Shadow Government 2009-2017
List of Shadow Government 2009-2017 articles
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VIETNAM WAR-25TH ANNIVERSARY: Picture dated 30 April 1970 of Republican president Richard Nixon announcing during a press conference the entry of American soldiers in Cambodia. Richard Nixon was elected in 1968 and re-elected in 1972 but had to resign in August 1974 after the Watergate scandal. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images) As Disrupter in Chief, Trump is No Nixon
The real question for the new administration is whether disruption and unpredictability can be hitched to constructive strategic goals.
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Activists display a photo of US President Barack Obama (L) and pictures of former US spy Edward Snowden (C) and whistleblower Bradley Manning (R) during a protest action on June 19, 2013 in Berlin on behalf of the visit of the US President in the German capital. Barack Obama will walk in John F. Kennedy's footsteps this week on his first visit to Berlin as US president, but encounter a more powerful and sceptical Germany in talks on trade and secret surveillance practices.. AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN Why Obama Made the Wrong Call on Chelsea Manning
Extending legal reasoning appropriate to our civilian society into the military in ways that don’t align with the purposes of military activity corrodes the military’s ability to serve its function.
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LANGLEY, VA - JULY 9: The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of CIA Headquarters, July 9, 2004 at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Earlier today the Senate Intelligence Committee released its report on the numerous failures in the CIA reporting of alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The Intelligence Community Faces Sharp Challenges, but No Crisis
Perhaps the greatest risk is that bitter residue from this scuffle over a single (albeit significant) analytic assessment will deflect attention from the more serious intelligence policy questions that require the government’s attention.
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US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, attends a Security Council Meeting at the United Nations September 16, 2014 on the situation in the Middle East. The United Nations has brokered an Israeli-Palestinian deal on imports of construction materials to Gaza to ensure they will not be diverted by Hamas militants, a UN envoy said Tuesday. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) Don’t Defund the U.N. — Find Other Ways to Help Israel
The United Sates should seek to preserve its influence in the United Nations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Review: “Powerplay,” by Victor Cha
The book successfully answers its central question: Why aren’t America’s Asian alliances built the same as in Europe?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turf War Before Trade War
Worrisome rumblings on trade have been emanating from President-elect Donald Trump's transition team.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Assessing Trump’s Emerging Asia Policy
President-elect Donald Trump's comments and actions since winning the U.S. presidential election in November offer new insights into the kind of Asia policy his administration may pursue after taking office in January.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 General Kelly Is a Great Pick for Homeland Security
I have known Kelly for several years and have had the privilege of working with him and having him speak on several occasions at my day job.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Combat Illegal Immigration, Trump Should Target Latin America’s Hezbollah-Narco Nexus
Violent drug cartels and Islamic terror networks increasingly cooperate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We Need a Cuba Policy That Truly Serves the Cuban People
Clearly, changes are coming to U.S.-Cuba policy under Trump. But what to replace Obama’s policy with?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Lesson for Rick Perry: The Department of Energy Doesn’t Produce Much Energy
A former governor of Texas would seem to be a natural choice for secretary of energy. Yet Perry faces a paradox.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Too Soon to Judge Rex Tillerson
Tillerson is not the first nominee for secretary of state whose company's close ties with a foreign country cast a cloud of suspicion.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Refugees Might Be the New Administration’s Best Friends on North Korea Strategy
Supporting refugees is a concrete action Washington can take to break the Kim regime’s control over society and bring all North Koreans closer to freedom.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Trump Stay or Go in Iraq?
Though the battle for Mosul has slowed to a crawl, the collapse of the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate — at least in its Iraqi incarnation — remains only a matter of time.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Different Kind of Pivot to Asia
The best-known version of President Barack Obama’s "pivot to Asia" involved an attempt to rebalance U.S. foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward Asia.
