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- Rebecca Grant, The Downey Patriot -- Preserving next generation firepower
- Washington Post -- It’s Not America’s World Anymore
- Michael O’Hanlon, Defense News -- End Two-War Planning for U.S. Ground Forces
- Ian Livingston, Michael O’Hanlon and Amy Unikewicz, New York Times -- States of Conflict: A Final Update
- Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times -- An Elusive Victory in Iraq /a>
- Zalmay Khalilzad, Foreign Affairs -- The Three Futures for Afghanistan
- General thoughts on the Pacific
- Jeffrey L. Bleich, The Weekend Australian -- US Committed to Asia-Pacific’s Success but Certain Ground Rules are Needed
- Jose Azel, Miami Herald -- The Tehran, Havana, Caracas Axis in Latin America
- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent -- Wars Without Victory Equal An America Without Influence
- Ray Takeyh, Washington Post -- Why Tehran Seeks the Bomb
- Ed Feulner, Washington Times -- Countering an EMP Attack
- Warren Kozak, Wall Street Journal -- Pearl Harbor, Iran And North Korea
- Michael Auslin, National Review Online -- Day of Infamy
- Rebecca Grant, Strips.com -- Some weapons too important to lose in DOD cuts
- Jack Goldsmith, Washington Post -- The Pervasive Cyberthreat That Goes Unchallenged
- Ronald E. Neumann , Washington Post -- How the U.S. Can Win in Afghanistan
- Max Boot , Los Angeles Times -- The Iran Threat
- Vice Adm. Charles W. Moore , Washington Times -- Bahrain, A Vital U.S. Ally
- Tom Donilon , Financial Times -- America is Back in the Pacific and Will Uphold the Rules
- The Economist -- What Comes Next
- Rick Gibbs, Murrieta, CA -- A Holiday from Stimulus?
- Ed Mechenbier, Communications Assistant, Dayton, Ohio -- Pakistan -- Friend or Foe
- Merri Shaffer, Communications Assistant, Air Force Association -- This year marks the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
- Nicholas Burns, Boston Globe -- Arab Awakening, Act 2
- Vice Adm. Norb Ryan Jr. , Washington Times -- Another Burden for our War Fighters
- Daljit Singh, Singapore Straits Times -- Don’t Dismiss US Capabilities in Indo-Pacific
- Joseph A. Bosco, Weekly Standard -- Red China Remains A Threat
- Tom Donilon, Financial Times -- America is Back in the Pacific and Will Uphold the Rules
- Walter Pincus, Washington Post -- Gauging The Asia-Pacific Region’s Defense Levels
- Linda Robinson, Foreign Policy -- Is There Hope for Afghanistan?
- Robert Dreyfuss, Philadelphia Inquirer -- Like It or Not, America Needs Pakistan
- Arthur MacFadden, Lookout MT, GA -- How to Cut the Defense Budget?
- Dave Radcliffe, Las Vegas, NV -- Old Aircraft
- Yan Xuetong, New York Times -- How China Can Defeat America
- Mark Landler, New York Times -- A New Era of Gunboat Diplomacy
- Tom Plate, Japan Times -- Guess Who’s Suddenly Inviting Uncle Sam to Dinner?
