Gil Barndollar
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Grand Strategy
October 21, 2020
U.S. Foreign Policy: Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
Regardless of whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins in November, the next president will confront both a divided America and a world in its usual...
Gil Barndollar • RealClearDefense
Middle East
October 2, 2020
Is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a Vital Ally?
“You’re supposed to be our damn friend! ” Senator Ted Cruz’s plaintive cry , issued during a radio interview earlier this month, was an unprecedented...
Gil Barndollar • RealClearDefense
Middle East
October 2, 2020
Kurds Betrayal
The Turkish Army rolled across the border into northeastern Syrian last week, beginning a campaign to clear the border region of Kurdish fighters. The...
Gil Barndollar • RealClearDefense
U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 2020
A Low-Intensity Marine Corps?
Buried nearly 500 pages into the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 , Senate Bill 2987 , is an interesting...
Gil Barndollar • RealClearDefense
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