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$264B for ICBMs That Would Be Destroyed in the Ground? No, Thanks
Creating a spiffy new “nuclear sponge” makes neither fiscal nor strategic sense.
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Countering China’s Military Challenge, Today
Denying the PLA its objectives in the 2020s requires diversification, distribution, and resiliency across posture and mission.
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Germany’s Military an Unexpected Star in Pandemic Relief
The Bundeswehr’s ubiquity and effectiveness in various facets of the COVID response has created an unusual problem.
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Biden Should Sink This Proposed Nuclear Weapon
None of the arguments for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile hold water.
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Afghanistan Will Know No Peace Without Pressure on Pakistan
Inconsistent global powers, foreign politics, and indifference to Pakistan’s Taliban sponsorship continue to frustrate Afghans and spoil peace efforts.
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Release the Last ‘Low-Value’ Afghanistan POW Held at Gitmo
International law required the U.S. to release Asadullah Haroon Gul five years ago. Now there is truly no reason to hold him.
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The USAF’s Bad Bets on Pilot Retention Show It Needs Outside Help
Service leaders think the same old tactics can reverse a pilot shortage in a resurging economy.
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No F-35s for UAE, Please
The sale is likely to deepen existing conflicts and further enmesh the U.S. in the region.
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Can the US and Russia Agree to Disagree?
The relationship is cold, but there are still some areas of mutual interest.
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It Was Never All or Nothing in Afghanistan
This is not something we hoped to see from national security leaders and a president we admire so much.
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Afghanistan’s Situation Didn’t Change. American Politics Did
The Biden administration says it can fight terrorism in a way that its predecessors called impossible. Can it?
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'I Felt Hate More Than Anything': How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War
Steven Carrillo’s path to the Boogaloo Bois shows the hate group is far more organized and dangerous than previously known.
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Four Things the Pentagon Needs to Do to Advance Its AI
The view from NSCAI’s executive director.
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What a Real People-First Pentagon Budget Would Include
Family-support and mental-health services need a long-overdue plus-up.
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The Intelligence Community’s Deadly Bias Toward Classified Sources
Its willful blindness to publicly available information is hurting national security.
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Beware ‘Just Say China’ Politics
Republicans screamed for more spending to counter China. Democrats are claiming their infrastructure bill does just that. It’s a dangerous game.
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American Support is Needed to Resolve a POW Crisis in the Caucasus
Azerbaijan is illegally holding some 200 Armenian troops and civilian captives.
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The Arctic Is No Substitute for Suez. We Should Keep It That Way.
One obvious way to reduce tensions in the region is to slow climate change and the use of northern sea routes.
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US Army’s Plan Needlessly Duplicates Air Force Strike Capabilities
The service would do better to follow the Marines’ path toward specialization.
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What Is DevSecOps, Anyway?
How one company used it to accelerate improvements to an Air Force cyber defense program.
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