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Chuck Hagel
![Outgoing US Defense Secretary Hagel Warns of Limits of Military Power Outgoing US Defense Secretary Hagel Warns of Limits of Military Power](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-26_13-04-59.jpg)
Outgoing US Defense Secretary Hagel Warns of Limits of Military Power
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Hagel's departing shots should be seen as an incentive for self-reflection in the White House.
![Land-Based Coastal Defence Is Indeed No Joke Land-Based Coastal Defence Is Indeed No Joke](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-16_12-14-05.jpg)
Land-Based Coastal Defence Is Indeed No Joke
By Benjamin David Baker
Need more examples? Look to Northern Europe during WWII.
![Land-Based Coastal Defense Is No Joke Land-Based Coastal Defense Is No Joke](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-05_16-07-42.jpg)
Land-Based Coastal Defense Is No Joke
By James R. Holmes
Let's not rush to mock Hagel for citing the War of 1812 as a precedent for contemporary strategy. He has a point.
![Kim Jong-un Blasts US 'Aggressors' Kim Jong-un Blasts US 'Aggressors'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/Kim-Jong-un-250x292-1.jpg)
Kim Jong-un Blasts US 'Aggressors'
By Ankit Panda
Plus, Afghan "proxy wars," South Asian nukes, reflections on China's ADIZ and more. Mid-week links.
![How Machiavelli Explains Chuck Hagel's Resignation How Machiavelli Explains Chuck Hagel's Resignation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-26_13-04-59.jpg)
How Machiavelli Explains Chuck Hagel's Resignation
By James R. Holmes
Scratching your head over Hagel's resignation? Let Niccolò Machiavelli explain!
![Hagel's Out -- What About the Pivot to Asia? Hagel's Out -- What About the Pivot to Asia?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-13_14-46-43.jpg)
Hagel's Out -- What About the Pivot to Asia?
By Ankit Panda
Chuck Hagel, despite his flaws, was an asset for the administration's 'pivot' to Asia.
![Philippines Announces $2 Billion Defense Expansion Philippines Announces $2 Billion Defense Expansion](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-19_19-22-27.jpg)
Philippines Announces $2 Billion Defense Expansion
By Ankit Panda
Plus, Chuck Hagel discusses the U.S. Offset Strategy, Japan plans BMD overhaul, and more. Mid-week links.
![A Tale of Two Offset Strategies A Tale of Two Offset Strategies](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-18_06-19-22.jpg)
A Tale of Two Offset Strategies
By Zachary Keck
The Pentagon's new Offset Strategy is modeled on two very different historical examples.
![A Delay Could Strengthen the U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines A Delay Could Strengthen the U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-24_13-14-46.jpg)
A Delay Could Strengthen the U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines
By Clint Richards
Plus new space-based cooperation and maritime drills. A Japan-U.S. defense links roundup.
![US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Visits India US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Visits India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-13_06-20-46.jpg)
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Visits India
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Hagel’s visit demonstrates the resurgence of U.S. interest in India as both countries strengthen defense ties.
![The Shangri-La Dialogue: Troublemaker or Peacemaker? The Shangri-La Dialogue: Troublemaker or Peacemaker?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-18_15-01-21.jpg)
The Shangri-La Dialogue: Troublemaker or Peacemaker?
By Zheng Wang
How Asia’s premier security summit can return to the path of true dialogue.
![History’s Judgment: The Iraq Surge Failed History’s Judgment: The Iraq Surge Failed](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-13_06-20-46.jpg)
History’s Judgment: The Iraq Surge Failed
By Zachary Keck
Iraq's unraveling confirms that, based on its own definition of success, the 2007 surge failed.
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