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Walter Pincus

China's Information Operations Are Heating Up

OPINION — “China views psychological warfare, centered on the manipulation of information to influence adversary decision-making and behavior, as one [...] More

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What Did China Gain From Taiwan Exercises?

OPINION — China, the U.S., and Taiwan showed they can manage a crisis without miscalculations or confrontations taking place based on their handling [...] More

The Problem with The Sahel

OPINION — With little public notice, the two-decades-long U.S. war on terrorism continues in the Sahel, the semi-arid region of western and [...] More

The Unraveling of Russian Spies

OPINION — Last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the illegal intelligence department [Division S] of his Foreign Intelligence [...] More

What are we Getting for Record Defense Spending?

OPINION — Next year’s national defense spending — for the Defense Department, the Department of Energy [for nuclear weapons] and other security [...] More

Military Spending and the New Arms Race

OPINION — The Senate Armed Services Committee, by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 23-to-3 last Thursday, approved a fiscal 2023 Defense [...] More

Ukraine, Russia and the Trust Needed to Open Humanitarian Food Corridor

OPINION — Ukraine's Black Sea ports have been blocked since Russia invaded the country on February 24. Today, Ukraine claims more than 25 million [...] More

How Lessons from Afghanistan are playing out in Ukraine

OPINION — How much has the United States learned from past history about undertaking major, large-scale military assistance efforts such as the one [...] More

The Nuclear Threat Advantage

OPINION — The use of nuclear weapons has drawn much questionable talk since Russian President Vladimir Putin began making threats to use them [...] More

War in Ukraine Opens Market for Arms Sales and Food Aid

OPINION — The $40 billion Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act which has passed the House and is expected to be approved this week by the Senate, [...] More

U.S. Strategy for Addressing the Nuclear Deterrence and Assurance Gap

OPINION — The Biden Administration’s fiscal 2023 budget and yet-to-be-publicly-released 2022 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) call for ending research on [...] More

What We Know About Future Maritime Wars

OPINION — Remember the April 13, announcement that the U.S was sending Ukraine “unmanned coastal defense vessels” from U.S. Navy stocks as part of an [...] More

The Last Chapter in Putin's War

OPINION — After his speech at the Georgia Institute of Technology last Thursday, CIA Director William Burns was asked about the risks that President [...] More