2019

Realistic threats to US national security

Why America Keeps Making Mistakes Abroad

Report to Congress on Great Power Competition and National Defense

How America Could Catch China Preparing for a War

Will President Trump Risk National Security and a Deal with North Korea

Misguided Wars

Adding up the Cost of Our Never-Ending Wars

Warning Against Unending Wars

Groupthink Resurgent

America Cannot Afford to Leave The Open Skies Treaty

The Americans Are Coming: Washington’s China Pushback and its Uncertainties

The Age of Great-Power Competition

U.S. Expelled Chinese Officials Suspected of Spying After Breach of Military Base

The White House Has Its Eyes Wide Shut on China

How Not to Manage Existential Threats to National Security

Why America Is Investing in Future Wars

The Trump Administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

President Trump Didn’t Shrink U.S. Military Commitments Abroad – He Expanded Them

China and US Clash Over Xinjiang, Hong Kong Bills

Don’t Fuel China’s Paranoia in Hong Kong

Government Considering New Restrictions on Huawei

American 5G: Why Public-Private Partnerships Are the Secret Sauce to Beat China

Most Americans think US military should ‘defend freedom abroad’

Why President Trump’s Drone War Shows He Wants American Global Supremacy

These U.S. Foreign Policy Ideas Need to Die

US criticizes China for abuses revealed by leaked cables

America’s New Hong Kong Human Rights Act

President Trump Signs Bills in Support of Hong Kong; China Warns of Consequences

America accuses China of intimidating smaller Asian nations

Don’t Break Alliances Over Money

President Trump’s East Asia Defense Financial Burden-Sharing Campaign

Assessing US Alliance Management in Asia

US investigating universities, including MIT, over Russian, Chinese donations

US lawmakers renew calls for sanctions on China following document leak on Xinjiang abuses

President Trump’s National Security Advisor and the Future of US/China Relations

A Case Study For Potential Bilateral U.S.-China Interoperability

America’s Allies Are More Important Than AI Or Cyber In a War

US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit

US warns Turkey, Egypt about purchase of Russian military equipment

We Must Rebuild American Uranium, Rare Earths Infrastructure

Should America Have Brought China Into the WTO

The Case for a National Security Budget

Veterans to Congress: End Forever Wars

Ex-CIA Officer Sentenced to 19 Years For Conspiracy To Spy For China

Report to Congress on U.S. Roles in the World

China Concerns: Why the GOP Sees Beijing as Shifting from Friend to Foe

Foreign policy reset: A clear and present danger from China

The Transatlantic Alliance and the China Challenge

Lessons From the Past for President Trump’s Transactional Foreign Policy

US says 3-way ties with Japan and South Korea are key to security

President Trump Isn’t Serious About Removing U.S. Troops from the Middle East

The collapse of American rare earth mining

Post 9/11 wars have cost American taxpayers $6.4 trillion

How America’s National Debt Could Grow by $7 Trillion

Will President Trump Really End the ‘Endless Wars’

Why Are American Companies Helping China Build an Artificial Intelligence Authoritarian State

Pompeo attacks Russia and China in Berlin speech

Open Skies Treaty – What it is, and Why America Might Be Leaving

President Trump Rules Out Complete Rollback of China Tariffs

What does the US want from China

US security leaders warn about Russian, Iranian interference in 2020 polls

After the Baghdadi Raid, the Forever War Drags On

The Kurdish Lesson

U.S. May Seek New Arms Control Deal with Russia and China

Keep American Skies Open to Russia

U.S. Only ‘Marginally’ Prepared To Protect Homeland and Win Wars

American’s Want to Be Engaged with the World – the Question Is How

How Hollywood Sees China

U.S. opens national security investigation into the Chinese company TikTok

National Debt Passes $23 Trillion

$23 Trillion Dollars: Out National Debt Could Lead to America’s Ruin

Mixing Tech and Human Rights Sanctions on China

President Trump’s Opposition to ‘Endless Wars’ Appeals to Those Who Fought Them

US abruptly grounds all China-made drones over spying concerns

President Trump May Be Preparing for a Standoff with Iran Over Syria

House of Representatives Passes Sanctions Bill Targeting Turkey

US-Turkey alliance in downward spiral as Congress mulls sanctions

US House overwhelmingly passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide

Debt Bomb Ready to Blow: The Greatest Threat to America

‘Beating the drums of war’: a ‘devastating’ Iran plan

Will America’s Involvement in Unconventional Warfare End

US Travel Industry to Chinese Tourists: What Trade War?

