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From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

OPINION — More than a century ago, Elihu Root warned that American power was outrunning the institutions meant to govern it. Root held unique [...] More

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The [...] More

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The [...] More

America’s Intelligence Satellites are Proliferating: Their Protection is Not, With Exceptions

OPINION — The pace of U.S. national-security launches over the past several months has been staggering. But buried beneath the impressive cadence is [...] More

OPINION — The pace of U.S. national-security launches over the past several months has been staggering. But buried beneath the impressive cadence is [...] More

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

OPINION — The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) follows closely the 2025 National Security Strategy, as it should. It also falls in line with the [...] More

OPINION — The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) follows closely the 2025 National Security Strategy, as it should. It also falls in line with the [...] More

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The Long Arc Of American Power

The Long Arc Of American Power

OPINION — “We [the U.S.] began as a sliver of a country and next thing you know we're a continental power, and we did not do that primarily through [...] More

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

OPINION — “There's no doubt that America's adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States in part because they want to kill Americans. [...] More

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

EXPERT OPINION — Reports came out last week that claim the Chairman of Joint Staff, General Dan Caine, is preparing a new unified command plan (UCP) [...] More

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President:I am hoping you remember me. I spent about 90 minutes with you and much of your cabinet in the Oval Office in the spring of 2017, [...] More

Expert Q&A: The U.S. Takes On the Mexican Cartels

Expert Q&A: The U.S. Takes On the Mexican Cartels

EXPERT INTERVIEW — The Trump administration is prioritizing going after Mexican drug cartels as a key national security objective. It has designated [...] More

The National Security Rationale for U.S.-Funded Academic Research

The National Security Rationale for U.S.-Funded Academic Research

OPINION — Since World War II, the federal government and American universities have developed a deep, symbiotic relationship. That relationship is [...] More

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From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

America’s Intelligence Satellites are Proliferating: Their Protection is Not, With Exceptions

America’s Intelligence Satellites are Proliferating: Their Protection is Not, With Exceptions

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

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Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

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The Long Arc Of American Power

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Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force

Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

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Arctic Worries: Melting Ice, and a Russia-China Partnership

Expert Q&A: The U.S. Takes On the Mexican Cartels

Expert Q&A: The U.S. Takes On the Mexican Cartels

The National Security Rationale for U.S.-Funded Academic Research

The National Security Rationale for U.S.-Funded Academic Research

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