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From Strategy to Action: Rethinking How the State Department Works
The State Department is filled with some of the most knowledgeable foreign policy experts in the world, yet its impact is ...
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The Adversarial: Shifts in Pressure
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, ...
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Is The People’s Liberation Army Ready For a Fight Over Taiwan?
In this show, Melanie, Chris, and Zack discuss Timothy Heath’s recent paper on China’s military capabilities. Heath argues ...
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What We Mean When We Call Something an Intelligence Failure
When most people hear the words “intelligence failure,” they think of a surprise event that an intelligence service failed to ...
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Rewind and Reconnoiter: India Still Holds Opportunity for Washington
Sameer Lalwani and Tyler Sagerstrom wrote “Avoiding a Collision Course With India,” which argued that U.S.-Indian relations ...
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China’s Ties with North Korea Are in a Ditch, and Therein Lies Opportunity
One year ago, experts had many reasons to think China and North Korea would become closer than ever before. But that’s not ...
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America’s Long-Range Retaliation
On Feb. 2, 2024, two U.S. Air Force B-1B aircraft, on direct order from the president, released thousands of pounds of ...
Opinion
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Armed Neutrality for Ukraine Is NATO’s Least Poor Option
When it comes to securing Ukraine’s future, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, armed neutrality is the worst option for the United States and NATO, except ...