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Bum-Rushing Extremists From the Military Might Not Help

Interviews with a former neo-Nazi indicate that pre-discharge education and deradicalization might hinder extremist groups' recruiting efforts.

  • Todd C. Helmus, Ryan Andrew Brown and Rajeev Ramchand
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Biden’s Idea for a Saudi Offensive Arms Halt Is Unfeasible

A solid defense needs a potent deterrent, which requires a credible offense.

  • Bilal Y. Saab
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The Military Could Soon Face a Flag Officer Talent Crisis

Senior leader pay is seriously out of sync with the risks and responsibilities that come with the positions.

  • Col. Charles Luke
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After the Insurrection, America’s Far-Right Groups Get More Extreme

Their response has differed from, say the aftermath of 2017's violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

  • Matthew Valasik and Shannon Reid, The Conversation
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The New ICBM Is a Legacy System, And Should Be Cancelled

Antiquated strategic thinking must not be allowed to drain funding that could be put toward more pressing threats.

  • William D. Hartung
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How Norway Is Folding Civilians into National Defense

Not even the U.S. military can be everywhere, so whole-of-society defense is gaining in importance.

  • Elisabeth Braw
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Shoring Up The Metals Supply Chain

The Biden administration is bent on increasing critical metals supplies, but it’s overlooking an obvious source: the ocean.

  • Thomas M. Kostigen
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Approve Lockheed’s Purchase of Aerojet Rocketdyne

The deal would bolster the rocketmaker’s ability to serve aerospace and defense clients and shore up a shaky industrial base.

  • Howard P. “Buck” McKeon
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 79: “2034: A Novel of the Next World War”

  • Defense One Staff
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How 'Mask Diplomacy' Rescued China's Image in Africa

While Beijing was nimbly pivoting, the U.S. continued to let its relationships wither.

  • Dinko Hanaan Dinko, The Conversation
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The US Talks A Lot About Strategic Complexity. Too Bad It’s Mostly Just Talk.

The pandemic sidelined a national security community that gives only lip service to a vital concept.

  • Josh Kerbel
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Biden’s Interim National Security Guidance Is a Good, If Small, First Step

Next come the big questions: what is America’s current status, and where do we want to go?

  • Gregory D. Foster
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Five Ways to Prepare Now for the Next Pandemic

Suggestion from public-health researchers with experience in disaster response.

  • Tiffany A. Radcliff and Angela Clendenin, The Conversation
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With Iran, First Prevent the Nukes

If Tehran gets the Bomb, every other regional problem immediately gets a lot harder.

  • Dalia Dassa Kaye and Jon Wolfsthal
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Who’s Funding that Lawsuit? Implications for Lawfare

The U.S. and friendly governments must better understand the national-security risks from third-party litigation finance.

  • Tarun Krishnakumar
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Support for QAnon Is Hard to Measure. Polls May Overestimate It

The spread of ideas online, and people’s endorsement of them in polls, doesn’t give the whole picture.

  • James Shanahan, The Conversation
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There’s a Better Way to Press for NATO Burden-Sharing

An assessment of alliance planning for 2014-18 shows what actually gets members to boost collective defense.

  • John R. Deni
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Building a China Strategy Starts by Answering These Questions

To begin, we must question our perceptions and eliminate our biases.

  • Mike Dana and Lt. Col. Matthew Crouch
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Boycott the Olympics? Cancel the Saudis? How Woke Can Biden Really Get?

Classic international relations realism and wokeness are two different things.

  • Kevin Baron
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Why Invest in Hypersonic Technology?

Weapons aren’t the endgame. Hypersonic aircraft are next.

  • AJ Piplica
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