- Kazuo Ogoura, Japan Times -- Partnership In the Asia-Pacific
- David Ignatius, Washington Post -- Saudi Arabia’s Burst of Confidence
- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald -- Never-Ending Drug War Moves to Central America
- Alan Dupont, The Australian -- Hello Again America, It’s Just Like You Never Left
- James Kitfield, National Journal Daily -- The Tech Edge on the Battlefield
- Borzou Daragahi, Financial Times -- Reconstructing Libya: In A Ruinous State
- Michael O’Hanlon, USA Today -- Cut Defense, But with Eye on These Threats
- China Daily -- Cyber Cooperation Needed
- Niall Ferguson, Newsweek -- Dangers Follow From Congress’s Coming Cuts to Defense Spending
- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal -- Now For A Real Iran Debate
- Gen. John Michael Loh, USAF, Ret, SuffolkNewsHerald.com -- A defense strategy for the future
- Stephen Rademaker and Blaise Misztal, Washington Post -- Iran’s Growing Stockpile
- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal -- Now For a Real Iran Debate
- John Michael Loh, General, USAF retired, ElPasoTimes.com -- Military Spending
- Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy -- America’s Pacific Century
- Tim Maurer, Foreign Policy -- The Case for Cyberwarfare
- David Cortright, CNN -- The Scary Prospect of Global Drone Warfare
- Michael O’Hanlon, The Daily Beast -- The Case for a Leaner U.S. Military
- Omaha World-Herald -- Smart Defense Cuts are Needed
- Richard Cohen, Washington Post -- Dangerous Behavior From Iran
- David W. Barno, Nora Bensahel and Travis Sharp, Defense News -- Hard Choices For Ground Forces
- Michael W. Lewis, Los Angeles Times -- Unfounded Drone Fears
- Amir Taheri, New York Post -- Iran’s Shadow Army
- Wall Street Journal -- Iran’s Terror Plot
- Jeremi Suri, New York Times -- America The Overcommitted
- Louis J. Freeh, New York Times -- Tehran’s Foes, Unfairly Maligned
- Brian Fishman, New York Daily News -- Beating Al Qaeda: The Next 10 Years
- Rep. Joe Wilson, Politico.com -- Military Careers Must Remain Viable
- Michael A. Needham and Jennifer Stefano, Philadelphia Inquirer -- U.S. Military is Underfunded
- The Economist -- Drones and the Law
- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal -- Mowing the Grass
- Robert D. Blackwill and Walter B. Slocombe, Los Angeles Times -- A True Ally in the Middle East
- Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post -- The Pentagon Vs. The Welfare State
- Ivo H. Daalder and James G. Stavridis, International Herald Tribune -- NATO’s Success In Libya
- Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and Marisa Cochrane Sullivan, Weekly Standard -- Defeat in Iraq
- Nathan Hodge, Wall Street Journal -- 'Geriatric' U.S. Arsenal Needs Expensive Face-Lift
- Assessment of Impacts of Budget Cuts
- Tempting Tyrants
- AFA Leader/Member Survey
- John Michael Loh, Fort Worth Star-Telegram -- The Future of the American Fighter Jet
- Noah Adams, NPR -- Air Force Eyes Micromachine Bugs That Can Spy
- Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Policy -- The South China Sea is the Future of Conflict
- Ariel Cohen Robert Nicholson, Washington Times -- Azerbaijan’s Afghan Contribution
- Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Times -- Warning on Defense Budget Cuts
- Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Post -- Cut Defense—But Don’t Gut It
- Washington Post -- The Rise and Fall of Little America
- Robert P. Casey Jr., Washington Post -- Forcing Assad Aside
- Arthur Herman, New York Post -- Sapping America’s Ability to Fight
- Hamish McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald -- Power Shifts Towards Asian Endgame
- Clay Risen, Opinator -- Is Less Defense the Best Offense?
- Gary Schmidt and Tom Donnelly, Weekly Standard -- Defining Defense Down
- Max Boot, Los Angles Times -- A False Sense of National Security
- Pentagon Strategy for Operating Cyberspace -- July 2011
- David Feith, Wall Street Journal -- America’s Forgotten Prisoners of War
- Wall Street Journal -- South China Sea Flashpoint
- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal -- The Coming Afghan Debacle
- Aviation Week & Space Technology -- Protect Defense R&D Funding
- Matthew Hoh; Gordon R. Sullivan and James M. Duik, Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Pro & Con: Should U.S. Quicken Drawdown of the Troops in Afghanistan?
- Ahmed Rashid, Financial Times -- How the Taliban and America Met in Munich
- Bruce Fleming, Christian Science Monitor -- Does the US Military Have a Clear Purpose?
- Michael Hirsh, GovExec.com -- Defining Down War
- Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington Post -- Breaking A Terror Nexus
- Stephen L. Carter, Newsweek -- Lost in Afghanistan?
