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The Obama Doctrine
President Obama’s May 28 speech at West Point was long overdue. Chatter about America’s decline, the Pentagon’s budget crunch, deteriorating crises in Syria and Ukraine, and confusion over Obama’s...
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Interview with KQED Radio: the Afghanistan Drawdown and the Strength of...
I was recently interviewed by KQED Radio’s “Forum with Michael Krasny,” alongside Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Barry Pavel, vice president and director of the Brent...
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In Iraq, What Exactly Was the Alternative?
By Emerson Brooking This commentary comes courtesy of Emerson Brooking, research associate for Defense Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Brooking argues that out of many recent criticisms of...
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Is It Mission Creep? Making Sense of the Increasing Troop Levels in Iraq
This week’s announcement that the President will be sending a few hundred more troops to Iraq immediately, and predictably, raised questions of “mission creep.” For some military planners, however,...
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The New Republican Congress (II): In Foreign Policy Debates Ahead, Look to...
By Janine Davidson and Emerson Brooking As Democrats lick their wounds following Tuesday’s midterms, President Obama will no doubt be contemplating the messages the electorate was trying to send....
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The Next Secretary of Defense Should Be Comfortable with Military and...
In the wake of the November 24 announcement of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s pending resignation, the New York Times asked me to share my thoughts on what qualities the next secretary should...
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With Normalized U.S.-Cuba Relations, Border Security Just Got a Lot More...
President Obama’s surprise announcement yesterday about normalization in U.S.-Cuba relations will significantly change the nature of border security and border control on the waters in the Florida...
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Seven Defense Items To Look for in Tonight’s State of the Union Address
Although military and defense issues are rarely the most prominent topic for the president’s annual State of the Union Address, many of us will still be listening closely tonight for how President...
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