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The Sources of Russian Conduct

Kennan’s Long Telegram needs an update for Putin’s Russia.

Thomas E. Graham

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Biden's Baltic Bombast

Does the Vice President care about the risks America takes on to protect tiny Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? 

Ted Galen Carpenter
Image: “Polish soldiers, assigned to the 34th Armor Cavalry Brigade, conduct a Vehicle Identification exercise on their Polish Leopard tank, as part of the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC), at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 10, 2016. The SETC is co-hosted by U.S. Army Europe and the German Bundeswehr, May 10-13, 2016. The competition is designed to foster military partnership while promoting NATO interoperability. Seven platoons fr

The Senate's Dereliction of Duty on NATO Expansion

They failed to ask tough questions—and now we must live with the consequences.

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
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The Federal Reserve Isn't Running Out of Bullets

An old study gives clues to post-Treasuries easing.

Samuel Rines

The Era of American Primacy Is Far from Over

Washington is still the global top dog—but it will need to work harder to stay on top regionally.

Hal Brands

South Korean Nukes: Less Risky to America than Extended Deterrence

The danger of ambiguity and entanglement is greater.

Doug Bandow
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Kremlin.ru

America Can Exploit Saudi-Egyptian Tensions

Washington can butt in between Riyadh and Cairo.

Samuel Ramani

The Skeptics

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  • The Era of American Primacy Is Far from Over

  • South Korean Nukes: Less Risky to America than Extended Deterrence

  • Team Obama's PR Blunders on the $400 Million for Iran

  • 3 Reasons Russia's Bombers in Iran Were a Big Deal

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Paul Pillar

  • Saving Face in Tehran

  • The Cold War Mindset and Counterterrorism

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Why Japan and South Korea Should Fear North Korea's Underwater Nuclear Weapons

Dave Majumdar

Law of the Sea Ruling Reveals Dangerous Chinese Nationalism

Huy Duong

F-35 to Control Armed Attack Drones

Kris Osborn

If Syria was a Bar Fight

Mike Benitez

Pentagon's Operational Test and Evaluation Office Determined To Minimize F-35 Successes

Dan Goure

Report: America's Deficit Will Be Back over $1,000,000,000,000 in Just 8 Years

Michael Sargent

Iran's 'New' Karrar Tank: "One of the Most Advanced Tanks in the World"?

Robert Beckhusen

How to Stop the Taliban in Afghanistan's Most Crucial Province

Winning Helmand is essential to long-term Afghan peace.

Ahmad Murid Partaw

Realists Should Expect America and Turkey to Stick Together

Ideological differences don’t beat mutual interests.

Eric Lob

Nazi Germany's Battleship Bismarck vs. America's Montana Class: Who Wins?

What would have happened if America had built this monster battleship? 

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