Obama’s Greatest Foreign Policy Test
President Obama faces in the Middle East and Russia the most dangerous international challenges of his presidency.
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Learn, But Don't Overlearn, Vietnam's Lessons
A half century after the Gulf of Tonkin resolution catapulted the United States head first into the tragedy of Vietnam, three lessons stand out.
The Need to Transform U.S. Energy Innovation
How will countries provide the reliable, affordable energy needed to fuel a growing world economy and lift billions of people out of poverty without causing catastrophic climate change and other envir
Stronger Sanctions are Needed to Stop Putin
Vladimir Putin has broken all the rules of geopolitics in Ukraine over the last five months. He finally had to pay for his actions this week.
Cutting Too Deep: The Obama Administration’s Proposals for Nuclear Security Spending Reductions
The substantial nuclear security budget cuts proposed by the Obama administration for fiscal year (FY) 2015, if approved, would slow progress toward preventing the essential ingredients of nuclear bom
Blocking All Paths to an Iranian Bomb: How the West Can Avoid a Nuclear Maginot Line
French Minister of War Andre Maginot became famous among military strategists for his fixation on a single route of attack that led to fatal neglect of alternatives.
A Cold War Lesson for Iran
Last week's death of former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze brought well-deserved tributes for his central role in bringing the Cold War to a peaceful end.
Yesterday's VA is Serving Today's Veterans. Therein Lies the Problem
The media storm engulfing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) misses the main story.
Verifying Baseline Declarations of Nuclear Warheads and Materials
As states move to lower numbers of nuclear weapons and need the ability to detect and monitor smaller items and quantities of nuclear material, verification will become a
Just How Likely Is Another World War?
A century ago this month, Europeans stood on the brink of a war so devastating that it forced historians to create a new category: “World War.” None of the leaders at the time could imagine the wastel
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