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The Final Pandemic Surge Is Crashing Over America

For the first time, the U.S. recorded 1 million COVID-19 cases in one week.

  • Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic
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Ep. 76: What to expect from the Biden administration

  • Defense One Staff
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As Spotlight Fades, What Next for Special Operators?

Under Trump, the Pentagon's ‘service secretary’ in charge of SOF has changed hands eight times between seven people.

  • Kevin Baron
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Put Societal Resilience at the Center of Defense Planning

It’s already foolish to focus too narrowly on military attack and response. Soon it will be fatuous.

  • Elisabeth Braw
Ideas

A Better Way to Fight the Forever War

Why leaving a residual force in Afghanistan may be the only way to both end and win the war.

  • Capt. Matt Fiorelli
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Cutting US Defense Attachés from Embassies Abroad is a Bad Idea

Without them on the ground, or without the right rank, commanders and policymakers are mostly blind, deaf, and mute.

  • Larry Hanauer
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LIVE: 2020 Global Security Forum

Live coverage of this year's Soufan Center event from Mon., Nov. 16, to Thurs., Nov. 19.

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COVID-19 Is Out of Control. What Can We Do?

We need a one-two punch to knock the virus down and then keep it down.

  • Thomas R. Frieden, The Atlantic
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Block the Pentagon’s 5G Power Play

Defense leaders’ attempt to become the gatekeeper for prime frequencies is understandable, but it’s the wrong choice for America.

  • Mike Rogers
Ideas

A Nuclear Strike Should Require More than One Person’s Order

We should require a second voice when it comes to ordering first use of nuclear arms.

  • Steven Pifer
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What Would a Climate-Focused DoD Budget Look Like?

It’d be less about what we spend and more about how we spend the money we already have.

  • John Conger
Ideas

Give Us That Democracy Summit, President Biden

A long time ago, before the pandemic, he promised to convene free-world leaders. It’s still a good idea.

  • Kevin Baron
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A Simple Veterans Day Proposal for the Incoming Administration

Send every political appointee to visit Arlington National Cemetery — with someone who served.

  • Brent Colburn
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The Danger of Treating National Security Like a Political Sideshow

This was a dangerous day.

  • Kevin Baron
Exclusive Ideas

What Today’s Generals Could Learn from George Washington's Evolution

In his military thinking early on, Gen. Washington failed to see the big strategic picture. But the 44-year old "could observe, reflect, and adjust more than most senior commanders."

  • Thomas E. Ricks
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Biden Shouldn’t Toss All of Trump’s Foreign Policies

From ending forever wars to pressing allies to shoulder more of their defense loads, the next president should pursue at least some of his predecessor’s goals.

  • Charles V. Peña
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QAnon Is Winning

Conspiracy thinking in America had a huge night on Tuesday.

  • Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic
Ideas

George Washington Warned Us

The first president anticipated political misinformation, division, and attempts to subvert the rule of law in the pursuit of power.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Misinformation 2020: What the Data Tells Us About Election-Related Falsehoods

Here are urgent lessons from the year’s most-spread false themes — and the ones going viral right now.

  • Peter W. Singer
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Whatever Happens in the Election, Get Ready for a Rocky Transition

Trump says if he loses, he won’t help hand over power, and if he wins, he'll root out government employees he deems disloyal to him.

  • Tom Shoop
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