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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Elliott Abrams |Michael O’Hanlon |Paul B. Stares |Stephen Peter Rosen
The transatlantic alliance has weathered many crises over the past 80 years, some of which seemed existential at the time. But the one now roiling the alliance feels different and much more treacherous. Unlike previous episodes of transatlantic discord, which mostly revolved around how the alliance should respond to an external threat of one kind or another, the challenge today comes from within.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Heidi Crebo-Rediker |Liana Fix |Thomas Graham |Michael O’Hanlon |Paul B. Stares
Just over one week into the second Trump administration, Thomas Graham provides a roadmap for bringing Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table; Liana Fix underscores the importance of including Ukraine’s European allies to ensure the best possible outcome in cease-fire negotiations; Michael O’Hanlon and Paul B.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
thehill.com | Michael O’Hanlon
With the remarkable overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria by a group of rebels led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, American officials are scrambling for a strategy. The U.S. is rightly reaching out to al-Sharaa, hoping that, despite his jihadist roots, the relatively tolerant mini-state that he recently led in northern Syria augurs well for a future national government that eschews extremism and violence.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Michael O’Hanlon
Skip to content President-elect Donald Trump has stated on numerous occasions that the U.S. military, after a good first 170 years or so, has largely forgotten how to win wars since 1945.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
businessandamerica.com | Michael O’Hanlon
According to multiple reports, President-elect Donald Trump and his choice for secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, are already looking with a jaundiced eye at Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Some say that Brown, only the second Black man to hold the highest-ranking job in the armed forces after the late Colin Powell, is too “woke” for the job, purportedly favoring diversity over excellence in the American military.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Michael O’Hanlon
Whatever one thinks of current U.S. strategy for the Ukraine war — and I tend to think it has been fairly good — President-elect Donald Trump will need a new one. It would be natural for any new administration to conduct a strategic review, in its early months, of a topic that is so central to American security. In this case, the timing will be propitious, for 2025 is just about when current American strategy towards the war will likely reach its expiration date.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Michael O’Hanlon
With consecutive devastating hurricanes hitting Florida early this fall season, and a new normal of storm damage in the U.S. projected to exceed $100 billion annually, it is time to recognize that our collective efforts to mitigate climate change by shifting to greener energy may not suffice. Despite making some progress in slowing the growth of emissions, the world continues to emit more carbon dioxide than ever, notwithstanding impressive progress in wind, solar and hydroelectric energy.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Michael O’Hanlon
When Newt Gingrich was asked about his views on defense spending back in the mid-1990s, at a time when people still cared about the federal deficit, he said, “I’m a hawk — but I’m a cheap hawk.”It was such a good line that I borrowed it for a book title the following year. And it is time we collectively return to it. There are voices clamoring for very big increases in defense spending.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
aol.com | Michael O’Hanlon
October 9, 2024 at 10:00 AMWhen Newt Gingrich was asked about his views on defense spending back in the mid-1990s, at a time when people still cared about the federal deficit, he said, “I’m a hawk — but I’m a cheap hawk.”It was such a good line that I borrowed it for a book title the following year. And it is time we collectively return to it. There are voices clamoring for very big increases in defense spending.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Michael O’Hanlon
Donald Trump has recently told Bloomberg News that Taiwan should “pay us for defense” if it expects military protection in the event of any Chinese attack against what Beijing sees as a renegade province.
