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Trump’s New National Security Strategy

Posted: on December 20, 2017December 20, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Trump’s New National Security Strategy

National security strategies are strange beasts. Their glittering generalities and kitchen sink approach to detailing threats, interests, and priorities can make it difficult to know …

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Trump’s Quagmire Strategy

Posted: on December 1, 2017December 1, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Trump’s Quagmire Strategy

As North Korea’s nuclear weapons continue to dominate the headlines, President Trump has quietly sunk the United States ever more deeply into a series of …

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Trump and Iran: Deal or No Deal?

Posted: on November 10, 2017November 10, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Trump and Iran: Deal or No Deal?

We talk with Colin Kahl, Vice President Biden’s former national security adviser, on the latest episode of Power Problems. Listen here: “Trump and Iran: Deal …

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Time to Step Back from the War on Terror

Posted: on October 26, 2017October 26, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Time to Step Back from the War on Terror

President Donald Trump has expanded every aspect of the war on terror he inherited from his two predecessors. In his first nine months Trump has …

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Recent Writings

Posted: on September 3, 2017September 3, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Recent Writings

Here are a few of my most recent writings around the web: August 28, 2017, “Terrorism and the New Domino Theory,” @Cato.org August 22, 2017, …

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Fatal Fallacies in the War on Terror

Posted: on July 22, 2017July 22, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Fatal Fallacies in the War on Terror

As I argue in my recently published policy analysis here at Cato, the American-led war on terror has clearly failed. Unfortunately, rather than accept the obvious fact …

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America’s Identity Crisis

Posted: on July 13, 2017July 13, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on America’s Identity Crisis

In August 2010 President Barack Obama brought Gen. James Mattis, then head of U.S. Central Command, to the White House. When Obama asked him what …

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The Failure of American Leadership

Posted: on July 13, 2017July 13, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on The Failure of American Leadership

Advocates for robust American global leadership are having a bad decade. Donald Trump’s election was clearly a wake-up call to the foreign policy establishment in …

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Lessons from the Failed War on Terror

Posted: on June 29, 2017June 29, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Lessons from the Failed War on Terror

Cato has just published my most recent study, “Step Back: Lessons for U.S. Foreign Policy from the Failed War on Terror.” In the wake of …

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Trump’s No Good Very Bad Arms Deal

Posted: on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017by Trevor ThrallLeave a Comment on Trump’s No Good Very Bad Arms Deal

Tomorrow Congress will vote on resolutions of disapproval in response to Trump’s recent arms deal with Saudi Arabia. If passed, Senate Resolution 42 and House …

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