Commentary
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Jun- 2018 -15 June
Into the Shadows: Intelligence, emerging threats and data analysis
Michael Brady, author and former director of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, discusses challenges facing the intelligence community
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12 June
In Afghanistan, ceasefires will amount to little in a war that has raged for years
Afghanistan’s temporary ceasefire is better than none, but likely represents little more than a brief interlude in a war poised to rage for many years, Michael Kugelman says
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10 June
Gulf armed forces urgently need new HR models
Gulf Cooperation Council countries have invested heavily in military equipment. Now they need to invest in people, Strategy& partner Haroon Sheikh writes
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8 June
Iran and the bomb: Does Tehran really want nuclear weapons?
Iran is well aware of the deep hostility that its neighbors and the Trump administration and Iran’s neighbours have towards it, and racing for a nuclear bomb would invite them to act, Sirous Amerian argues
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7 June
Turkey’s thirst for power threatens water war with Iraq
Iraq, including Kurdistan, relies on the Euphrates and Tigris for 98 percent of its water. Hydroelectric dam building in Turkey is blamed for a 40 percent drop in water levels
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May- 2018 -29 May
Trump’s nuclear weapons policy? He doesn’t have one
The North Korea nuclear talks demonstrate that Trump takes an ad-hoc approach to nuclear issues, but there is no wider policy controlling what he does
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26 May
Project Maven does not make Google evil
As controversy rages over Google working with the U.S. military to include its AI software in American drone programs, Saahil Dama argues that regulation of autonomous weapons systems – not prohibition – is key
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23 May
Korean Spring: The ‘battle of wits’
Although he is no Sicilian, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is playing a similar “Battle of Wits” with the West over his country's nuclear program, Col. David Murphy says.
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12 May
Will the Korean Spring bring a just peace?
The stunning pace of diplomatic events on the Korean Peninsula are hopeful but beg many questions. Colonel David Murphy asks: Why the sudden change in strategic direction by the Kim regime?
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10 May
No right to fail: evolution of Ukrainian defense since 2014
If Russia’s disinformation and cyber weapons are the hallmark of its 5GW offense, the civic enthusiasm of Ukrainian citizens is the hallmark of 5GW defense, T.J. Sjostrom argues
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