1. Chuck Hagel and the Battle for GOP Foreign Policy

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    Soon after the U.S. election in November, I suggested that President Obama should nominate outgoing Republican Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) [...]

  2. A Bipartisan National Security Agenda

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    The White House announced on Wednesday that President Obama will host Governor Romney for a post-election lunch in Washington on [...]

  3. Horses and Bayonets

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    The final debate of the 2012 general election season concentrated on foreign policy. From the perspective of a naval enthusiast [...]

  4. Conditions Ripe for North Korean Nuclear Test?

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    North Korea has comported itself relatively well of late. Kim Jong-Un's moves to unseat some hardliners and his talk of [...]

  5. What’s Mitt’s Foreign Policy?

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    Very soon in Tampa, just over the bay from me, Willard Mitt Romney will accept the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. [...]