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December 13, 2019

China
U.S. Defense Priorities and Policies: A Conversation With Secretary Mark T. Esper

Secretary Esper discusses U.S. relations with China and Russia, implementation of the National Defense Strategy, and modernization of the U.S. military.

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Event by Mark T. Esper and Richard Haass

August 13, 2024

Venezuela
Carrots Need Sticks: The Biden Administration and the Case of Venezuela 

The Biden administration appears to be offering Venezuelan dictator Maduro amnesty if he will leave power, but sticks as well as carrots will be needed to persuade him.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 2, 2010

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Rebalancing and Reforming Defense: Quadrennial Defense Review 2010

Every four years, the U.S. Department of Defense conducts a congressionally mandated review of national defense strategy and priorities known as the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). As the Pentagon …

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Event by Michèle Flournoy and Thom Shanker

December 20, 2018

Japan
Japan's Active Defenses

The Abe cabinet announced its new ten-year defense plan this week, promising to spend 27 trillion yen ($240 billion) over the next five years on Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF). Eye-catching in the…

A U.S. Air Force F-16 (left) escorts a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A (right) over the Pacific Ocean on November 6, 2017.
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

July 28, 2016

Israel
The New State Department Assault on Israel

This week the State Department engaged in a remarkable assault on Israel. Both in tone and in content, it marks a new hostility--and plenty of sheer ignorance. The comment was entitled "Recent Isr…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 21, 2006

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Fire Departments

This publication is now archived. Can fire departments help respond to terrorist attacks? Yes, as they famously did on September 11. America’s 31,000 local fire department are the first line of…

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