Robert A. Manning
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North Korea
2018 Will Be a Year of Living Dangerously on the Korean Peninsula
As troubling as current tensions are, 2018 promises to be an even more dangerous year on the Korean Peninsula. Amid conflicting signals from U.
North Korea
North Korea Tests Donald Trump
North Korea’s missile test over Japan on August 29 came “perilously close” to being an act of war; the question now is how will US President Donald J....
Military Strategy
Keeping America's Innovative Edge
Keeping America’s Innovative Edge lays out a strategic framework for how the United States can reinvigorate its innovative edge. As global competition...
Uncategorized
Obama's Sunnylands Summit
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders pose for an official picture at the 27th ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November...
North Korea
China Pays the Price for North Korea's Belligerence
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center) watches a rocket launch in North Korea in this photo released by Kyodo on February 7. North Korea said the...
China
Taiwan's New President and the Impact on Cross Strait Relations
There was little ambiguity in the landslide victory of Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): Tsai won 56. 1 percent of the...
Military History
Abe Speech May Exorcize the Ghosts of History
People watch Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a screen in Tokyo August 14 as he makes a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of...
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
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