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Will Trump’s North Korea gamble actually pay off?
Last week was a whirlwind for North Korea watchers. On Thursday, South Korean officials announced that President Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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How much longer will US and partner forces ‘own the night’ in combat?
Filmed through the tinted green of night vision goggles, a February video by the Taliban depicts their assault on an Afghan security forces outpost in Kandahar province. After...
By Adam Routh
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‘It’s killing the agency’: Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump’s plan to fix veterans’ care
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government’s second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency’s Washington headquarters. He has canc...
By Phillip Carter
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Expert says Trump-North Korea talks could be his 'crowning achievement' — or lead to war
Proposed talks between President Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un could be Trump’s "crowning achievement" if they go well, or lead to war in they fail, an Asia securit...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Economic Sanctions Outlook
The Atlantic Council held a series of panels on the Trump Administration’s use of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool. Representatives from the State and Treasury Depa...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Will Kim Jong Un — like every other dictator — sucker Trump?
The Post reports: North Korea’s belligerent leader, Kim Jong Un, has asked President Trump for talks and Trump has agreed to meet him “by May,” South Korea’s national security...
By Richard Fontaine
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7 Big Things to Understand About Trump’s Talks With North Korea
President Trump has accepted North Korea’s invitation for direct talks with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to be held by May. It’s a big deal, but you’re probably wonde...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Chemical weapons in Syria: a real-false red line?
If confirmed, it would be the fifth chemical attack on Eastern Ghouta in less than two months. According to the NGO Union of Relief and Medical Organizers (UOSSM), a chlorine ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un can both claim a diplomatic victory - but can they secure a real breakthrough?c
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have more in common than they think. They both love drama and they delivered it in spades on Thursday, in an extra...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump's historic bet on Kim Jong Un summit shatters decades of orthodoxy
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - US President Donald Trump took the biggest gamble of his presidency on Thursday (March 8), breaking decades of US diplomatic orthodoxy by accepting an...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump's plan to fix veterans' care
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government's second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency's Washington headquarters...
By Phillip Carter
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Ex-Pentagon Official: Trump failed to prevent Iran's entrenchment in Syria
So respected is Michèle Flournoy that she not only was presumed to be Hillary Clinton’s secretary of defense in waiting, but was also offered the No. 2 position by Trump’s Sec...
By Michèle Flournoy
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War zones still waiting for a visit from Trump
Trump's absence from the war zones more than a year into this presidency stands in contrast to his immediate predecessor: Former President Barack Obama made his first of five ...
By Phillip Carter & Michèle Flournoy
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Mad Scientist 2018: Bio-Convergence and the Changing Character of War
This Mad Scientist conference, co-sponsored by the U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 and SRI International, brings leading scientists, innovators, and scholars from academia, industry, and...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Top Ten Bio Convergence Trends Impacting the Future Operational Environment
As Mad Scientist Laboratory has noted in previous blog posts, War is an intrinsically human endeavor. Rapid innovations in the biological sciences are changing how we work, li...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump Knows the Best Trade Wars. The Very Best.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday followed through on his threats to levy across-the-board tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, though he gave a temporary respite to C...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s Historic Bet on Kim Summit Shatters Decades of Orthodoxyc
Donald Trump took the biggest gamble of his presidency on Thursday, breaking decades of U.S. diplomatic orthodoxy by accepting an invitation to meet with North Korean leader K...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s bellicosity secures a diplomatic coup — for now
For the moment, at least, it appears to be a clear-cut victory — the biggest foreign policy win of his young administration. President Trump has brought his arch-nemesis, Nort...
By Richard Fontaine
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Genius Machines: The Next Decade of Artificial Intelligence
In just the last five years, artificial intelligence has evolved from a staple of science fiction to a real-world magnet for large-scale investment, wonder, and hype. Increase...
By Elsa B. Kania & Paul Scharre
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SINET ITSEF 2018
The new National Security Strategy has declared that certain nations are strategic competitors. Russia, China, and other groups are using cyber as an extension of competition...
By Elsa B. Kania