The Future of US-China Strategic Competition

President Trump signs document moving US closer to leaving Open Skies accord

US must watch out for retaliatory ISIS attacks

Vice President Mike Pence Doubles Down on ‘Tough on China’ Messaging

President Trump Prepares America for a Great-Power Competition

Vice President Pence criticizes NBA as a ‘wholly owned subsidiary’ of China

The United States Needs Japan and South Korea to Make Up

Defense Secretary Esper has sharp words for Turkey over Syria invasion

Why America Loses Wars

The Longer View of An American ‘Victory’

President Trump’s Gift to Putin

University of Arizona paid $2 million to Chinese Communist Party for propaganda center on campus

President Trump is set to lose another arm-control treaty

President Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, declares victory for American troops after new cease-fire agreement in Syria

US military ‘will be tested’ after Syria withdrawal

President Trump Orders All Sanctions on Turkey Lifted

Turkey Syria offensive: President Trump lifts Turkey sanctions after deal

America Was Always Going to Dump the Kurds

Congressional task force to examine long-term defense strategy for Russia, China

Inside the State Department’s Meltdown with the Kurds

Make America Safe Again

The US is losing the war against tyranny

How Would America Respond to Nuclear Missile Attack

President Trump considers keeping some US troops in northern Syria

The Hijacking of Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Plan

The National Security Council Transformed The American Way of War

President Trump Can Forget Burden Sharing Now

After Syria debacle, US needs to recommit to Indo-Pacific

President Trump’s Syria ‘ceasefire’ could make the Middle East less safe

US, Turkey agree on Turkish cease-fire with Syrian Kurds

President Trump’s Response to the Crisis in Northern Syria: A Case of Principled Realism in Action

President Trump portrays Mideast as a bloody sandbox

Turkey-Syria offensive: Not our border, says President Trump

‘Don’t be a fool’: President Trump’s incredible letter to Turkish leader

President Trump calls Syrian Kurds ‘no angels’ as he defends decision to withdraw US troops

President Trump says US troops are ‘totally safe’ amid growing chaos in Syria

Turkey sanctions bill would ban US arms sales

America’s Options for the Middle East After Syria

Is President Trump Really Pulling Out of Syria

President Trumps Silence on China’s Human Rights Abuses

Trump tells Turkey Erdogan to stop Syria invasion

US reviewing plans to move nuclear weapons from Incirlik

Turkey-Syria offensive: Disastrous moment for US Mid-East policy

Who Gains from Trump’s Sudden Syria Withdrawal: Russia

America’s Ill-Fated Syria Intervention: The Lessons Washington Must Learn

Trump’s Syria Conundrum Is a Sign That America Has Too Many Alliances

Why Trump Is Wrong to Support Turkey

The American crackdown on Chinese intelligence

America sold over $55 billion in weapons in FY19

Why Leaving Syria Is Necessary

Trump Announces Sanctions Against Ankara Over Offensive

Trump authorizes sanctions on Turkey over Syria offensive

US Congress mulls arms export ban on Turkey for incursion into Syria

A Major Shift, and U.S. Tariffs on Turkey

Trump Followed His Gut on Syria. Calamity Came Fast

If The NBA Won’t Stand Up To Chinese Bullying What Should We Expect From Other American Companies

US builds pressure on Turkey to halt incursion

White House warns Turkey it might ‘shut down’ its economy over Kurdish strikes

Trumps Abandonment of the Kurds in Syria Has Other Allies Worried

Trump sending thousands of US troops to Saudi Arabia

Why Bringing Back the Draft Could Stop America’s Forever Wars

State Department Snafu: Turkey Was Never Given a Green Light to Invade Syria

Esper warns Turkey of ‘serious consequences’ over Syria move

US steps up warnings amid more casualties, displacement in Turkey’s Syria offensive

Washington Set To Announce Additional Middle East Deployments

Trump Loves the Military: But He Doesn’t Like Using It

US, China announce trade war breakthrough

Trump’s Troop Pullback in Syria Is Part of a Consistent Policy

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Muting Turkey’s Attacks in Syria

NBA Confiscates ‘Free Hong Kong’ Signs from Fans

US doesn’t endorse Turkey’s assault on Syria

Trump defends Turkey amid fierce backlash over policy shift

Withdrawing troops from northern Syria could ‘not come at a worse time’

