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The Pentagon’s AUKUS Review is an Opportunity — If Done Right
Commentary
The reality is that U.S. military assistance to Ukraine and Taiwan has starkly highlighted for policymakers the real limits of the U.S. industrial base to meet demand across a...
By Jennifer Hendrixson White
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Around the Table: Rashad Nimr
Commentary
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 ...
By Rashad Nimr
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What’s Making Some Countries Daydream About Nukes Again?
Commentary
Yet the majority of nations that might decide to go nuclear are not rogue states, but U.S. allies and partners....
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Commentary
Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Beyond Bans: Expanding the Policy Options for Tech-Security ThreatsStuck between a rock (the fact that banning all Chinese tech that poses a risk is expensive and impractical) and a hard place (the fact that many existing mitigation proposals...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Beware the Europe You Wish For
Commentary
But that doesn’t mean the United States and Europe are headed for divorce....
By Celeste Wallander
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
What Happened to the U.S. ‘Asia First’ Doctrine?U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific should observe that the Trump administration’s strategic approach to foreign policy is a moving target....
By Adham Sahloul
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Securing America’s AI Future: Federal Research and Development PrioritiesOn April 29, 2025, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a Request for Information on the Development of a 2025 National Artificial Intelligenc...
By Caleb Withers & Spencer Michaels
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
America’s Middle East Trap is China’s Strategic WindfallChina’s approach to any escalation in the Middle East reflects its broader strategy of free-riding on U.S. security commitments....
By Adham Sahloul
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Commentary
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump May Go to War in Iran Without Congress — and That’s Just the New NormalThe Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war but leaves much else unsaid, and potential ambiguity results from the tension between this and the president’s authori...
By Daniel Silverberg
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Preventing the Next Middle East Disaster
Commentary
At play for Washington in the Middle East is the opportunity to keep Russia out of the Eastern Mediterranean, Iran’s proxy network at bay, and scale back China's ambitions in ...
By Adham Sahloul
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How Nuclear War Could Start
Commentary
To understand how it could all go wrong, it is useful to look at some examples of how it almost did....
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Tell Me How This Trade War Ends
Commentary
Against this backdrop, Trump has turned the United States into a revisionist power seeking to shatter what remains of the economic order....
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Commentary
Defense / Transatlantic Security
‘Spider’s Web’ Warning: The U.S. Must Prioritize Drone Defense to Avoid Russia’s FateThis attack is wake-up call for US military: its counter-drone efforts are inadequate and are not keeping pace with the threat....
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Molly Campbell
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
How the United States Can Win the Global Tech RaceDespite powerful advantages, U.S. success is far from assured....
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Around the Table with Cole Stevens
Commentary
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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Why EU Enlargement Is a Strategic Necessity for the United States
Commentary
Increased European prosperity is a net benefit to the United States....
By Nicholas Lokker
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Why We Should Worry About Nuclear Weapons Again
Commentary
Today’s global nuclear landscape is far more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious....
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Commentary
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Putin’s Pressure PointTrump’s handling of Russia diverges sharply from his approach to every other country....
By Edward Fishman
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Commentary
Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
How to Kick-start Syria’s ReconstructionGiven that there are so many stakeholders interested in Syria’s future, it’s unlikely that all countries will agree on the best way to support its transition, but they don’t n...
By Delaney Soliday & Kate Johnston
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Extremist Militias on Federal DutyDakota S. Rudesill is associate professor at the Moritz College of Law, and national security simulation director and research associate at the Mershon Center for Internationa...
By Dakota S. Rudesill
