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War Is Not Over: What the Optimists Get Wrong about Conflict

In the News
Foreign Affairs
Paul Poast

The political turmoil of recent years has largely disabused us of the notion that the world has reached some sort of utopian ‘end of history.’ And yet it can still seem that ours is an unprecedented era of peace and progress.

American troops board plane
Reuters
Defense and Security

President Trump Fell in Love with Kim Jong Un—and North Korea Kept Building Missiles

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

We need a different approach, one that is more realistic about the growing threat North Korea represents.

A man stands near a TV showing a file picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a news report on North Korea firing short-range ballistic missiles
Reuters
Defense and Security

Can O'Brien Succeed as National Security Advisor?

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Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

After firing his first three national security advisors, President Donald Trump has just named a fourth, the most any president has had in his first term. Will Robert O'Brien be any more successful than the previous three?

Donald Trump and Robert O'Brien
Reuters
Defense and Security

Why National Security Advisor Is the Hardest Post for Trump to Fill

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Foreign Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder

In less than three years, President Trump has had three national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a respected general, and an ideologue with strong views apparently consonant with his own. All ultimately failed.

John Bolton Defense and Security

Trump's Dream of Space Force Moves One Step Closer to Reality

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WTTW
Cécile Shea

President Donald Trump's dream of establishing a United States Space Force moved one step closer to reality Thursday with the creation of the U.S. Space Command.

President Donald Trump watches with Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the flag for U.S. Space Command is unfurled Defense and Security

Japan-South Korea Feud Threatens Regional Stability and Security

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Alexis Dudden of the University of Connecticut and the Council’s Karl Friedhoff join Deep Dish to discuss the bad blood between Japan and South Korea.

South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo
Reuters
Defense and Security

John Gans on the National Security Council

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

University of Pennsylvania's John Gans joins us for this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Screenshot of John Gans speaking on-screen Defense and Security

Does the United Nations Do Anything Useful?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Catherine Bertini and Thomas G. Weiss join Deep Dish to discuss the future of the United Nations and why the United States should lead its renewal.

Flags outside the United Nations
Mat Reding
Global Politics

White House Says Turkey Can't Buy New F-35 Fighter Jets

In the News
NPR
Ivo H. Daalder

Days after Turkey defied NATO and the US by accepting a Russian missile defense system, the White House says Turkey won't be able to buy 100 new F-35 fighter jets.

An F35A fighter jet, with a dark cloudy sky in the background Defense and Security

Iran Reacts to US Sanctions—with Echoes of Run-up to Pearl Harbor

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

University of Chicago's Robert Pape and George Mason University's Ellen Laison join this week's Deep Dish to discuss what is at stake with Iran.

An Iranian Shahed 171 drone dropping a bomb as part of a military exercise in the Gulf, in Iran, in this undated handout photo.
Reuters
Defense and Security