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    Military Mobilization

    commentary

    Exploring the Allied Decisions on Military Mobility in Europe

    Marta Kepe @martakepe

    Jul 27, 2018

    Defense News

    Debates about defense expenditure and concerns over the unity of NATO overshadowed decisions on defense and deterrence in Europe made during the recent NATO summit and European Council meetings. Both high-level events brought significant and tangible conclusions with potential impacts on defense, deterrence, and readiness in Europe.

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    Nuclear Terrorism

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    Is the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism Distracting Attention from More Realistic Threats?

    Antonia Ward

    Jul 27, 2018

    Georgetown Security Studies Review

    A nuclear terrorist attack is currently not a realistic threat. It would require an unprecedented level of sophistication from terrorists. The majority of terrorist attacks are conducted with conventional explosives.

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    International Diplomacy

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    Attempts to Order Geopolitics Have a Sobering History

    Ali Wyne

    Jul 25, 2018

    The WorldPost (Washington Post)

    Past efforts to introduce world order have resulted less from foresighted statecraft than from cataclysmic upheavals such as World War II. If the current international system erodes, what might have to happen for a new one to emerge?

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  • South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their summit at the truce village of Panmunjom, North Korea, May 27, 2018
    International Diplomacy

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    Making Sense of South Korea's Cautious Optimism on North Korea

    Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman

    Jul 24, 2018

    Pacific Council on International Policy

    South Korea is cautiously optimistic that North Korea will denuclearize, and it hopes that this will lead to the normalization of relations. The vast majority of U.S. observers believe that the North is bluffing. Seoul and Washington should continue to strive for transparency about the future of the peninsula.

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  • Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk as they visit the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, China, April 27, 2018
    Security Cooperation

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    Is India the Weakest Link in the Quad?

    Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman

    Jul 23, 2018

    Foreign Policy

    India's sustained membership in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue would fit with the goal of balancing against China to deter it from further militarizing the Indo-Pacific. But New Dehli may be getting cold feet.

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  • Soldiers walk to their fuel trucks after refueling a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a forward area refueling point during a readiness training exercise at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, July 12, 2018.
    Military Force Planning

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    Reshaping U.S. Military Forces: Getting the Process Right

    David Ochmanek

    Jul 20, 2018

    Defense News

    War gaming and analysis show that American forces face serious operational challenges. What steps could be taken to ensure the United States can defeat aggression by its greatest adversaries?

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    Trade Barriers

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    The U.S.-China Trade War: Different Messages

    Rafiq Dossani

    Jul 20, 2018

    RealClearWorld

    The trade war between the United States and China began with the notification of tariffs on $34 billion of traded goods on each side. Officials on both sides of the Pacific are using different messages to convey the dispute. What are the real impacts likely to be?

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    Military Education and Training

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    To Produce Strategists, Focus on Staffing Senior Leaders

    Paula G. Thornhill

    Jul 20, 2018

    War on the Rocks

    To reinvigorate graduate-level professional military education, the military could carve out a unique educational niche by focusing on intense, quality staff officer education that is more relevant to understanding the demands placed on top defense leaders.

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    Suggestions to Help EPA Successfully Implement Retrospective Reviews

    Benjamin M. Miller

    Jul 19, 2018

    Legal Planet

    The EPA's interest in including a systematic retrospective review element in new regulation has the potential to provide a transparent and well-structured method for assessing which decisions worked well and which didn't. If successful, it could serve as a role model for other regulatory agencies.

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  • Navy ships guard while a sea mine is destroyed at the Irben Strait in the Baltic sea, near Riga, Latvia, May 20, 2009
    Military Strategy

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    Small States Can Use Naval Mines and Unmanned Vehicles to Deter Maritime Aggression

    Scott Savitz

    Jul 16, 2018

    RealClearDefense

    Small coastal nations face potential threats from larger, more powerful adversaries. Their coastlines represent vulnerabilities that a foe may seek to exploit. But these nations can hinder and deter potential aggressors by using less expensive systems, such as naval mines and unmanned vehicles.

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  • Heads of state ahead of the opening ceremony of the NATO summit, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 11, 2018
    Military Budgets and Defense Spending

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    A Look at NATO Funding

    James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins

    Jul 13, 2018

    Inside Sources

    European defense spending has been rising since 2014. NATO's two percent of GDP target for defense spending is a goal, not a commitment, and indeed a goal to be reached by 2024, not a standard allies have already failed to meet.

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    National Security Organizations

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    Homeland Security Should Consider Filling Vacancies at the Top Before Tackling Department Reform

    Ryan Consaul

    Jul 13, 2018

    The Hill

    Vacancies in key management positions in the Department of Homeland Security will likely present a challenge to the implementation of Trump administration government reform and reorganization proposals. Naming permanent deputies could help the administration carry out its reform plans at DHS.

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  • The Christophe de Margerie (R), an ice-class tanker fitted out to transport liquefied natural gas, is docked in Arctic port of Sabetta, Yamalo-Nenets district, Russia March 30, 2017
    Arctic Region

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    Cooperation in the Arctic Likely to Continue—For Now

    Stephanie Pezard @StephaniePezard, Antonia Ward

    Jul 12, 2018

    The RAND Blog

    Risks for serious tensions in the Arctic during the 2020s are likely to be overstated. Key players in the Arctic appear likely to continue working together to enhance the economic potential of the region and resolve conflicts before they emerge, as opportunities in the Arctic continue to grow.

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  • Oakland Athletics second baseman Jed Lowrie hits a home run during the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field, July 7, 2018
    Data Science

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    Truth Decay, America's Latest Pastime

    Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich, Jennifer Kavanagh

    Jul 12, 2018

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Detailed data and complex analysis are the foundation of decisionmaking in baseball and many other professions and occupations. But facts are out of favor in current U.S. political and civil discourse, and the public policymaking that accompanies it.

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  • A Russian soldier near the Nasib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa, Syria, July 7, 2018
    Russia

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    Russia's Wars and Trump

    Colin P. Clarke, William Courtney @courtneywmh

    Jul 11, 2018

    The Hill

    At the July 16 summit in Helsinki, President Trump might stress that the West will persist in imposing costs on Russia for current and any future malign interventions. At the same time, he could offer to work with Putin in the search for peace in Syria and Ukraine if Moscow were to decide to withdraw its forces.

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