America Never Had a Syria Solution

America Needs Turkey More Than It Needs to Stay in Syria

Trump’s Foreign Policy ‘Restraint’ In Syria Could Be a Train Wreck

The strategic incoherence of Trump’s Syria critics

The Danger of Abandoning Our Partners

Trump on pulling US troops out of Syria: ‘We’re not a police force’

Donald Trump’s Syria Withdrawal

Why Are Elites Kowtowing to Chinese Communism

Communist China’s flag raised above Boston City Hall Plaza, Philly; supported by elected officials

Trumps loyal supporters turn on him over decision to withdraw from northern Syria

Trump Dumped the Kurds (And We Should Not Be Shocked)

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Turkish economy ahead of planned Syria operation

Will Trump ‘Totally Destroy and Obliterate’ Turkey’s Economy

Turkey-Syria border: Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Turkish economy

America Finally Leaves Syria

Pompeo inks new defense pact with Greece, criticizes Russia, Iran, China

Why Saudi Arabia’s Crisis Is a Sign that U.S. Foreign Policy Is Shifting

Trump Has Shown More War Restraint than Previous Presidents

Saudi Oilfield Strike: Proof America is Vulnerable to a Drone or Cruise Missile Attack

Trump intensifies ‘Arab NATO’ talks after Iran strike

America’s Answer to Huawei

The Meaning of American Leadership in the Korea-Japan Crisis

The U.S.–China Rivalry

Report to Congress on U.S. Role in the World

If Mike Pence Becomes President the Neocons Will Stage a Comeback

Time to Test Drive Kushner’s Middle East Peace Plan

White House Weighing Delisting Chinese Stocks

Trump admin considering banning all US investments in China

Trump says he rejected Iranian request to lift sanctions for talks

22 million in U.S. are ‘not a citizen’, Census survey finds

“America First” Means a Retreat From Foreign Conflicts

US calls on UN to demand unfettered access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of rights abuses

The Gulf Simmer: The New-Old Normal in the Gulf Tepid War

America Should Not Fight Saudi Arabia’s Wars

Trump’s Maximum-Pressure-to-All Strategy Is Not Working

Today, Hong Kong. Tomorrow, Taipei

How America Got Dragged Into The Saudi-Iranian Proxy Game

Trump faces skepticism from allies amid troop deployment

Pompeo says Iranians are ’bloodthirsty and looking for war’

Competing with China for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

US lawmakers urge Trump to mediate between Pakistan and India

Pentagon to send more troops to Middle East amid ‘significant escalation’ from Iran

Pentagon to Send Troops, Air Defense Systems to Saudi Arabia and the UAE

US slaps ‘highest sanctions ever’ on Iran after Saudi oil attack

Esper brings China focus as Defense secretary

Trump, Pentagon discuss airstrikes on Iran among possible military responses to Saudi oil attack

Trump may deploy hundreds more US troops to Middle East to deter Iran

Is Donald Trump About to Attack Iran

5 Reasons Why the Saudi Oil Attacks Won’t Lead to War with Iran

Time for a Collective Defense in the Middle East

Attack on Saudi Arabia Tests U.S. Guarantee to Defend Gulf

Oil Supply Showdown: Why America Must Stand Beside Its Saudi Partner

Trump Has a Plan to Punish Iran for Saudi Oil Strike

US supports Saudi ‘right to defend itself’

Compete With Iran Without Trying To Destroy It

A New U.S. National Security Policy Approach Toward China

Esper Exhorts Allies To Ban Chinese 5G

The US, Japan and South Korea Should Shelve GSOMIA (For Now)

Pompeo heads to Saudi Arabia as US weighs response to Saudi oil attack

A Major Attack on Saudi Aramco Leaves the U.S. in a Difficult Spot

Trump announces new hard-hitting Iran sanctions following Saudi oil site attacks

How America Has Fought Iran’s Wars in the Middle East

Trump names Robert O’Brien national security advisor

What Are We Fighting For? The Political Aim In War And The American Civil-Military Divide

The U.S. Needs to Choose Its Battles Carefully

Danger in the Gulf: What the Attack on Saudi Arabian Oil Means for America

US vows to ‘defend’ international order being ‘undermined by Iran’

Trillion Dollars Deficits Don’t Make America Great

US and Saudis considering joint military response on Iran after oil attacks

Washington Voices Concerns Over Potential Use of Huawei Equipment by Middle Eastern Allies

To Counter China, Out-Invent It

Great-Power Competition Is Washington’s Top Priority – but Not the Publics

Mattis pinpoints ‘increasing contempt’ between Americans as major national security threat

