Recent Events
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Facing the Realities of International Cyber Conflict
The massive Solar Winds cyber intrusion is the latest public eruption of an intensifying shadow conflict pitting the United States against Russian, Chinese and other international cyber warriors. Unlike traditional conflicts, these digital engagements straddle the line between war and espionage, and the motivations of the combatants are often more complicated than they appear on
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The Sources of Chinese Conduct: A Debate
More than a half-century ago, George Kennan published an analysis of the sources of Soviet conduct that helped to shape US policy toward Moscow throughout the Cold War. More recently, the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff – an organization that Kennan founded and led – published an analysis of 21st-century Chinese conduct meant to provide
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What Is America’s Purpose?
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, American foreign policy is at a crossroads. Biden has promised America’s allies in Europe and Asia that Washington will be “back” after the Trump era. But can he successfully fulfill his vow at a moment when Russia and China are becoming increasingly assertive? Has the world changed
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How Kim Jong-Un Sees a Biden Administration—and How Kim Will Respond
Election day has come and gone, and now North Korean leader Kim Jong-un knows he will have to deal with Joe Biden in the White House. Kim has gone through a lot over the last four years. He faced off through a period of high tensions with President Donald Trump before meeting in a historic
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Supporting the Center for the National Interest: A Letter from Center President Dimitri K. Simes
Our mission is unique—and we hope you will join it. The Center for the National Interest was founded in 1994 by Richard M. Nixon to be a “different kind of think-tank.” Today, as fashionable demands to remake the world or withdraw from it altogether bookend our foreign policy debates, the Center stands for something else–principled
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