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CSIS European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues
January 22, 2021 | Rebecca Hersman In 2020, the European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues convened senior nuclear policy experts from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States to discuss nuclear deterrence, arms control, and nonproliferation issues and identify areas of consensus among the P3.

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Toward a Brazil–U.S. Binational Institution
January 21, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Arianna Kohan A binational institution for Brazil and the United States would foster stronger ties between the two countries at the micro and macro levels, from local organizations and primary schools to universities and federal governments.

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Writing Off Afghanistan: Does Biden Have a Choice?
January 19, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States must advance a conditions-based approach to both the Afghan government and the Taliban's failures if it is to ensure lasting peace, writes CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Joint Chiefs on the January 6, 2021 Riot in Washington
January 19, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The statement issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff following the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington is a clear example of the U.S. armed forces upholding democracy, writes CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Institutional Integrity: Learning the Right Lessons from the Capitol Siege
January 12, 2021 | Suzanne Spaulding, Devi Nair As more details on the January 6 Capitol riots emerge, it is essential that we quickly learn the right lessons with regard to domestic federal force deployments.

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Stabilization Assistance amid Geopolitical Competition: A Case Study of Eastern Syria
January 12, 2021 | Daphne McCurdy Using eastern Syria as a case study, this CSIS brief examines how U.S. stabilization assistance can potentially serve as a tool in geopolitical competition by supporting locally legitimate political actors to stand up against external meddling.

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Enemies—and Partners—Will Get a Vote in the Middle East
January 11, 2021 | Jon B. Alterman The United States might feel it is done with the Middle East, but the reverse isn’t true.

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The Biden Transition and Reshaping U.S. Strategy: Replacing “Burden Sharing” with Meaningful Force Planning
January 11, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The current U.S. posture toward its strategic partners and alliances fixates more on spending quotas than actual force development and modernization, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Data: Governance and Geopolitics
January 11, 2021 Though data governance is a vital geopolitical issue, it is still not well understood or organized. This calls for urgent solutions to ensure that the most transformative technologies of our time do not spiral out of control into a world order we will come to regret.

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021: Space, SOF, Civilians, and Contractors
January 8, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian Military forces include not just traditional services, but also the newly created Space Force, special operations forces, civilians, and contractors. In his final paper in a series on U.S. forces, Mark Cancian analyzes recent changes to these national security elements.

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Industrial Mobilization: Assessing Surge Capabilities, Wartime Risk, and System Brittleness
January 8, 2021 | Mark F. Cancian, Adam Saxton This CSIS report assesses the U.S. defense industries’ capacity for surge production. The analysis found that the industrial base has become more brittle over time and that it would take years to replace weapon inventories in the event of a long, high-intensity conflict.

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Making America Great? Global Perceptions of China, Russia, and the United States: The International Scorecard
January 7, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States needs a strategy to reshape global perceptions of its overall character as a key form of competition against other great powers, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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