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Artificial Intelligence: Welcome to the Age of Disruptive Surprise

Bruce E. Pease | April 26, 2018

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Macron’s Visit: “Embrace of Trump and a Rejection of Trumpism”

Brian Garrett-Glaser
The Strategic Risks of Inaction on Syria’s Chemical Weapons

Levi Maxey
Beating Moscow at its Main Game: Espionage

Ambassador Richard Boucher

Joseph DeTrani

Former Director of the National Counterproliferation Center

Standing Firm on Denuclearization with Kim Jong Un

Flash Traffic

Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as Trump’s next secretary of state

Demirjian/Morello - The Washington Post

Rival Koreas’ leaders face high stakes at historic summit

Iran's Khamenei urges Muslim nations to unite against U.S.: state TV

In Just a Week, ‘Nicaragua Changed’ as Protesters Cracked a Leader’s Grip

Frances Robles - The New York Times

Dems slam CIA offer to view classified Haspel records

Senate Confirms Paul Nakasone As New Director For U.S. Cyber Command And National Security Agency

The Strategic Risks of Inaction on Syria’s Chemical Weapons

April 25, 2018 | Levi Maxey

Bottom Line: Syria’s chemical weapons program not only contributes to a tragic humanitarian situation, but its uninhibited use and maintenance creates strategic implications for the West and Israel. Limited military ...

Kim Jong Un Is “All-In.” What’s Next for Korea?

April 24, 2018 | Analysis by Gordon Chang

There’s a dark purpose in Kim Jong Un’s proffered moratorium on nuclear and ballistic missile testing announced over the weekend. Kim, with the apparent complicity of South Korea’s President Moon ...

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Gen. Philip M. Breedlove

Gen. Philip M. Breedlove retired as the Commander, Supreme Allied Command, Europe, SHAPE, Belgium and Headquarters, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. The General was raised in Forest Park, Ga., and was commissioned in 1977 as a distinguished graduate of Georgia Tech's ROTC program. He has been assigned to numerous operational, command and staff positions, and has completed eleven overseas tours, ...

Artificial Intelligence: Welcome to the Age of Disruptive Surprise

NEWS AND VIEWS

Joseph DeTrani

Former Director of the National Counterproliferation Center

Standing Firm on Denuclearization with Kim Jong Un

The Dead Drop

Flash Traffic

Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as Trump’s next secretary of state

Demirjian/Morello - The Washington Post

Rival Koreas’ leaders face high stakes at historic summit

Foster Klug - AP

Iran's Khamenei urges Muslim nations to unite against U.S.: state TV

Reuters

In Just a Week, ‘Nicaragua Changed’ as Protesters Cracked a Leader’s Grip

Frances Robles - The New York Times

Dems slam CIA offer to view classified Haspel records

Elana Schor - Politico

Senate Confirms Paul Nakasone As New Director For U.S. Cyber Command And National Security Agency

Reuters

The Strategic Risks of Inaction on Syria’s Chemical Weapons

April 25, 2018 | Levi Maxey

Kim Jong Un Is “All-In.” What’s Next for Korea?

April 24, 2018 | Analysis by Gordon Chang

Infighting Threatens Mali Peace, Creating Space for Al Qaida

Bennett Seftel

Diminished at Home, Durable Boko Haram May Go Global

Levi Maxey

Africa in 2018: China Flexes Muscles & Leaders Shuffle Decks

Cipher Brief Analysis

Kim Jong Un Is “All-In.” What’s Next for Korea?

Analysis by Gordon Chang

China Pulls Pakistan Further into its Economic Orbit

Bennett Seftel

Nuke Mission Accomplished, Kim Jong Un Shifts to Economy

Joseph DeTrani

Will US Join UK in Challenging Russia over Nerve Agent Spy Attack?

Cipher Brief Analysis

Awkward Family Dinner: Blunt Talk in Brussels Targeting Trump

Kimberly Dozier

Russian Aggression: Cold War 2.0 – Or Did the First One Never End?

Brian Garrett-Glaser

Witnessing Venezuela’s Exodus

Vanessa Neumann

Natural Security Series: New Mines Mean Bloodshed in Brazil

Emma Myers

How Long will Russia and China Underwrite a Collapsing Venezuela?

Kaitlin Lavinder

The Strategic Risks of Inaction on Syria’s Chemical Weapons

Levi Maxey

One-Off Strikes Accomplish Nothing. Assad Must Go.

Emile Nakhleh

Turkey’s Greenlight in Syria Detracts from ISIS Fight

Bennett Seftel

Macron’s Visit: “Embrace of Trump and a Rejection of Trumpism”

Brian Garrett-Glaser

Washington Reacts to Bolton’s Replacement of McMaster

Cipher Brief Analysis

Haspel Nominated to Lead CIA, Pompeo to Replace Tillerson

Cipher Brief Analysis

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Gen. Philip M. Breedlove

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