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George Shultz and Henry Kissinger testify before the US Senate Armed Services Committee
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Let the C.I.A. Do What It Is Supposed to Do
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Red, White And Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security Through Peaceful Means
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Keeping The Public In The Dark
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by Kori Schakevia US News
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Five Principles That Should Govern Any U.S. Authorization Of Force
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Obama, Not Bush, Is the Master of Unilateral War
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by Jack Goldsmith, Matthew Waxmanvia New Republic
Views from Admiral Gary Roughead, USN (Ret.)
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featuring Admiral Gary Rougheadvia US Senate
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Airstrikes Can Only Do So Much to Combat ISIS
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by Joseph Feltervia Room for Debate (New York Times)
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The Amoral Nature of the Pawn Strategy
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by Victor Davis Hansonvia Corner (National Review Online)

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Obama Bets Nuclear Deal Will Change Iran's Regime; Few Agree

mentioning Niall Fergusonvia Real Clear Politics
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

"Faute de mieux." That means "for want of something better" in Secretary of State John Kerry's second language. It's also the best case made by its journalistic defenders for approval of the nuclear weapons deal Kerry negotiated with Iran.

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Hoover Institution: A Memoir Of The Missile Age: One Man’s Journey

Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Stanford

The Hoover Institution Press released A Memoir of the Missile Age: One Man’s Journey, a firsthand account of the emerging nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States.

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The United States’ Feckless Cyber Deterrence Policy

by Jack Goldsmithvia Lawfare
Saturday, August 1, 2015

David Sanger has a very damning story on the USG’s struggles to figure out how to respond to the OPM hack. It has decided it has to do something, Sanger tells us, but it cannot decide what to do, or whether to do it publicly or privately, and it worries about sparking escalation that would worsen the situation.

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The Classicist, With Victor Davis Hanson: “The Four Horsemen Of World Politics”

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Classicist
Friday, July 31, 2015

The four great national security challenges facing the United States.

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Russia's Veto Of The MH17 UN Criminal Tribunal Is An Admission Of Guilt

by Paul R. Gregoryvia Forbes
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Vladimir Putin is minimizing his losses. Yesterday, Russia vetoed the UN resolution (proposed by the four countries that suffered the greatest loss of human life) to form a Criminal Tribunal to punish those directly and indirectly responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

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Will China Have A Mini US Navy By 2020?

quoting Admiral Gary Rougheadvia The Diplomat
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Much has been written about China’s ongoing efforts to become what President Xi Jinping called a “great maritime power” and how the United States should respond.

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Beware China’s ‘Basing’ Strategy: Former US Navy Chief

featuring Admiral Gary Rougheadvia The Diplomat
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Admiral Gary Roughead issues a warning about Beijing’s growing network of ‘places.

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Who Will Provide The Muscle For A Syrian 'Islamic State-Free Zone'?

quoting Kori Schakevia Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

As the U.S. and Turkey begin clearing Islamic State fighters from Syria’s northwestern border, their ambitious mission raises a new set of troubling questions, chief among them: Who will provide the military muscle to oust the extremists and protect civilians sheltering in the new buffer zone?

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Charles Hill and General James Mattis on the Iran Deal, Democracy, and Freedom
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Charles Hill And General James Mattis On The Iran Deal, Democracy, And Freedom

interview with Charles Hill, General Jim Mattisvia Uncommon Knowledge
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Recorded on  July 16, 2015 - Hoover fellows Charles Hill and James Mattis discuss the Iran deal and the state of the world on Uncommon Knowledge with Hoover fellow Peter Robinson. In their view the United States has handed over its leading role to Iran and provided a dowry along with it. 

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More Videos From The Aspen Security Forum

by Benjamin Wittesvia Lawfare
Monday, July 27, 2015

I posted a first batch last week. Here are the rest of the videos from this year's Aspen Security Forum.

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