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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

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Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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Benitez Joins NPR’s All Things Considered to Discuss US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Stance on NATO

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Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

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Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

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Defense Policy

Benitez Joins NPR’s All Things Considered to Discuss US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Stance on NATO

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Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

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Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.

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Mar 30, 2016

Benitez Joins NPR’s All Things Considered to Discuss US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Stance on NATO

By Jorge Benitez

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New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2016

Trump’s ‘Sopranos’ Worldview Would Undo Asian Alliances

By Robert A. Manning

In a series of recent comments—most notably in extensive interviews with the New York Times— Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has sketched a worldview and policies toward US allies that could unravel the entire post-World War II order. Among other things, Trump says he would renegotiate all existing trade agreements, and […]

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Japan
Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011

NATOSource

Mar 29, 2016

Trumping NATO: Candidate Would Accelerate a US Retreat Begun Under Obama

By Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

Mr. [Donald] Trump has a stream-of-unconsciousness way of speaking, so it isn’t clear whether he knows that NATO spent a decade fighting terrorism in Afghanistan, before President Obama pulled up stakes on the mission.

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Report

Mar 29, 2016

Climate change and US national security: Past, present, future

By Peter Engelke and Daniel Chiu

What is the the past, present, and future of climate security in the United States? The question going forward is whether climate security will remain restricted to discussions within academia, civil society, and a few dedicated places within the US government, or if it will acquire a more pivotal role in the formulation of US national security strategy.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2016

Curtain call for the Nuclear Security Summit?

By Matthew Kroenig

The fourth biennial Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Washington from March 31 to April 1, may well be the last as its chief champion—US President Barack Obama—nears the end of his presidency. The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) traces its origins to Obama’s spring 2009 speech in Prague in which he vowed to secure […]

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Mar 28, 2016

Ullman in UPI: National Security Reform Must Go Beyond Pentagon

By Harlan Ullman

Read the full article here.

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Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 25, 2016

A Terrorist Attack on NATO’s Doorstep

By Stefano Stefanini

The March 22 terrorist attacks on Brussels—in the heart of the European Union’s citadel—are an attack on all of Europe. Belgium has become a frontline state in a war about which Europe is in denial. The European Union, established to prevent war from ever again breaking out in Europe, is loath to call the terrorist […]

European Union
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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and French President Francois Hollande, March 2, 2015

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2016

France and NATO: Joyeux Anniversaire?

By Leo Michel

Champagne corks won’t be popping across Paris on April 4 to celebrate the seventh anniversary of France’s return, after a 43-year absence, to NATO’s military structures.

France
NATO
Russian ballistic missile submarine

NATOSource

Mar 25, 2016

Russia’s Growing Threat to Norway and the North Atlantic

By Jacob Bojesson, Daily Caller

While much of Russia’s aggression has been targeted at Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula, Norway’s geopolitical location, and border to Russia, continues to define its defense planning.

NATO
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Mar 24, 2016

Farkas Quoted by the Associated Press on NATO’s Strategy Against ISIS

By Evelyn Farkas

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