President Obama’s primary intelligence briefer shares thoughts about U.S. national security, emerging trends, and hotspots.
After being away from Washington for a year, former acting Director of National Intelligence Michael P. Dempsey is now the national intelligence fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He talked about his reflections with a staffer at CFR’s Center for Preventive Action. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
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Commentaries, Editorials, Analysis -- August 29, 2018
Russia’s fleet to counter US moves ahead of Syrian offensive -- Asia Times
No Matter Who Wins the Syrian Civil War, Israel Loses -- David Kenner, The Atlantic
Will Russia force Iran out of Syria? -- Leonid Issaev, Al Jazeera
Turkey Made a Bet Against Assad—And Lost -- Joost Hiltermann, The Atlantic
Toward A Smaller, Smarter Force Posture in the Middle East -- Melissa G. Dalton Director, Defense One
How Djibouti took the spotlight on the global stage -- SCMP
How China Is Trying to Dominate the Middle East. But will it work? -- Owen Daniels, National Interest
Xi and PLA could join North Korea’s national day parade -- Frank Chen and Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
China’s Communist Party launches crackdown on religious beliefs -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
Macron and Merkel Are Signaling They’ve Finally Had Enough of Trump -- Richard Bravo, Birgit Jennen, and Ian Wishart, Bloomberg
Europe needs a clean break from America on security -- Paul Hockenos, CNN
Europe’s Dog Days of Summer -- Ana Palacio, Project Syndicate
Can Trump terminate NAFTA? -- David Child, Al Jazeera
The Clash of Generations and American Foreign Policy -- Trevor Thrall, William Ruger, and Erik Goepner, War On The Rocks
Inside McCain's surprise eulogy invitation to Obama -- Jeff Zeleny, CNN
