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Can America Handle Two Wars, and Maybe a Third?
In The News
China and Russia may offer no substitute for America’s diplomacy, but they will be more than happy to see American discomfiture and will play up the claims of American double ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Faces Risks in Wartime Visit to Israel
In The News
Unlike other presidents who have urged restraint on Israel during past conflicts, Mr. Biden has emphasized that Israel has every right to defend itself. A visit, said Richard ...
By Richard Fontaine
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As Israel Readies Gaza Invasion, U.S. Sees No Plan for What’s Next
In The News
A congressional aide said that discussions about Gaza’s future have also quietly begun on the Hill. Congressional leaders are acutely aware that the US invaded Afghanistan in ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Administration Scrambles to Defend Its Middle East Policy After Hamas Attacks
In The News
Foreign policy experts – many of whom despise Trump – fret that the issue is being politicized in a presidential campaign season and say it’s unfair to lay the blame on Biden ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The US, Allies See Opportunity and Risk in China’s Slowing Economy
In The News
“The conventional wisdom seems to be flipping from a concern with the unstoppable rise of Chinese power to a worry about the irrevocable decline of China’s economy and populat...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case
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Richard Fontaine, chief executive of Center for a New American Security, said America’s approach to promoting democracy abroad “has always been a model of inconsistency.” Mr. ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Failed Russian Mutiny Boosts Prospects for More US Arms to Ukraine
In The News
With funds for Ukraine not expected to run out for months, some analysts say the more immediate concern is the outcome of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which is proving a diffic...
By Richard Fontaine
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Ai Threat Landscape Could Include Automated Propaganda Bots, Sophisticated Email Attacks: Security ExpertsCenter for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine told Fox News Digital that until now, humans have primarily created disinformation. While it may have been propagated t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden and Putin's dueling speeches show why the end of the Ukraine war is a long way off
In The News
At the annual Munich Security Conference this weekend, the world’s national security influencers’ attention was on the war in Ukraine — particularly, on how to get Ukraine mor...
By Richard Fontaine
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In Biden’s Unannounced Visit to Kyiv, a Preview of an Increasingly Direct Contest With Putin
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“Everyone — Ukraine, Europe and now countries in Asia — wants to rearm,” Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security and a former Republica...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden in Kyiv and Warsaw is a reminder of who really leads Europe
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“The West is now unified in its aims,” wrote Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, from this weekend’s conference in Munich. “Lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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A Tale of Two Strategies: Comparing the Biden and Trump National Security Strategies
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As Center for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine said in a recent episode of the Lawfare Podcast, the word “strategy” in the NSS is something of a misnomer—anyone lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Documents Reveal Australia’s Efforts to Stay Neutral as Donald Trump Claimed Electoral Fraud
A longtime US foreign policy official is frank when asked whether Australia should worry about risks to American democracy. “I can’t, with a straight face, say there’s nothing...
By Richard Fontaine
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Paul Keating Slammed as Out of Step on Quad, AUKUS
In The News
US experts such as Center for a New American Security chief executive Richard Fontaine also hit back at the idea Washington was “ungrateful” to Australia.“Nothing could be fur...
By Richard Fontaine
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Kevin Rudd on Shortlist to Become Next Ambassador to the United States
In The News
This week, visiting American foreign policy expert Richard Fontaine, from the influential Washington think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS), added his voice to t...
By Richard Fontaine
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
Joe Biden Warns of Global Disorder If Russia Is Not StoppedBeyond the debating chamber, the global balance of power is changing. “Every day the war goes on, Russia’s military is degraded,” argues Richard Fontaine of the Centre for a N...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan accelerated downward spiral in polls
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The perception that the administration was shifting the goalposts further dented public confidence, said Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and an...
By Richard Fontaine
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Pelosi visit underscores cyber threat to Taiwan
In The News
In 2021, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testified to Congress that China hopes to be militarily capable of taking Taiwan by 2027. While it may be a few years ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Pelosi’s Last Cold War & The Griner Prisoner Dilemma
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After weeks of speculation and fears that she might launch World War III, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally touched down Tuesday night in Taipei, for an official visit to Tai...
By Richard Fontaine
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A signal of 'impunity'? Biden's trip to Middle East pits human rights against geopolitical reality
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During a private conversation at the opulent horse ranch of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in 2009, the monarch told President Barack Obama he had his back. Abdullah assured the...
By Richard Fontaine
