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Central Intelligence Agency

October 2, 2020

Did Killing Mullah Mansour Work?

This blog post was coauthored with my research associate, Jennifer Wilson . When governments use military force outside of their sovereign territory,...

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October 2, 2020

U.S. Nuclear Security - Insider Threats

This week, I was joined by Professor Matthew Bunn , professor of practice at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and...

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Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

The (Not-So) Peaceful Transition of Power

Trump’s Drone Strikes Outpace Obama As a candidate, President Donald Trump was deeply misleading about the sorts of military operations that he would...

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Air Warfare

October 2, 2020

How Many Bombs Did the United States Drop in 2016?

This blog post was coauthored with my research associate, Jennifer Wilson . As President Obama enters the final weeks of his presidency, there will be...

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Terrorism

October 3, 2020

What Threats or Conflicts Will Emerge or Escalate in 2017?

In Monday night’s presidential debate, it took little time for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to bring up the self-proclaimed Islamic...

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Pentagon

October 3, 2020

The Pentagon Plans for Autonomous Systems

The Defense Science Board (DSB) released a long-awaited study, simply titled Autonomy . Since the late 1950s, the DSB has consistently been at the...

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Terrorism

October 3, 2020

The State of Global Terrorism in 2015

Today, the U. S.

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Cyber Warfare

October 3, 2020

Hacked World Order

Adam Segal is the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on...

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U.S. Intelligence Community

October 3, 2020

Highlights of the Global Threat Briefings

Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, “Worldwide Threats,” witnesses: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Defense Intelligence...

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Terrorism

October 3, 2020

'Killing All' Terror Strategy Isn't Working

The primary focus—meaning the commitment of personnel, resources, and senior leaders’ attention—of U. S.

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