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If Biden wants to go after Russian oligarchs, he should've started in South Dakota
President Joe Biden's plan to crack down on Putin's cronies could have started years ago right here…
Eli Clifton, Responsible Stat…
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The US military plainly failed in Afghanistan. The generals need to answer for it.
Expect the military officials who commanded the war in Afghanistan to invoke "cutting and running."…
Andrew J. Bacevich, Responsib…
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Biden is signing onto Trump's trillion-dollar plans for new nuclear weapons
Biden is going full speed ahead on beefing up the nuclear triad and expensive modernization - despi…
Mark Perry, Responsible State…
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Biden can't afford to laugh-off Kim Jong Un's provocations
Biden may miss a chance to pursue diplomacy, leading to more back and forth tension-creating events…
Harry Kazianis, Responsible S…
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Trump and Biden's anti-China foreign policy is fueling violence against Asian-Americans
US policymakers need to acknowledge that over-the-top language about China fuels fear and anxiety t…
Jessica J. Lee, Responsible S…
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Court docs reveal Saudi wealth fund courted by Hollywood and Wall Street owned planes used in Jamal Khashoggi's killing
A Saudi investment fund courted by Hollywood and Silicon Valley owns two planes used to fly Jamal K…
Eli Clifton, Responsible Stat…
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In its latest gargantuan defense budget bill, Congress quietly eliminated the Pentagon's top spending watchdog
The Pentagon gets a big budget every year, and now there's one less person to track how it spends t…
Jonathan Bydlak, Responsible …
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Trump is waging a quiet war against civilians in Iran as the coronavirus pandemic drags on
The sanctions Trump has layered on Iran have gone largely unnoticed in the US. But for Iranians, th…
Niloofar Adnani, Responsible …
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Why Trump and Pompeo's foreign policy is all about causing pain
Opinion: Trump's foreign policy is largely about appealing to his supporters at home. And those sup…
Paul R. Pillar, Responsible S…
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Other countries could still influence the US election without interfering directly
Trump might point to a foreign crisis as another reason, added to uncertainty at home, he needs to …
Paul R. Pillar, Responsible S…
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The US already fought a cold war with China — it went very badly
With China rising in power, the greatest risk is not that the US failed to learn the Cold War's les…
Jonathan Hunt, Responsible St…
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An undeclared war against Iran is bursting into the open
It's not yet clear who is attacking Iran, but the circumstances point to two suspects, writes US in…
Paul R. Pillar, Responsible S…
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Russia and Israel may be on a collision course in Syria
If it's true the Russians have intercepted Israeli missiles targeting Iran-backed militias, Washing…
Mitchell Plitnick, Responsibl…
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What's really behind Trump's seemingly counterproductive foreign-policy decisions
Trump's moves overseas have less to do with coherent ideas about dealing with the likes of China or…
Paul R. Pillar, Responsible S…
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How a misfit Florida personal injury law firm ended up advising the Trump White House on China policy
The Berman Law Group has reportedly been consulting with senior Trump advisers in recent weeks on w…
Eli Clifton, Responsible Stat…
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Why Bernie Sanders will win in 2020, no matter who gets elected
To be clear: I was never a Sanders supporter, and I still don't think he would have been a particul…
Stephen M. Walt, Responsible …
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'The Army needs to get a clue': The US military's fight over money isn't really about China
Their objections to budget cuts have nothing really to do with who is best positioned to fight. It'…
Mark Perry, Responsible State…
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America's shadow army is leaving Afghanistan too
The thousands of US contractors sent overseas were a massive experiment in how Uncle Sam could lean…
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Respon…
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Iran's nuclear advances have gone on even as its scientists have been picked off one by one
Years of assassinations and sabotage haven't appreciably slowed work on Iran's missile and nuclear …
Muhammad Sahimi, Responsible …
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The Marines Corps is rolling out a 'subversive' new strategy to take on China
"If Berger is right, if it's possible to do better with less, than why can't the Army, Navy and Air…