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On Cybersecurity For The Internet Of Things
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by Herbert Linvia Lawfare
George Shultz and Henry Kissinger testify before the US Senate Armed Services Committee
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by George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissingervia United States Senate
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Let the C.I.A. Do What It Is Supposed to Do
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by Amy Zegartvia New York Times
Red, White And Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security Through Peaceful Means
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by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Kiron K. Skinnervia National Interest
White House at night
Keeping The Public In The Dark
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by Kori Schakevia US News
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Five Principles That Should Govern Any U.S. Authorization Of Force
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by Jack Goldsmith, Ryan Goodman, Steve Vladeck via Washington Post
Obama, Not Bush, Is the Master of Unilateral War
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by Jack Goldsmith, Matthew Waxmanvia New Republic
Views from Admiral Gary Roughead, USN (Ret.)
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by Admiral Gary Rougheadvia US Senate
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Airstrikes Can Only Do So Much to Combat ISIS
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by Colonel Joseph (Joe) Felter (ret.)via Room for Debate (New York Times)
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The Amoral Nature of the Pawn Strategy
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by Victor Davis Hansonvia Corner (National Review Online)

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Area 45: President Trump Rolls Past 200 Days

interview with David Brady, Douglas Riversvia Area 45
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Where do Republicans and independents stand on Trump’s presidency and his handling of North Korea and Charlottesville?

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On Radical Islam, Trump Has Lost His Focus

by Ayaan Hirsi Alivia Wall Street Journal
Thursday, August 10, 2017

There’s no ‘extreme vetting,’ no outreach to moderates, and too much coziness with Riyadh.

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Jamil Jaffer: North Korea Threat: Saber-Rattling Or The Real Deal?

interview with Jamil Jaffervia Fox 5
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Hoover Institution fellow Jamil Jaffer discusses North Korean threats.

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The Classicist: Understanding North Korea

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Classicist
Tuesday, August 8, 2017

How to think about the threat from Pyongyang.

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Hammer, Sickle, and Soil: The Soviet Drive to Collectivize Agriculture
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Hammer, Sickle, And Soil: The Soviet Drive To Collectivize Agriculture

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Stanford

As Russia marks one hundred years since the revolution, the Hoover Institution Press releases Hammer, Sickle, and Soil: The Soviet Drive to Collectivize Agriculture.

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Sushma Swaraj Is ‘India’s Best-Loved Politician’, Says Wall Street Journal Opinion

quoting Tunku Varadarajanvia India
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is among the top 10 most followed politicians with over 8.69 million Twitter followers. Here is why this author opines she's India's best-loved politician.
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Stephen Kotkin Discusses Xiyue Wang On NPR

interview with Stephen Kotkinvia NPR
Monday, July 17, 2017

Hoover Institution fellow Stephen Kotkin discusses  Xiyue Wang who received a 10-year prison sentence in Iran for spying. But Wang was not spying, Wang was doing scholarly research on the administrative and cultural history of the late Qajar dynasty in connection with his PhD dissertation.

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Agility in the Arsenal

by Colonel Joseph (Joe) Felter (ret.)via Hoover Digest
Friday, July 7, 2017

Technology makes for better weapons—but only until our foes catch up. Why the Pentagon needs to move faster. 

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Guns and Robots

by Thomas Donnellyvia Hoover Digest
Friday, July 7, 2017

We’ve paid too much attention to weapons of the future and too little to our forces today. 

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The Challenge of Dawa: Political Islam as Ideology and Movement and How to Counter it

featuring Ayaan Hirsi Alivia Hoover Institution
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Hoover Institution fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali calls for decoupling political aims from the religion of Islam to combat growing radicalism. She also discusses counterterrorism strategy, which she argues should focus on battling the ideas that spread radicalism rather than the radicals themselves.

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