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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

October 2, 2020

Why NATO's Cyber Operations Center is a Big Deal

NATO’s newly announced cyber operations center will allow the Alliance to “respond more effectively” to cyber attacks by integrating cyber measures...

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Russo-Ukraine War

October 2, 2020

Should the United States Arm Ukraine?

While analysts agree that diplomacy is the ideal route to ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine, they disagree on whether the United States sending...

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Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

Zapad: A Window into Russia's Military Mind?

Russia’s large-scale military exercise to be conducted in September can provide critical insight for NATO allies seeking to improve their readiness...

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Terrorism

October 2, 2020

"Political Will" Needed to End War in Syria

As US sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime have failed to end the war in Syria, the international community must exercise the...

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Defense Budget

October 2, 2020

Lawmakers: Trump's Budget Will Weaken National Security

US President Donald J. Trump’s draft budget, which proposes to increase defense spending by slashing funding for the US Department of State and...

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Cyber Warfare

October 2, 2020

Tallinn Manual 2.0: Defending Cyberspace

(from left) Jason Healey, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, moderates a discussion with Michael Schmitt, director...

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Terrorism

October 2, 2020

Trump's War in Syria

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Terrorism

October 2, 2020

ISIS Puts Turkey in Its Crosshairs

Though Turkey’s engagement in the war in Syria has resulted in a series of attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) over the course of...

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Terrorism

October 3, 2020

The War on ISIS: Trump's "Steep Learning Curve"

The United Nations’ Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura, called on US President-elect Donald Trump to work with Russia in the fight against the Islamic...

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Grand Strategy

October 3, 2020

Defining an Arctic Strategy

The national security challenge posed in the Arctic by the growing presence of Russia and China as well as climate change makes it imperative for the...

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