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John McCain’s Warning of the Authoritarian Threat Should Be Heeded
Commentary
McCain’s foresight was grounded in his fundamental worldview. He recognized the innate connection between the behavior of governments at home and abroad....
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Twining
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Election Interference Demands a Collective Defense
Commentary
The stakes have grown too high and the threats too pervasive to leave every democracy to its own devices....
By Richard Fontaine
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The Myth of Neutrality
Commentary
The number of unavoidable dilemmas will only rise as the U.S.-Chinese rivalry intensifies....
By Richard Fontaine
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What a Debt Default Would Mean for National Security
Commentary
Military strength and geopolitical influence rise and fall with a country’s economic power, and a debt default would strike a major blow against them all....
By Richard Fontaine
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Yoon’s State Visit Shows an Alliance on the Move
Commentary
Now is the time for South Korea and the United States to work together in pursuit of order, security, freedom, and prosperity....
By Richard Fontaine
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Of Strategy and Schnitzel: Munich Security Conference 2023
Commentary
The West is, they all said, in this for the long haul, and will support Ukraine for as long as it takes....
By Richard Fontaine
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China’s Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity
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Whether a product of hubris or incompetence, the Chinese-spy-balloon affair has derailed Beijing’s charm offensive and raised grave suspicions among Americans....
By Richard Fontaine
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China’s Balloon Could Be America’s Awakening
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Beijing’s blunder may well represent—forgive the expression—a great-power trial balloon. And it may even spur a broad American awakening....
By Richard Fontaine
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To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition
Commentary
The effort to help Afghans shape a better alternative should begin now....
By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
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Taking on China and Russia
Commentary
Today Washington has chosen, perhaps by default, to compete with—and if necessary, confront—both Russia and China simultaneously and indefinitely....
By Richard Fontaine
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Welcome to the New Age of Nukes
Commentary
Nuclear weapons are back, and in a disturbingly visceral way. Vladimir Putin’s saber-rattling—“this is not a bluff” he said, warning of nuclear use in Ukraine—has sparked conc...
By Richard Fontaine
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AUKUS Has Big Technology Hurdles with Some Very Big Rewards
Commentary
Amid the rise of Chinese power and the changing Indo-Pacific dynamic, allies like Australia and the US must work together even more closely than before....
By Richard Fontaine
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Under Pressure: The Present and Future of International Order
Commentary
Defending a liberal international order requires unity and commitment. It entails costs....
By Richard Fontaine
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Why Russia Must Fail in Ukraine
Commentary
Should Moscow’s violent revisionism succeed, it would threaten the very principles that have helped create peace, prosperity, and freedom over more than half a century....
By Richard Fontaine
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The World That Putin Has Made
Commentary
By attacking Ukraine, Vladimir Putin may have brought about what he wanted least: a galvanized West, determined to act together to preserve a liberal world order...
By Richard Fontaine
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Ukraine War Should Slow But Not Stop the U.S. Pivot to Asia
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The U.S. should continue a long-term shift to Asia, but in a way that better balances resources and engagements across the three strategic theaters....
By Richard Fontaine
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The Long Weekend That Changed History
Governments are no longer trying to alter Russian behavior but are instead trying to diminish its ability to project power. All of this happened over a long weekend....
By Richard Fontaine
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The US can aid Afghans without boosting the Taliban
Commentary
The Biden administration should help alleviate Afghan suffering while preserving a degree of leverage with the Taliban on both human rights and terrorism concerns...
By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
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Washington’s Missing China Strategy
Commentary
The Biden administration has repeatedly identified China as the United States’ foremost foreign policy challenge. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has referred to China as th...
By Richard Fontaine
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Values Are Interests
Commentary
The answer to democracy’s problems is not dictatorship. It is, rather, better democracy—and more of it....
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Twining
