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1896 William McKinley campaign poster. Wikimedia Commons/Public domain

America's History of Protectionism

Protectionism has been a frequent feature of the republic since its founding.

Robert W. Merry

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Taipei 101 at twilight. Flickr/Jack Chi

Say Hello to Taiwan

Taiwan and its friends are becoming more powerful together.

Gordon G. Chang
Sailors prepare an F/A-18E Super Hornet for flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Flickr/U.S. Navy

Course Correction

America needs a foreign policy that abandons triumphalist clichés, flawed assumptions and predetermined conclusions in favor of facts and serious analysis.

Dimitri K. SimesPratik ChougulePaul J. Saunders
Iraqi T-72 tanks pass through a highway checkpoint in Mushahada, Iraq on their way to Forward Operating Base Camp Taji, Iraq. Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy

8 Decisive Factors That Will Shape the Battle for Mosul

A successful campaign in Mosul has the potential to be an important milestone in the process of reconciliation, but only if the post-campaign period is given due attention.

Zalmay Khalilzad
President Barack Obama with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Department of Defense

Obama's Mixed Foreign-Policy Balance Sheet

Obama clearly did not succeed in making the world more stable and less dangerous during his eight years in power.

Klaus Larres
Iranian commandos and missile boats in the Great Prophet IX exercise. Wikimedia Commons/Shahab-o-din Vajedi

Saudi Arabia Cares More About Iran Than Iran Does About Saudi Arabia

For Tehran, Riyadh is little more than an afterthought.

Dina EsfandiaryAriane Tabatabai
Turkish Army personnel with a T-40 grenade launcher in northern Iraq. Wikimedia Commons/@Zinzinzibidi

What's Turkey's Strategy in the Mosul Offensive?

Ankara has a long history of influence in northern Iraq.

Seth J. Frantzman

The Skeptics

  • Why the Battle for Mosul Could Become a Total Disaster

  • Trump vs. Hillary (Round 3): It’s Time to Substantively Debate National Security

  • How U.S.-Saudi Relations Got So Twisted

  • ISIL Cannot Win the Battle for Mosul (But They Can Make It Slow and Bloody)

  • Does America Really Need Overseas Bases?

The Buzz

  • U.S. Air Force T-X Procurement Needs to Focus on Time as well as Cost

  • The Shocking Way Hitler Became Hitler

  • The U.S. Government Just Spent $168 Billion More Than the Year Before

  • Is South Korea Getting Ready to Build Nuclear Submarines?

  • Why Russia and China Should Fear the X-37B Space Plane

Paul Pillar

  • What Wins Respect for the United States

  • Entanglement in Yemen and the Logic of War

  • Campaign Carnage and the Iran Nuclear Agreement

U.S. Air Force T-X Procurement Needs to Focus on Time as well as Cost

Dan Goure

The Shocking Way Hitler Became Hitler

David Axe

The U.S. Government Just Spent $168 Billion More Than the Year Before

Lauren BowmanRomina Boccia

Is South Korea Getting Ready to Build Nuclear Submarines?

Dave Majumdar

Why Russia and China Should Fear the X-37B Space Plane

Malcolm Davis

U.S. vs. China: Is China In Front of the U.S. in Developing Hypersonic Weapons?

Kris Osborn

Why Tensions are Rising Fast Between India and Pakistan (And Why the World Should Care)

Abdul Basit

Why America Must Overhaul its Military

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The Reason North Korea Developed Nuclear Weapons: Survival

Andrei Lankov

Double Trouble: India to Lease Second Russian Nuclear Attack Submarine

Dave Majumdar

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