Shadow Government 2009-2017
List of Shadow Government 2009-2017 articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Bad Was Trump’s Taiwan Phone Call?
President-elect Donald Trump’s phone call to Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on December 2 rattled international audiences.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A General to Be Secretary of Defense? A Good Choice For Civil-Military Relations
Appointing Mattis to a post that requires a congressional waiver is one civil-military issue I will not lose any sleep over.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Grand Strategy Challenge Awaits Trump
The strategy that has guided post-Cold War presidents thus far may have reached a crisis point.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How World War III Could Begin in Latvia
Prediction: Donald Trump will have to decide if the defense of Latvia is worth risking a major war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President Trump and the Iran Nuclear Deal
While scuttling the nuclear deal carries certain risks, the Trump administration will have many options to bring significant pressure to bear on Iran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Could Trump Be a Post-Partisan Unifier?
Time will tell if Trump chooses to pursue an agenda defined less by ideology or fealty to special interest dogmas than by whether a policy will produce results and move the country forward.
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US President George W. Bush(L) and French President Jacques Chirac stand side-by-side during a wreath laying ceremony at the American cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer, France, 06 June, 2004 on the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion on Omaha Beach. World leaders paid poignant tribute to the Allied forces who stormed the Normandy beaches in the D-Day landings 60 years ago to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation and end World War II. AFP Photo/Paul J.Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages) Bush, Chirac, and the War in Iraq
A heart-to-heart conversation between Bush and Chirac in January 2003 could have paved a much better way forward.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Donald Trump’s Meeting With Shinzo Abe: First Test on Asia
Asia and Europe will watch this quasi-summit closely.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trade Under Trump
Three things to track as the new Trump administration forms.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Good Start
Donald Trump's very first steps as president-elect were about the best that could be hoped for.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Donald Trump Be a Good President?
Is it possible we were wrong about Trump’s governing prospects? For the sake of our nation and the world, we hope so.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From Now On, Let’s Hold Intelligence Briefings After the Election
Presidential candidates no longer need, and often do not want, classified intelligence information at this phase in the election cycle.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Venezuela’s “Dialogue” Delusion
No one should be fooled by Nicolas Maduro.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 No Time to Lose: Why the Next President Must Move Quickly to Reassert U.S. Power
Whoever succeeds President Barack Obama will inherit a global security order in an advanced state of decay.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Achieve Real Peace in Colombia, Go After the FARC’s Money
The FARC has no legitimate claim to its blood money stashed abroad.
