Gordon Adams

Gordon Adams is a professor of international relations at American University's School of International Service and is a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center. From 1993 to 1997, he was the senior White House budget official for national security.
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No, the Army Is Not Disintegrating Before Your Very Eyes

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Congress Is Playing a Dangerous Game of Defense Budget Make-Believe

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The Pitfalls of a Whack-a-Mole Strategy Against ISIS

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Democracy-Pushing Is Not Cutting-Edge Foreign Policy

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The Iran Long Game: Bush vs. Obama

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Time to Banish the Sequester Bogeyman

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They’re Back: The Shoot-First, Sanction-Later, Would-Be Leaders of America

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Budget Hope Springs Eternal at the Pentagon

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The French Colonialist’s Comeuppance

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The Liberal Fallacy of the Cuba Deal

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Congress’s Defense Spending Is Nothing More Than a Shell Game

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Welcome Back, Dr. Carter

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Budget Blunders and Funding Follies

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The Midterm’s Mantra of Fear and Loathing

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The Varnish of Vietnam

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