms of the nuclear deal with Iran is that lifting economic sanctions will strengthen Iran’s ability to support terrorist groups and other activities th...
By Peter Harrell
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Why China likes the Iran dealAs members of Congress debate whether to back the deal over Iran's nuclear program, one source of support seems guaranteed -- China. It's one of the biggest winners in the agr...
By Alexander Sullivan & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
North Korea's saber rattling more worrying than RussiaWhile Iranian leaders prepare to pause on their nuclear program, Russia and North Korea appear locked in a contest for chief nuclear menace. Both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Ilan Goldenberg before the House Committee on Foreign AffairsMiddle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the implications of a nuclear agreement with Iran....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
INFOGRAPHIC: U.S. Strategy After the Iran Deal: Top 5 QuestionsWith the historic nuclear agreement with Iran the question turns to the long-term implications of the deal and whether years from now it will be judged as successful. To try ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ilan Goldenberg
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How Promoting Business in Iran Boosts the Nuclear AgreementThe United States and international partners have signed a historic agreement with Iran on its nuclear program, but they still face important choices about just how far to go ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
A historic agreementThe nuclear agreement reached in Vienna creates an unprecedented opportunity for the United States to deter Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and increase stability in the M...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ilan Goldenberg
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Sanctions Relief Can Empower the Iranian PeopleIf the United States, other world powers and Iran sign a nuclear deal in the coming weeks, the United States should proceed strategically in its diplomatic opening with Iran t...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Peter Harrell
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National Security Human Capital Program
NATO Needs a Nuclear Strategy UpdateNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization ministers meeting in Antalya, Turkey earlier this month heard from the alliance’s supreme military commander that Russia is using threatenin...
By Elbridge Colby
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
The Geopolitics of the Iran Nuclear DealAs the United States and Iran near an historic nuclear agreement there is an intense debate about whether a deal represents capitulation to Iranian interests in the Middle Eas...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Robert D. Kaplan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Is North Korea a Nuclear State?If the global norm against nuclear proliferation is to retain meaning, North Korea must remain isolated from the international community in certain respects. But that doesn’t...
By Van Jackson
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
HuffPost Live: Benjamin Netanyahu & Susan Rice To Speak At AIPACSenior Fellow Ilan Goldenberg joins a panel on HuffPost Live Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address at AIPAC will impact relations and a possible Iran deal....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
If the Iran Nuke Talks Fail...What if the nuclear talks with Iran completely break down at some point, as quite a few people in Congress and the Washington policy community seem to want? We believe the res...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Robert D. Kaplan
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National Security Human Capital Program
SOTU: Elbridge Colby on Nuclear PolicyThe upcoming State of the Union offers an ideal opportunity for President Obama to underline the U.S. commitment to modernizing the nation’s nuclear arsenal. While the Preside...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Asia Goes Nuclear: Elbridge Colby December 2014 InterviewRobert M. Gates Fellow Elbridge Colby discusses his op-ed on nuclear weapons in Asia with The National Interest....
By Elbridge Colby
