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Patrick Cronin on BBC Radio 5
Patrick Cronin joined BBC Radio to discuss Vice President Pence's trip to Asia and "strategic patience." Listen at BBC Radio, where the interview begins at the 9 minute mark....
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Technology & National Security
Battle intensifies between Trump’s CIA, WikiLeaksThe battle between the CIA and WikiLeaks is intensifying. CIA Director Mike Pompeo used his first major public remarks on Thursday to skewer WikiLeaks as a “non-state hostile ...
By Adam Klein
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Trump delights in watching the U.S. military display its strengthAmid the often jarring inconsistency of President Trump’s foreign policy, one thing has always been crystal clear: He loves a big show of American military force. “You gotta k...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Gives Generals More Freedom on ISIS FightU.S. military commanders are stepping up their fight against Islamist extremism as President Donald Trump’s administration urges them to make more battlefield decisions on the...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The North Korean Crisis And The Need For A 350 Ship Navy
Captain Jerry Hendrix (USN, ret,) is a key naval strategist at CNAS, and co-author with Robert C. O’Brien of a Politico Magazine article published last week on the need for (a...
By Jerry Hendrix
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As Trump and Kim Jong Un Unleash War Rhetoric, Allies Urge a Slower Hand
Ahead of another test of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities expected to occur as soon as this weekend, Washington is ratcheting up the rhetoric against the Hermit Kingdom and ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
US Drops Most Powerful Non-Nuclear Bomb in AfghanistanThe U.S. military on Thursday dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal against the Islamic State in Afghanistan, marking the first ever combat use of the mass...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
It’s uncertain who will be on the DoD chopping block with new government reformsThe Trump administration’s April 11 directive to cut the federal workforce and improve performance runs parallel to initiatives the Defense Department and Congress have been w...
By Amy Schafer
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Trump’s Navy in 2024
Jerry Hendrix joined the John Batchelor Show to discuss the future of the U.S. Navy. Listen below or at The John Batchelor Show....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Democratic Syria hawks love Trump's airstrikes
The question tormented Obama administration officials for years: Should we strike at Syrian dictator Bashar Assad or not? Under President Barack Obama, the answer was always n...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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After reports of civilian deaths, U.S. military struggles to defend air operations in war against militants
The Pentagon has struggled in recent weeks to effectively explain what lies behind a surge in reported civilian casualties in its air campaign against the Islamic State, fueli...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Can McMaster 'ground' White House foreign policy on the fly?
Long before he became a statesman, H.R. McMaster was known as a scholar, writing a best-selling book that criticized US military commanders for failing to stand up to Lyndon J...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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In major foreign policy move, Trump orders airstrike in Syria
In what is seen as a foreign policy aboutface, President Donald Trump last night ordered a missile strike on an airfield in Syria, after the use of chemical weapons by Bashar ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump’s Syria shift confounds foreign policy experts
With his first major military action, President Donald Trump has, once again, confounded experts struggling to interpret his approach to the world. Until now he has refused to...
By Richard Fontaine
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Tillerson's Russia Trip Highlights Emergence From Shadows.
Criticized for his low-profile diplomacy, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is emerging from the shadows with a leading public role in shaping and explaining the Trump adminis...
By Julianne Smith
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Once a Trump Critic, Nikki Haley Casts Herself as His Leading Diplomat
Before and after he became president, Donald J. Trump made it pretty clear that he didn’t see much value in the United Nations. So when he named Nikki R. Haley as his choice f...
By Michèle Flournoy
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‘Horrible’ pictures of suffering moved Trump to action on Syria
When President Trump began receiving his intelligence briefings in January, his team made a request: The president, they said, was a visual and auditory learner. Would the bri...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Syria strikes just the latest mission for the Navy's Spain-based workhorsesWhen President Trump decided to strike at the Assad regime, two names that have become familiar to commanders in Washington, to Russia and the rest of the region were mentione...
By Jerry Hendrix
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After Syria strikes, US and Russia spiral into confrontation
After President Donald Trump's election victory, the United States and Russia appeared headed toward their smoothest ties in decades. Not anymore. The former Cold War adversar...
By Julianne Smith
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Why Obama Avoided Military Intervention In Syria
On Thursday night, President Donald Trump authorized the military to launch several dozen cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at a Syrian airfield. The strike was meant...
By Ilan Goldenberg