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Defense policy and the 2020 election

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, U.S. March 26, 2018. Picture taken March 26, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Nuclear weapons: It’s time for sole purpose

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

[On U.S. climate policy] We had at the end of the Obama administration the first-ever federal wide regulatory regime on climate. Most of that, the Trump administration has actively rolled back.

David G. Victor New York Times Sunday, September 13, 2020

--FILE--Flags of China and the United States are pictured in Ji'nan city, east China's Shandong province, 4 June 2018.China on Tuesday (19 June 2018) urged the United States to be more rational concerning the ongoing trade issue and to stop undermining the interests of others as well as itself. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a question on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent speech at the Detroit Economic Club. According to reports, Pompeo blamed China's economic and trade policy for the trade issue in his speech Monday and said the United States will respond to "protect American property." "The spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce has already declared China's solemn position on the economy and trade," said Geng, pointing out that the U.S. has confused right and wrong and the purpose of the accusation is to disguise its unilateralism and protectionism policy.No Use China. No Use France.

Pompeo’s recent speech and US-China relations

Jonathan D. Pollack and Yuxuan Chen

Saturday, September 12, 2020

US President Donald J. Trump holds a news briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, ?DC, USA, 10 September 2020. Trump fielded questions regarding comments he made to journalist Bob Woodward, author of the forthcoming book ëRageí, that downplayed the threat of the coronavirus. No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Election 2020: Where are we?

William A. Galston

Thursday, September 10, 2020

U.S. Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (L), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd L) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R) head to the front of the chamber together before President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - TB3EA1T07R4IC

What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it?

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden supporters gather outside while Trump plays golf at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, U.S., September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

Movement where it matters: A post-conventions shift with independents

Shibley Telhami and Stella Rouse

Saturday, September 5, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The RNC and Trump’s acceptance speech

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, September 4, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this image released August 25, 2020 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

What Donald Trump should have done with North Korea — and what the next president should do

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Voters place ballots in a 24-hour drop box at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Norwood, Ohio, on Monday, April 27, 2020. The Board of Elections is taking ballots through the drive through drop box and by mail as the April 28 deadline approaches.Board Of Elections Drop Box

Is it getting easier to vote by mail?

Elaine Kamarck, Yousef Ibreak, Amanda Powers, and Chris Stewart

Wednesday, September 2, 2020