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Stormy Relations between the White House and the Intelligence Community
Intelligence Community (IC) leaders presented their annual Worldwide Threat Assessment to the United States Senate in an open hearing last week, which included judgments on Iran, North Korea, and Syria that contrasted with White House policy preferences. In response, President Trump tweeted that the IC is “naïve” and needs to “go back to school.” How
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The Return of Great Power Naval Rivalry
The 2018 National Defense Strategy identifies the “reemergence of long-term, strategic competition” with China and Russia as the primary challenge to U.S. national security. As both symbols and instruments of national power, navies appear certain to assume a central role in this re-emerging great power rivalry much as they did during the early twentieth century.
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China and Russia – New Best Friends?
On January 10, the Center held a discussion on China-Russia relations featuring Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Dimitri K. Simes, President of the Center for the National Interest. The two experts discussed their respective cover stories on the increasingly close ties between Beijing and Moscow in the
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The First DOD Audit Report
On January 9, the Center hosted a discussion with Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Mr. David Norquist, who is currently performing the duties of the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Center for the National Interest Vice Chairman and former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Dr. Dov Zakheim moderated. Mr. Norquist discussed the recent completion
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Yemen: War, Humanitarian Crisis, Politics
On December 12, the Center hosted a discussion on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen with Daniel K. Byman, Senior Fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service; and Gerald Feierstein, Director for Gulf Affairs and Government
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