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Policymakers face an incredibly difficult challenge to craft policy in the face of increasingly complex national and international security challenges. In serving them, wargamers can and should do better.
Taiwan test-fires a missile believed capable of striking mainland China; the Chinese Coast Guard lased a Philippine vessel near disputed shoal; the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group operate in the South China Sea; and more.
U.S. and China spar over close maneuvers and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea; Biden administration doubles down on aid to Taiwan; Japan begins its largest military buildup since World War II; and more.
Synthetic biology is driving a manufacturing revolution, and policymakers are taking note.
Reading the National Security Strategy on its own provides insights into an administration’s values and priorities, but comparing it to a previous strategy yields even more. How does Biden’s strategy compare to that of Trump’s?
Xi secures third presidential term following 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party; Chinese military rehearses large-scale amphibious landings and headhunts Western pilots; U.S. releases China-focused National Security Strategy and strengthens Indo-Pacific cooperation; and more.
Comparing the Biden administration’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance with Trump’s National Cyber Strategy.
In an event yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the House Republican's 2016 national security strategy.
This week on the podcast, Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes interviews Amy Zegart and Stephen Krasner, both of the Hoover Institution, about their recently released national security strategy called Pragmatic Engagement Amidst Global Uncertainty: Three Major Challenges. The document, which was produced by the Hoover Institution’s Working Group
Editor's Note: Most national security bureaucracies regularly go through time-consuming reviews and strategic planning exercises. Are these efforts valuable? Jordan Tama of American University argues that they are – at least some of the time and under select conditions. Reviews can change policy when an external crisis or failure challenges existing policy and when the president or other senior leaders are directly involved. In addition, they can help bureaucracies achieve buy-in and otherwise sort themselves out.
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