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Message for President Trump: You Have More in Common with Zelensky Than Putin 

OPINION - What a powerful picture it was. On the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky sitting and talking. One on [...] More

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Ukraine Digs in and Hopes For the Best in “Spring Defensive”

Ukraine Digs in and Hopes For the Best in “Spring Defensive”

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - Ukraine is spending $800 million to build trenches and multilayered fortifications along a 600-mile front line in [...] More

Is the U.S. Helping to Create a New Generation of Global Jihadists?

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — The more Palestinians believe that Washington is condoning the unprecedented devastation of Gaza and the killing and [...] More

Section 702 Delivers Stronger U.S. National Security

OPINION — In 2011, I took command of our counter-terrorism forces, and the most prolific and dangerous threat we faced at that time came from Al [...] More

Biden's Plan for a New Nuclear Bomb

OPINION — “On October 27, the Department of Defense announced that the United States will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, [...] More

Training for a Combat Ready Force in Space

OPINION — “We used to fly satellites a long time on orbit. We weren’t thinking about combat attrition. Likewise, we weren’t thinking about space [...] More

Warning Signs for How Generative AI Will Impact the Next Election

OPINION – As state and non-state actors aim to disrupt elections by any means available while still affording plausible deniability, one of the [...] More

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History Makes the Case for Helping Ukraine

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Prior to the horrific events of 7 October 2023, the issue of providing Ukraine with military assistance was likely the [...] More

The U.S. Can Learn from Ukraine's Theory of Victory

OPINION — Ukraine’s dogged defense against Russian aggression has enabled battlefield innovations that are transforming warfare as we know it—this [...] More

A Disastrous Plan for the Muslim Brotherhood

The Trump Administration is reportedly considering designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization after a recent White House visit [...] More

The U.S. Remains Incapable of Formulating a Coherent Syria Strategy

Bottom Line Up FrontOn December 19, 2018, President Trump unexpectedly announced a full withdrawal of all U.S. troops in Syria within the next 30 [...] More

Pushing Back on Iran: A Different Approach

Kenneth M. Pollack is a Resident Scholar of the American Enterprise Institute.It’s not surprising that a great many people would like to push back on [...] More