- Rep. Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon, Washington Times -- Obama’s Drawdown is Cause for Concern
- Max Boot, Los Angeles Times -- For the U.S., Retreat Isn’t An Option
- Glenn Zorpette, New York Times -- Struggling for Power in Afghanistan
- David A. Dietsch, Star-Telegram -- Keeping faith with the F-35
- Bob Largent -- Transferring MC-12s to the Army a Mistake
- David Brooks, New York Times -- Smart Power Setback
- New York Times -- Syria’s Nightmare
- Michael Yon, New York Daily News -- We Can’t Lose This Now
- USA Today -- Amid Afghan War Fatigue, Quick Exit Holds Troubling Risks
- Jonathan Schell, Los Angeles Times -- Let’s Call A War A War
- Richard Cohen, Washington Post -- The Danger of Staying in Afghanistan
- Lawrence F. Kaplan, Newsweek -- Afghanistan is not Making America Bankrupt
- Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Wall Street Journal -- The Way To Fight China’s Hacking
- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post -- Declare Victory—And Go
- David Butterworth, Baltimore Sun -- The New Al-Qaida Threat
- R. James Woolsey and Rebeccah Heinrichs, ForeignPolicy.com -- Giving Away The Farm
- Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Opinion Columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer -- Stabilize Afghanistan To Prop Up Pakistan
- Bing West, National Review -- Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan A Thousand Years Away -- American valor, Afghan vacillation
- Douglas Ollivant, Washington Post -- Let’s Stop Civilizing Afghanistan
- Nawaf Obaid, Washington Post -- The U.S.-Saudi Split
- Michael E. O’Hanlon, New York Times -- Finally, A Fighting Force
- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
- Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer -- Signs of Progress Where U.S. Forces Are Present
- Michael O’Hanlon, Politico.com -- How – And Where –To Cut Defense
- New York Times -- Pakistan After Bin Laden
- Zalmay Khalilzad, New York Times -- Demanding Answers from Pakistan
- Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times -- What Holbrooke Knew
- Talat Masood, New York Times -- Patience, Not Punishment for Pakistan
- Gen. Joe Ralston, Washington Times -- From Sea to Shining Sea to Arctic Ocean
- Frank Carlucci, Washington Times -- Post-Bin Laden Smart Power
- Max Boot, Wall Street Journal -- Bin Laden’s Death Changes Little
- Jonathan E. Hillman, Stars and Stripes -- Allow ROTC To Do The Introductions
- Bob Graham, Washington Post -- The Dangers After Bin Laden
- Bruce Hoffman -- Bin Ladin’s Killing: What Comes Next?
- Cybersecurity legislative proposal
- Terry Lloyd -- Five Challenges the next Secretary of Defense Will Face
- David Wood, Huffington Post -- Pentagon at Odds Over Libya Policy
- Richard Halloran, Honolulu Star-Advertiser -- Korean Time Bomb
- Jim Wolf, Reuters -- U.S. Arms Buyer Predicts More Big-Ticket Cuts
- Bill Gertz, Washington Times -- Inside the Ring
- Roger O’Daniel -- Myths of "unmanned" aircraft
- Arizona Republic -- NATO, Europe Must Take Lead in Helping Rebels
- David Ignatius, Washington Post -- The Pol and The Policy
- Phillip Zelikow, Financial Times -- America Must Regain the Initiative Abroad
- Michael Wines, New York Times -- Chinese State Media
- Washington Post -- Mr. Obama’s Defense Cuts
- Lt Gen David Deptula, USAF (Ret) Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance,& Reconnaissance -- DD Remarks at AFA Mitchell Hour
- Jimmy Carter's Moral Compass
- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post -- NATO’s Last Mission?
