Shadow Government 2009-2017
List of Shadow Government 2009-2017 articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some Hard Questions Now That Trump is the Nominee
Establishment Republicans need to take a deep breath: The U.S. system of checks and balances was designed to preclude the kind of tyranny some are warning could accompany a Trump presidency.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Measuring Change at the CIA
It would be a mistake to reverse or suspend any of the reforms now underway at Langley without the benefit of a rigorous and objective assessment of how the new priorities, structures, and work processes are actually impacting the agency’s core missions.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Senate Can Help Ward Off Venezuela Implosion
It’s time for principle to take precedence over politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Defeats Straw Man
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump outlined his “American First” foreign policy vision in a major speech yesterday, offering a stinging rebuke — possibly the definitive refutation — of a position no one holds.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s the Proliferation, Stupid
The greatest threat we face from Kim Jong Un is probably not a suicidal attack against the United States or our allies in Northeast Asia.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The (Im)precise Language of the Iran Deal
Iran’s ongoing provocative behavior brings the contradiction at the heart of the Iranian nuclear deal into sharp focus.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 America’s Biggest Challenge in Africa
Africa is now playing host to the most dynamic battles in the global war between terrorists and civilization.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Palestine’s Broken Leadership
As the Obama administration winds down, one of its great regrets is that it has not achieved a breakthrough in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, much less a peace settlement.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Disappointing Nuclear Security Legacy
When it comes to nuclear security, President Obama should have adopted the principle of the Hippocratic oath that requires physicians to “abstain from doing harm.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cry for Cristina
Cristina Fernández Kirchner's bad year is about to get a whole lot worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama is Shaking the Foundations of the Camp David Accords
President Obama's unwillingness to truly take on the Islamic State in conjunction with its decision to redeploy the MFO may be the beginning of the end of the Camp David Accords.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Africa Tells Us About the Fight Against Jihadist Terrorism
Ominous developments among jihadi groups in Africa deserve careful attention.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is America Ready for the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’?
I just finished Klaus Schwab’s new book, "The Fourth Industrial Revolution," and it is worth reading.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The China Market Status Dilemma
The vexing question of how to deal with a rising China in the midst of an uncertain economic transformation is one with which the European Union, Japan, and the United States are struggling to come to terms.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Setting the Record Straight on Obama’s Afghanistan Promises
The president has tried to rewrite his history in Afghanistan.