How An Alliance System Withers

U.S.- China Trade War and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Will a Re-Elected Donald Trump Withdraw the U.S. Military from South Korea

US defense chief Esper cautions Europe to be wary of China

A collective presence in the Western Hemisphere reduces threats to the US and its allies

Funding for satellite facility in Guan will pay for border wall

U.S. Senator Slams Merkel for ‘Kowtowing’ to China

US still has edge despite China’s advances

Can America Still Protect Its Allies

US ratchets up focus on incentivizing arms exports to allies

Trump Administration Seeks Congress’ Help to Facilitate Arms Exports

Alliances also need rebuilding at home

Soft Power’ Relies on U.S. Military

Jim Mattis blasts Obama’s ‘catastrophic decisions’

Japan vs. South Korea: Can America Save the Day?

Chinese traveler found with armor at Detroit Metro returned to China

Change History: What It Will Take for Trump to ‘Win’ a Trade War with China

China: U.S. Looks to Block Undersea Cable Over National Security Concerns

US State Department clears $4.2B in arms sales to Japan, South Korea, Hungary, Lithuania and Denmark

Trump says he would ‘certainly’ invite Putin to next year’s G7 Summit

On Russia’s Borders, Bolton Probes for Openings for the U.S.

Trump Looks to Open Another Front in the Trade War with China

An Economic Recession Could Be Bad News for the Defensc Industry

U.S. Natural Gas is the New, Global, Soft-Power Weapon

Persistent Engagement’: The Phrase Driving A More Assertive U.S. Spy Agency

Is the US still Asia’s only military superpower?

America’s Problem of Empire

The Time for Honor: A National Security Strategy for 2020

Trump Says He Can Use Executive Powers to Order Companies to Stop Doing Business in China

The G7 Should Pressure China but Find a Solution with Russia

The G7 Offers a Chance for a Truce in the Tariff Wars

US sanctions on the high seas test European allies’ patience

How U.S. Sanctions Drive America’s Enemies Together

Japan, US will suffer most from South Korea’s pullout of intelligence pact

Trump’s Greenland offer followed China’s effort to build bases there

US-China relations: great expectations

What Will China Do When America Owns Greenland?

America Adrift: ‘Bringing The World To Crisis’

Commerce Expands Hauwei Black List Beyond US Shores

 Lend-Lease and Chinese Containment

How the U.S. Economy Could Be Destroyed by Trillions of Dollars in Debt

America’s Anti-China Mood Is Here to Stay

Competition Without Catastrophe – How America Can Both Challenge and Coexist With China

Why America Must Ditch China and Pursue Better Manufacturing Opportunities

Can America Still Protect Its Allies?

America should view China as a hostile, revolutionary power

What Happened to the US-China Trade Deal?

Why the U.S. Will Struggle to Reduce Its Military Commitments Abroad

U.S. Foreign Policy: Restraint Without Retrenchment

U.S. Treasury Department Designates China a Currency Manipulator

Trump says he’s spoken with China and Russia about nuclear pact

US ‘very confident’ it can build maritime coalition in Persian Gulf

Why the U.S. Will Struggle to Reduce Its Military Commitments Abroad

Trump Doubles Down On The China Trade War

The Warmaking Game

Would a Cold War 2.0 With China Equal an Economic Boom for America?

US still seeks allies in Gulf maritime coalition

A Budget That Blows Up the Pillars of U.S. Statecraft

Did Trump Just Scuttle US-China Trade Talks

Competition Without Catastrophe

The Self-Destruction of American Power

Debt Damage: How America’s Spending Hurts U.S. Security

Trump To Challenge China’s ‘Developing’ Status at WTO

American’s Aren’t War-Weary – They’re War-Apathetic

Election 2020: Don’t Make Campaign Promises About the Middle East

America needs to talk about China

The US Scare Campaign Against China

Trump enlists Pentagon on rare-earth magnets amid Chinese threat

Cold War Success  Cost America It’s Place in the Global Order

The War Over America’s Past Is Really About the Future

America No Longer Needs the Middle East

What Did the US Give up to Restart Trade Talks With China

Despite Looming U.S. Sanctions, the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Will Likely Proceed

F-35 Sales Are America’s Belt and Road

The Socrates Project: The Key to Countering China?

America Should Rethink Its Commitments to Allies

Countering pro-China experts’ letter

57 percent of veterans support Trump

Two-thirds of vets don’t think Iraq, Afghanistan wars were worth fighting

How do Americans feel about US arms sales?

