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  Preventive War: Does It Work?

  On June 6, the Center for the National Interest hosted a panel discussion entitled “Preventive war: does it work?”  Speakers included James Carafano, Vice President for Foreign and Defense Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. Dov Zakheim, Vice Chairman of the Center for the

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• Preventive War: Does it Work?

  The Center for the National Interest hosted a panel discussion entitled “Preventive War: Does It Work?” with James Carafano, Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. Dov Zakheim, a former Under Secretary of Defense in the George W.

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  U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Objectives, Impacts, and Options

  On May 25, the Center for the National Interest hosted a panel discussion of U.S. sanctions on Russia. Speakers included Kyle Parker, a Senior Professional Staff Member with the House Foreign Affairs Committee who has been deeply involved in U.S. sanctions policy toward Russia for many years, Sergey Aleksashenko, a non-resident senior fellow at the

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• U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Objectives, Impacts, and Options

  The Obama administration imposed several rounds of U.S. economic sanctions on Moscow in a series of executive orders following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. So far, the Trump administration has not signaled any intent to change U.S. sanctions policy absent changes in Russia’s conduct. Nevertheless, concerns that

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  Dinner with Korean Ambassador Ho-young Ahn

  On May 24, the Center for the National Interest hosted the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States, Ho-young Ahn, for a small, off-the-record dinner meeting. The group discussed the challenges of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, the state of the U.S.-South Korea alliance following the election of President Moon Jae-in, and

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