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A New Military Strategy for Japan

Japan's current military strategy, which relies on forward defense, is outdated. An active denial strategy would improve deterrence and mitigate crisis instability, making it better suited to meet the evolving security threat posed by China.

Eric Heginbotham and Richard Samuels

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Security Jul 16, 2018 Snapshot

A New Military Strategy for Japan

Japan's current military strategy, which relies on forward defense, is outdated. An active denial strategy would improve deterrence and mitigate crisis instability,...

Eric Heginbotham and Richard Samuels

Security Jun 20, 2018 Snapshot

Reeducation Returns to China

It is possible to see how Xinjiang’s reeducation drive could end up influencing the nation’s future social credit system: those who end up falling below a certain...

Adrian Zenz

A police patrol walk in front of the Id Kah Mosque in the old city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, March 2017.

Security Jun 18, 2018 Snapshot

Why Moderates Support Extreme Groups

In environments characterized by rapid political change, limited rule of law, and endemic corruption, moderate citizens have rational reasons to favor ideologically...

Barbara F. Walter

An Islamic State militant in Raqqa, Syria, August 2014

Security July/August 2018 Essay

The Long Shadow of 9/11

An excessive focus on counterterrorism disfigures American politics, distorts U.S. policies, and in the long run will undermine national security.

Robert Malley and Jon Finer

Security May 16, 2018 Snapshot

How Iran Will Determine the Nuclear Deal's Fate

Iran's foreign policy decision-making process is not a simple top-down exercise by the Supreme Leader but the result of a complex push and pull within a web of...

Ariane M. Tabatabai

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the United Nations headquarters in Vienna, June 2014.

Security May/June 2018 Essay

The New Killer Pathogens

Recent breakthroughs in gene editing have generated massive excitement, but they have also reenergized fears about weaponized pathogens. One of the most worrisome...

Kate Charlet

Be prepared: first responders during an emergency exercise, Saint-Étienne, France, April 2016

Security Mar 30, 2018 Snapshot

Nigeria's Troubling Counterinsurgency Strategy Against Boko Haram

The jihadist threat Boko Haram poses to Nigeria is far from gone, and counterinsurgency policies continue to be troubled and troubling.

Vanda Felbab-Brown

A soldier walks past a checkpoint in Bama, Borno State, Nigeria, August 2016.

Security March/April 2018 Review Essay

Future Fights

Predicting the future of war is difficult, but history may still have some useful lessons for strategists.

Stephen Peter Rosen

Security Jan 30, 2018 Snapshot

How to Successfully Sanction North Korea

The key to a successful North Korea sanctions strategy is recognizing that such measures take time to achieve results.

Peter Harrell and Juan Zarate

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years in Pyongyang, in this handout photo provided by KCNA in May 2016.

Security Jan 25, 2018 Snapshot

Why a South China Sea Diplomatic Breakthrough Is Unlikely

China’s actions undermine the narrative that it is serious about finding an equitable diplomatic solution to the South China Sea disputes any time soon.

Gregory Poling

An aerial view of China-occupied Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands in disputed South China Sea territory, April 2017.

Security Dec 19, 2017 Snapshot

The National Security Strategy Is Not a Strategy

The NSS is supposed to map out a strategy, but over time, the project has devolved into a rhetorical exercise.

Rebecca Friedman Lissner

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks regarding the administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C., December 2017.

Security Dec 5, 2017 Snapshot

Artificial Intelligence and Chinese Power

China is on track to overtake the United States in the military applications of artificial intelligence.

Elsa B. Kania

Chinese soldiers before a military parade in Beijing, September 2015.

From the Archives Dec 4, 2017 Snapshot

What We Really Know About North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons

It is more important than ever to be precise about the knowns and unknowns of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Siegfried S. Hecker

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released in September 2017.

Security Nov 30, 2017 Snapshot

Europe's Readiness Problem

To deter Russia, Europe's armed forces must be credible—and that means they must be ready to act quickly.

Elisabeth Braw

Latvian soldiers during a NATO drill in Adazi, Latvia, October 2017.

Security Nov 30, 2017 Snapshot

India and the Iranian-Saudi Divide

India has interests on both sides of the Iranian-Saudi divide—so it is hedging its bets.

Bharath Gopalaswamy and Amir Handjani

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Ufa, Russia, July 2015.

From the Archives Nov 28, 2017 Snapshot

Violence Against Women and International Security

The most widespread threat to women and girls globally is domestic violence, especially violence perpetrated by intimate partners

Michelle Sieff

United Nations Security Council members vote to approve a resolution condemning the use of sexual violence against women in conflict during a Security Council meeting on women, peace, security, and sexual violence in conflict at UN Headquarters in New Yor

Economic Development January/February 2018 Essay

Congo’s Slide Into Chaos

Weak institutions, rampant corruption, and sustained violence have brought the Democratic Republic of Congo to the brink of collapse.

Stuart A. Reid

Blood in the streets: at a protest against Kabila in Kinshasa, September 2016.

Security January/February 2018 Essay

Why China Won’t Rescue North Korea

American assumptions about China’s interests on the Korean Peninsula are dangerously outdated. Despite conventional wisdom, China is no longer wedded to North Korea’s...

Oriana Skylar Mastro

All alone: a North Korean soldier near the Chinese border, June 2013

Security Nov 10, 2017 Snapshot

How Romania and Poland Can Strengthen NATO and the EU

Romania and Poland devised two initiatives aimed at enhancing their positions within both NATO and EU: the Bucharest Nine (B9) and the Three Seas Initiative (3SI).

Vasile Rotaru and Andreas Umland

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis arrive for the 63rd NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest, Romania, October 2017.

Security Nov 6, 2017 Snapshot

Religion and Violence in Myanmar

Sitagu Sayadaw, one of Myanmar's most influential Buddhist monks, recently delivered a sermon that offered a religious justification for the mass killing of the...

Matthew J. Walton

An exhausted Rohingya refugee crying for help near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 2017.

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A New Military Strategy for Japan

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The Long Shadow of 9/11

How Iran Will Determine the Nuclear Deal's Fate

The New Killer Pathogens

Nigeria's Troubling Counterinsurgency Strategy Against Boko Haram

Future Fights

How to Successfully Sanction North Korea

Why a South China Sea Diplomatic Breakthrough Is Unlikely

The National Security Strategy Is Not a Strategy

Artificial Intelligence and Chinese Power

What We Really Know About North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons

Europe's Readiness Problem

India and the Iranian-Saudi Divide

Violence Against Women and International Security

Congo’s Slide Into Chaos

Why China Won’t Rescue North Korea

How Romania and Poland Can Strengthen NATO and the EU

Religion and Violence in Myanmar

Trump’s Biggest Gift to Putin

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