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An aerial view shows Itu Aba, which the Taiwanese call Taiping, in the South China Sea, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher

Stuck in the middle with you: Resourcing the Coast Guard for global competition

Michael Sinclair and Lindsey W. Ford

Friday, October 16, 2020

The U.S Coast Guard Cutter Diligence (WMEC-616) arrives at its new homeport at Naval Air Station Pensacola on a stormy day Monday, July 27, 2020. The 210-foot Reliance-class cutter joins the cutters Decisive and the Dauntless currently calling Pensacola home.Uscg Homeport Diligence

The future of the U.S. Coast Guard is in outer space

Michael Sinclair

Thursday, October 15, 2020

U.S. Army soldiers with the 1st platoon, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, patrol in Mainjui as local women walk by in Arghandab valley in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, May 9, 2010. U.S. forces are massing on the outskirts of Kandahar for the biggest military offensive of the nearly nine-year-old war, in the hope of turning the tide against a strengthening Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

America should stay in Afghanistan until an intra-Afghan deal is reached — not forever

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Masked men on skiffs are seen fishing illegally inside the Vaquita Refuge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California, off San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico March 3, 2020 in this picture released by the Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT SEA SHEPHERD.

Saving the vaquita marina and the urgency of this fall

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, October 12, 2020

Arms control and strategic stability: Chinese perspectives

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

The needs of America’s post-9/11 veterans

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

The Future of Defense Task Force’s final report: Reviewing the nation’s defense assets and capabilities

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

U.S. military personnel greet U.S. President Donald Trump following his remarks to U.S. troops in an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Trump wants the troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, October 9, 2020

20.04.2009, Tomohon, Sulawesi, Indonesien, Asien - Auf dem traditionellen Fleischmarkt in Tomohon werden geroestete Flughunde bzw. Riesen-Fledermaeuse zum Verzehr angeboten. Fledermaeuse gelten als Uebertraeger und Wirte von Krankheitserregern und nach dem Ausbruch des Coronavirus wird ueber ein generelles Verbot des Handels und Verkaufs von Wildtieren diskutiert. *** 20 04 2009, Tomohon, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia At the traditional meat market in Tomohon, roasted fruit bats and giant bats are offered for consumption. Bats are considered to be transmitters and hosts of pathogens and after the outbreak of coronavirus a general ban on trade and sale of wild animals is being discussedNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Preventing the next zoonotic pandemic

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Project Syndicate Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (on screens), addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 75th session.

Competing for order: Confronting the long crisis of multilateralism

Bruce Jones and Susana Malcorra

Monday, October 5, 2020