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Vladimir Putin answers questions from the press at the October 2016 BRICS Summit. Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru

Inside Russia's New Foreign Policy Master Plan

Here’s what Putin is focusing on in 2017.

Areg GalstyanSergey Melkonyan

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January-February 2017
Trump Will Face a Cornucopia of Global Threats
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The Case for Michael Flynn

Flynn is one of the main reasons Al Qaeda in Iraq was hollowed out to a shell of what it once was.

Peter Ferrara

A Nixon Strategy to Break the Russia-China Axis

In 2017, Beijing and Moscow are aligned against the threat from Washington. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Doug Bandow
P5+1 foreign ministers announce the framework of a comprehensive framework agreement with Iran. Wikimedia Commons/Department of State

How Trump Should Dismantle the Iran Nuclear Deal

Trump should wait for Iran to cheat—and cheat it will.

Daniel P. Vajdich

What Will Assad Do Next?

Any section of Syria that is outside of his regime's grasp is a potential threat to Assad's legitimacy.

Daniel R. DePetris
Secretary of State John Kerry at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. Wikimedia Commons/Department of State

Can Trump Overcome Obama's Israel Failure?

The new administration must restore intimacy and common purpose to the partnership.

Robert Satloff
Kim statues in Pyongyang. Flickr/Creative Commons/Tormod Sandtorv

Kim Jong-un's New Year Speech Doesn't Mean Anything

The search for “signals” from North Korea overshadows the lack of actual evidence.

Bruce Klingner

The Skeptics

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  • What Will Assad Do Next?

  • China: The New Imperial Japan?

  • What Trump Should Understand about China and North Korea

  • Newsflash: Russia Is Not the Soviet Union

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  • The U.S. Army Has A Simple Plan to Completely Dominate the Wars of the Future

  • The U.S. Army's Biggest Fear: Getting Crushed in a Devastating Land War to Russia or China

  • One of America's Most Dangerous Enemies is Developing a "Poor Man's Cruise Missile"

  • The Virginia-Class Submarine Is Arguably the Best in the World (And the U.S. Navy Wants More)

  • Pentagon Should Stop Whining and Start Prioritizing

Paul Pillar

  • Winning May Be the Only Thing for Trump, But Not For the U.S.

  • John Kerry Nails It: Realities of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The U.S. Army Has A Simple Plan to Completely Dominate the Wars of the Future

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The U.S. Army's Biggest Fear: Getting Crushed in a Devastating Land War to Russia or China

Kris Osborn

One of America's Most Dangerous Enemies is Developing a "Poor Man's Cruise Missile"

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The Virginia-Class Submarine Is Arguably the Best in the World (And the U.S. Navy Wants More)

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Why Republicans Resist Small Government

When the case for limited government appears so obvious, why are small-government Republicans on the defensive?

Pratik Chougule

Pentagon Should Stop Whining and Start Prioritizing

Susan ShaerTony Shaffer

Defense Contracting: The Pentagon's Obamacare

Dan Goure

Report: China Could Have 351 Navy Ships (Bigger America' Navy) By 2020

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What Everyone Wants to Know About Russia’s New MiG-35 Fighter

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