national security

The Neo-Patrimonial National Security State, Part II

By Dan Nexon

In foreign policy

On February 22, 2020

Oh, this is just great. When President Trump’s national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, convenes meetings with top National Security Council officials at the White House, he sometimes opens by distributing printouts of Mr. Trump’s latest tweets on the subject at hand.The gesture amounts to...

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The Neo-Patrimonial National Security State

By Dan Nexon

On February 21, 2020

Another day, another corrupt Trump loyalist gets access to the nation's most important secrets. President Donald Trump’s new acting intelligence director, Richard Grenell, used to do consulting work on behalf.

foreign policy

National Security as Magical Thinking

By Dan Nexon

On October 21, 2018

Trump just announced that the United States.

More on Holder

By Robert Farley

In Robert Farley

On March 6, 2012

Some additional thoughts on the Holder speech: 1. I'm generally in agreement with Adam/Marcy/Scott/ et al regarding the question of due process and judicial oversight in the targeting process To be sure, there could be contexts in which a situation is so critical that the...

Charli Carpenter

Open Thread: Obama’s National Security Strategy

By Charli Carpenter

On May 28, 2010

The first of the two tag clouds you see to the left is Obama's 2010 National Security Strategy according to Wordle. The second of the two tag clouds you see.

Robert Farley

Behavior Detectors?

By Robert Farley

On May 23, 2010

One of my former students now working at the GAO helped produce this report. Nice to know there's some point to it all... Watch CBS News Videos Online

USAF Strategists: US Should Drastically and Unilaterally Reduce Nuclear Arsenal

By Charli Carpenter

In Charli Carpenter

On March 18, 2010

This is in the fresh issue of Strategic Studies Quarterly. (HT to MacGregor Eddy.) In sum: America’s nuclear security can rest easily on a relatively small number of counterforce and countervalue weapons totaling just over 300. Moreover, it does not matter if Russia, who is...

Charli Carpenter

Quizzical Defense Rhetoric (QDR)

By Charli Carpenter

On February 17, 2010

Finally had a look at the 2010 QDR on the plane to New Orleans yesterday. I don’t mean to poke fun of our defense establishment’s hard work. I promise I’ll.

bupalos That's the consensus here I think, a kind of "degrade the enemy's forces" mindset. I think the equation on these things is just a lot more complex and the broader, longer-term social ramifications...
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Just a Rube And opportunity cost is a real thing. That 4 years (at a minimum, realistically longer in most cases) for a PhD is time that you could have spent working in better-paying job and building your...
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Jerry Yeah, some people believe that Hitler might not have been truly antisemitic. Kinda moot, no?
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Ughhh This is what is happening in k-12 with teachers as well. Especially in CT where the credentialing is a little ‘extra’
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truffautfan As I have mentioned a trillion times before, I was a contract lawyer from 2012-2017 with lots of short jobs. Since 2017, I have been an associate at four different firms. People still ask at...
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