Washington to Ease Some Restrictions on Huawei

Shale is Not Forever: Why America Should Continue Protecting Gulf Oil and Gas Flows

A Good Guide to the Use of Military Force?

Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence

2 Meetings Reveal Trump’s Different Approaches to China and North Korea

Why Kim gets Trump’s love and Khamenei doesn’t

Donald Trump’s plans for military-style July 4 parade

100 Years After Versailles: America’s Century of Internationalism

Are U.S. Diplomats Ready For War?

Time to Rethink the Way Troops Train with US Allies

Getting the World to Comply with the US Huawei Ban Won’t be Easy

Debate Moderators Don’t Know Much About National Security

Majority of Americans See US and China as Rivals

Trump hails ‘very good relationship’ with Putin, tells him ‘don’t meddle in election’

Senate shoots down attempt to curb Trump’s Iran war powers

Disagreements over trade, climate change and Hong Kong protests dominate G20 Summit in Japan

At the G20, Trump Should Be Wary of China’s North Korean Designs

This Is How to Solve America’s Rare-Earths Dilemma

President Trump’s Approach to the Middle East

America’s Free-Rider Problem in the Strait of Hormuz

A Conversation With Xi Highlights Trump’s G-20 Agenda

President Trump, do not lift Huawei and other Chinese sanctions without anti-theft red line

Containment Plan: How Trump Can Challenge China’s Rising Power

Beyond ‘balancing’: alternative US grand strategies for dealing with China and Russia

Washington Recruiting Allies for New Persian Gulf Security Plan

Trump Wants China to Pick Up the Slack in the Strait of Hormuz

US Wants Allies To Do More In Gulf; Gut They’re Already There

Averting a global calamity? Trump and Xi at the G20

Trump’s Trade War Is the Wrong Way to Compete With China

Trump and The Art of the No Deal

U.S. Tech Companies Sidestep a Trump Ban, to Keep Selling to Huawei

U.S. Adversaries and Allies Start the Countdown to 2020

US sees Russia, China and Iran trying to influence 2020 elections

Five Factors Will Decide the Survival of the U.S.-Led Alliance System

Huawei is national security issue, not trade football for our leaders

Trump questions need for U.S. to protect international shipping in Strait of Hormuz

Lesson for Iran? With U.S. 82nd Airborne Division in the Air, War in Haiti Was Halted

U.S. Arms Sales to the Gulf Have Failed

From West Point to the Trump Administration

The US vs China: A Clash of Self-Images?

Selva Urges More Nations to Help Maintain Middle East Freedom of Navigation

America Must Prepare for the Coming Chinese Empire

How the U.S. Can Keep the Strait of Hormuz Open

Public Debt For Every American

Trump Has Already Won the ‘Trade War’

US attacks Russia’s power grid as warning to Putin

Trump calls report on US cyberactivity in Russia ‘treason’

The Self-Destruction of American Power

America’s Fear-Based Foreign Policy Needs to Go

This is No Way to Win a Trade War with China

Who Owns the Pacific Bravo?

Decades of Being Wrong About China Should Teach Us Something

Trump official asks for delay on Huawei

Imports from China Fall, Trade With Other Asian Countries Rises in First Quarter

American Foreign Policy Adrift

Sharing the burden in alliances: it isn’t just about money, mate

Is America Seeking to End the Current International System?

The US War on Huawei: Predicting the Blowback

Rocked by Iraq: Americans are Rattled But Haven’t Learned Critical War Lessons

America must secure its supply chains against a vulnerability of its own making

Shangri-La 2019: Shanahan’s Turn in the Bully Pulpit

Why America Needs to Reexamine Its International Relationships

We’ll pay countries to ditch Russian, Chinese arms

America Needs to Reexamine Its Wartime Relationships

Tragedy and World Order: Shat Lessons for US Asia Policy?

Human Rights, and FONOPS, Key For US In Indo-Pacific

Trump Officials Prepare to Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to Gulf Nations

Washington Has Become a Warmonger’s Paradise

The Drums of War

US-China Decoupling and Vulnerabilities in the American Defense Industrial Base

We’ll Pay Countries to Ditch Russian, Chinese Arms

Tensions over Iran show cracks in a time-tested alliance

National Security Risks Are Rising with Sea Levels

Pelosi warns Trump against war in Mideast; Dems demand info

Trump Should Uphold Arms Control, Not Destroy It

The Pointless Dissipation of America’s Power

How Trump and Xi Will Shape US-China Relations

The United States Needs a COFA Strategy