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‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’: How Decades of Munitions Neglect Left the U.S. Unprepared
In The News
“They now see — and they’re right about this — a very real threat at some point from the Russians. So they could give more Patriots to Ukraine,” says Jim Townsend, an adjunct ...
By Jim Townsend
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The US Wants ‘Creative’ Ways To Punish Iran. What Might They Be?
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But as the war drags on and the costs go up, the CENTCOM sender may have been hoping to come across a "silver bullet" strategy, or new tactics that pack the same punch Ukraine...
By Jim Townsend
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Why Is the Pentagon Splitting Up US Military Casualties in Iran?
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Former Pentagon official Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that the administration is "playing games" by dividing...
By Jim Townsend
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NATO Weathers Another Trump Storm but Braces for More After Ankara Summit
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"Even if Trump makes nice, the damage is done," said Jim Townsend, a former senior Pentagon official now at the Center for a New American Security think tank. "Russia and the ...
By Jim Townsend
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Keflavík Remains Important Despite ‘Uncertainty’ from Washington
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Jim Townsend, an expert at the Center for a New American Security, worked for years on European and NATO affairs at the Pentagon and was, among other things, US assistant secr...
By Jim Townsend
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Senate GOP Quietly Seeks to Curb Trump Troop Moves from Europe
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“I think what the Democrats would say, and what the Republicans are saying too, is we’ve got to do this as a transition and not just dump it on the Europeans and say good luck...
By Jim Townsend
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U.S. Tells Europe, Canada to Boost NATO Air and Naval Forces as Washington Steps Back
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Jim Townsend, a former senior Pentagon official now at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said the move sent the wrong political signal to U.S. allies and t...
By Jim Townsend
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Europe Troop Move Puts Spotlight on Last Man Out of Afghanistan
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Downgrading to a lieutenant general would be “against the grain” for allies who see Russia as a near-term threat, said Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of def...
By Jim Townsend
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‘Insatiable’ Demand: Inside the Fight for a Bigger U.S. Special Forces Budget
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“If they’ve got 100 Shaheds coming at them, how are they going to deal with that?” Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy, t...
By Jim Townsend
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‘Closer to a Break than Ever’: Can NATO Survive If Trump Pulls the U.S. Out?
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By Jim Townsend
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Trump Is Claiming Victory, Even As What Exactly America Won Remains Unclear
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“When things are all over, I don’t think there will be much in the plus column except weakening their military for the moment,” said Jim Townsend, who has worked at both the P...
By Jim Townsend
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The NATO Chief Is on an Alliance ‘Rescue Mission’ with Trump
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“It’s a rescue mission, in some ways, to try to keep the U.S. at least in the alliance,” said Jim Townsend, a former Pentagon official who oversaw Europe and NATO policy durin...
By Jim Townsend
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Hungary’s Orbán Has Long Annoyed the European Union. Now Some Hope He Faces Defeat
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It didn’t start that way. After the Cold War, Hungary joined the EU along with nine other countries in 2004 in the bloc’s largest expansion ever. There was widespread optimism...
By Jim Townsend
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Pottery Barn Rule Out, Trump’s ‘I Broke It, You Fix It’ Rule In
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“I anticipate he walks claiming victory and says the Europeans and the Gulf states have to sort out the strait,” agreed Jim Townsend, an analyst with the Center for a New Amer...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Whose War Is It? Trump Eyes Iran Talks as Israel Hints at Long CampaignAnother deadline day, another ultimatum, another surprise turn from the US president. The same Donald Trump who may or may not send ground troops to try to secure the Strait o...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Australian Involvement in Protecting Strait of Hormuz Would Provide Confidence to Other NationsJim Townsend, a former U-S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who spent more than two decades working o...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Generating His Own Fog of Disinformation About Iran War
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While every military conflict brings difficulty in understanding what is really happening at the front lines, President Donald Trump’s war against Iran features its own unique...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump’s Iran War Will End When He Declares Victory — The Only Question Is When
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When will Donald Trump declare victory in Iran? The answer to that question could determine whether it’s a few days, a few weeks, a few months or even longer that American ser...
By Jim Townsend
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Four Years In, Putin’s Ukraine Conquest Is Still Stalled – But He’s Still Got Trump On His Side
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Four years after launching an invasion to seize neighboring Ukraine in a matter of days, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin can no longer replenish the tens of thousands of soldi...
By Jim Townsend
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Ukraine Makes Its Case to Trump’s Congress
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Ukraine and its allies launched an advocacy week on Capitol Hill today, and got a warm welcome. But while Congress remains Kyiv’s staunchest supporter in Washington, sanctions...
By Jim Townsend