- Henry A. Kissinger and James A. Baker III, Washington Post -- The Grounds for U.S. Intervention
- Masha Lipman, Washington Post -- A Mideast Moment in Russia
- Charles Wolf Jr., The Wall Street Journal -- The Facts About American ‘Decline’
- Bing West, The Wall Street Journal -- Meanwhile, In the War in Afghanistan…
- Maureen Callahan, New York Post -- Flight of the ‘Dudettes’
- Joseph Callo and Daniel Mandel, New York Post -- China’s Navy: Rising Threat
- Andrew Krepinevich, Defense News -- The Challenges After Gates
- Ronald Neumann and Michael O’Hanlon, USA Today -- Afghan Army Finding Its Footing
- Cost of an Aging Fleet
- The Wall Street Journal -- The Arab Revolt And U.S. Interests
- Mike Jackson, Financial Times -- Military Action Alone Will Not Save Libya
- Paul Wolfowitz, Washington Post -- Time to Recognize Libya’s New Leaders
- Washington Post -- Iraq’s Ticking Clock
- Mike Jackson, Financial Times -- Military Action Alone Will Not Save
- David E. Sanger, New York Times -- The Larger Game in the Middle East: Iran
- Ali Gomaa, New York Times -- In Egypt’s Democracy, Room for Islam
- Wall Street Journal -- The Arab Revolt and U.S. Interests
- Richard Halloran, Honolulu Star Advertiser -- A Long Reconciliation
- TheDailyBeast.com -- Robert Gates' Fears About Libya
- Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times -- Our Longest War
- Roger Cohen, International Herald Tribune -- Be Ruthless or Stay Out
- Washington Post -- ROTC's Return
- David Ignatius, Washington Post -- Building a Culture of Tolerance in the Middle East
- George F. Will, Washington Post -- Then What?
- Wall Street Journal -- Arabs Love the Pax Americana
- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post -- An 1848 Moment for the Arab World
- Rachel Bronson, Washington Post -- It Can’t Happen in Saudi Arabia. Right?
- Robert D. Kaplan, Washington Post -- The Mideast: Who’s Really in Charge?
- Michael Mandlebaum, Washington Post -- Superpower on the Cheap
- Thomas Friedman, New York Times -- If Not Now, When?
- Nathaniel Fick and John Nagl, New York Times -- The ‘Long War’ May Be Getting Shorter
- Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, New York Times -- A Saudi Prince’s Plea for Reform
- Lindsey Neas, Washington Times -- Minimum Defense Budget Recipe for Disaster
- Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times -- They’re Doing It Without Us
- The Economist -- The Ties that Bind
- USA Today -- Counter Gadhafi’s Butchery with Coordinated Response
- Michael O’Hanlon and Paul Wolfowitz, Politico.com -- U.S. Must Take Lead on Libya
- Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post -- The Real Egypt-Iran Parallel
- The Washington Post -- Egypt’s Two Futures
- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- Twitter and 20-Year-Olds Vs. The Pyramids
- Essam El-Errian, New York Times -- What the Muslim Brothers Want
- Ventura County Star -- Gates Says Pentagon Faces ‘Crisis’
- James Jay Carafano, Washington Examiner -- Reagan Model – Or a Disaster for Defense
- U.S. Intelligence Community Worldwide Threat Assessment
- Brig Gen Anthony Rock, Phoenix 1-- AIRPOWER--A Team Sport Defined
- Ruben Navarrette Jr., USA Today -- Obama Musn’t Neglect Mexico
- Los Angeles Times -- Will the Cyber Worm Turn?
- Stanley McChrystal, Newsweek -- Step Up for Your Country
- The Economist -- Discord
- Philip Stephens, Financial Times -- The Perils of Mutual Miscalculation
- Fareed Zakaria, Time -- The Dangerous Chip on China’s Shoulder
- Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald -- Terror War We Ignore Is Next Door
- Pamela Constable, Washington Post -- Shots That Sent Pakistan Over the Edge
- Ted Koppel, Washington Post -- 30 Years Later, Iran Still Holds Us Hostage
- David Ignatius, Washington Post -- A Risky Fatalism in India
- Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times -- China’s Winning Schools?
- Anthony Shadid, New York Times -- In Peril: The Arab Status Quo
- Dan Blumenthal and Mike Mazza, Weekly Standard -- A One-Sided Arms Race
- Robert Kagan, Weekly Standard -- The Price of Power
- Wall Street Journal -- Red Scare Reprise
- Arthur Herman, New York Post -- Our ‘Sputnik Moment’?
- Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer -- U.S. Must Compete with China in the Classroom
- Letter to Editor on North Korea from Lt Col Arthur MacFadden
- Jennifer Griffin, FoxNews.com -- Chinese President Visits Amid Mounting Military Tensions
- Mark Stokes and Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post-- Can A Treaty Contain China’s Missiles?
- David Ignatius, Washington Post-- The Future of Warfare
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, New York Times-- How to Stay Friends with China
- Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, FoxNews.com -- 'Stealth' Chinese Fighter Jet Photos No Accident
- Thankful
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