Americas

Wald joins Bloomberg Radio to discuss oil markets, Venezuela, and Saudi Aramco

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Ralby Joins NPR to Discuss Mexico’s Fight on Fuel Pirates

By Ian Ralby

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Tufro in Miami Herald: Guaidó should appeal to the U.N. to get help deliver aid to desperate Venezuelans

By Paula Garcia Tufro

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Livingston for Aspenia: America’s oil dilemma: Are low prices still the goal?

By Atlantic Council

Strategic surprises in the first year: principles for preparation and response

By Hal Brands

Preparing for and responding to strategic surprises is always difficult; that difficulty is often magnified in an administration's first year. Ideas and prerequisites for responding to strategic surprise are laid out in Paul Miller's longer memorandum.

Connecting strategy and resources in national security: 10 recommendations for the Trump administration

By Stephen J. Hadley, James N. Miller, and Mara E. Karlin

Connecting strategy and resources is the central tenet of national security strategy. The four-step process proposed by the Atlantic Council should be used by the Trump administration when considering how to connect its strategy to resources.

Elements of national security strategy

By Malia DuMont

This paper enumerates the key pieces of a national security strategy and explains their importance. It also explores several additional elements that can be found in some national security strategies; these additional elements are not strictly necessary for the strategy to be viable, but are intended to strengthen the document or the government’s ability to implement it.