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Sharper: Allies and Partners
Amid intensifying geopolitical challenges, the United States is finding new ways to address security issues by cultivating and strengthening alliances and partnerships. How ca...
By Gwendolyn Nowaczyk & Charles Horn
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What Can the US Expect From Sri Lanka’s New President?
Washington views Sri Lanka as a “lynchpin” of its Indo-Pacific strategy and seeks a partner committed to strengthening the democratic process and economic governance while pro...
By Keerthi Martyn
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A Year of Anguish for the Hostages in Gaza—and Their Families
October 7 gave rise to unexpected bipartisan coalitions of D.C. experts and legislators who lent their knowledge to help U.S. hostage families and victims of the conflict navi...
By Daniel Silverberg
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On Alliances in Northeast Asia
For the U.S. alliances with South Korea and Japan to thrive — or merely survive — under the next administration, policy makers need to consider different options for different...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Around the Table with Hermes Grullon
Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter. Each edition features a conversation with a peer in the national security community ...
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Aiming higher: Accelerating US-Australia cooperation on precision-guided weapons
Both the United States and Australia have made deterring coercion in the Indo-Pacific the focus of their defence strategies and plan to do so by denying an aggressor the abili...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Melting Fortress: The United States, Canada, and the Race Against Time in the Arctic
For years, Moscow has prioritized the Arctic as a critical pillar of its national security, opening or refurbishing over 50 military bases and scaling up military operations a...
By Andrew Spafford & Samantha Olson
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Do ‘good rebels’ exist in Myanmar?
Myanmar is experiencing unprecedented levels of conflict between the military junta, or Tatmadaw, and increasingly collaborative ethnic armed organisations (EAOs). In the past...
By Rowan Scarpino & Nathaniel Schochet
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Competition, Not Control, is Key to Winning the Global AI Race
The United States, with much of the world’s AI-enabling infrastructure, has positioned itself as the global leader in AI innovation. That might not be the case for much longer...
By Keegan McBride & Matthew Mittelsteadt
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Regulating AI Is Easier Than You Think
Countries can regulate AI from the ground up by controlling access to highly specialized chips...
By Paul Scharre
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Sharper: Drones on the Battlefield
From the battlefields of Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh to Ukraine, the deployment of drones has become a critical element of modern warfare. Will the explosion of unmanned aerial ...
By Anna Pederson & Molly Campbell
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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
Democratic governments have done much to protect themselves in recent years. Still missing, however, is a mechanism for collective action....
By Richard Fontaine
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How the Space Force Can Better Tell Its Story
Space Force guardians should use the spotlight from real world events — like this story — to educate the public and advocate for resources....
By Hannah Dennis
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How to Revamp Chinese Students’ American Education
The PRC today operates the largest and most sophisticated propaganda apparatus in human history....
By Bill Drexel & Grace Gao
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U.S. military must reinforce Guam's crumbling infrastructure
In Guam, one is quickly struck by the juxtaposition of crystal-clear waters with crumbling infrastructure and abandoned cars strewn across the small Pacific island. Following ...
By Taren Sylvester & Evan Wright
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Putin Will Never Give Up in Ukraine
The evidence suggests that on Ukraine, Putin simply is not persuadable; he is all in....
By Peter Schroeder
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AI’s impact on elections is being overblown
Far from being dominated by AI-enabled catastrophes, this election “super year” at that point was pretty much like every other election year....
By Keegan McBride, Felix M. Simon & Sacha Altay
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Around the Table with Evan Gaul
Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter. Each edition features a conversation with a peer in the national security community ...
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There Are No Magic Beans: Easy Options to Deter China Militarily Do Not Exist
The only assured way to deter an attack on Taiwan is to have sufficient survivable forces and munitions properly postured before a Chinese attack....
By Tom Shugart
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Sharper: Axis of Upheaval
A loose but growing coalition between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea demonstrates that their combined strategic interests have the potential to pose significant economic...
By Anna Pederson