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Can Kim Jong Un Really Denuclearize?

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A fundamental question facing U.S. policymakers is whether North Korea intends to denuclearize. Most Pyongyang-watchers believe this is an impossibility, at least for the near term.

constitution. He holds all the titles of power: party chairman, chairman of the Central Military Commission, chairman of the State Affairs Commission, supreme commander of the armed forces. He controls ... . These rules are tied to  the Kim family’s role  and an unwritten contract that the supreme leader will protect and defend family equities and regime security. There have been times in North Korean history when the leader’s actions encountered pushback, typically from the military. We saw this in the late 1960s when a group of former supporters of Kim Il Sung (the so-called Kapsan faction)  took issue

Resolving the Identity Crisis in the Military Services

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The 2018 National Defense Strategy pivoted the U.S. military toward great power competition. Following that, the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act included a “list of detailed and specific questions regarding

Resolving the identity crisis in the military services The 2018 National Defense Strategy pivoted the U.S. military toward great power competition. Following that, the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act included a “list of detailed and specific questions regarding /images/InDepth/Post02.png Resolving the Identity Crisis in the Military Services 2 Margaux Hoar The 2018 National Defense Strategy pivoted the U.S. military toward great power competition. Following that, the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act included a "list of detailed and specific questions

Israel’s New Government is the Most Far-Right in its History

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San Plapinger examines how Benjamin Netanyahu’s new hardline government could impact the country’s relations with Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE.

Israel’s New Government is the Most Far-Right in its History San Plapinger examines how Benjamin Netanyahu’s new hardline government could impact the country’s relations with Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE. /images/InDepth/2023/BN-Resided.jpg Israel’s New Government is the Most Far-Right in its History How will this impact its Middle East partnerships? Samuel Plapinger Samuel Plapinger ... under indictment for corruption — is at the helm of what has been described by several observers as the most far-right government in Israeli history. The coalition includes what were once fringe

New Leadership For a New Generation

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Jonathan Schroden examines how special operations commanders can adjust their leadership styles to attract and retain millennials and Generation Z cadets.

as the requirements of military leadership on the future battlefield. We compared leadership traits identified as important to SOF, important to younger generations and important to success on the future ... , there is no such philosophy articulated in SOF doctrine or official publications, nor is there an overarching philosophy of leadership that spans the military services that might be applied to SOF as a joint ... that this inconsistency is misaligned to the expectations of Millennials and Gen Zers (who are the most well-educated Americans in history) and to the increasingly analytic and technical knowledge requirements

The Other Front Line in Ukraine: The Will to Fight

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On the second anniversary of the invasion, Russia and Ukraine are trying to break the other’s will to fight, in front-line, Black Sea, and aerial campaigns.

their ultimate aims. How to win a war History suggests that the war is unlikely to be decided by capturing a certain quantity of territory. Actually winning the war rather requires persuading ... . Importantly, the destruction of a significant percentage of the Russian fleet has the potential to reduce morale among Russian military leaders, potentially affecting Russia’s will to continue its fight ... , breaking a much larger power’s will to fight in a war of attrition can take a very long time. This history highlights why most analysts believe the two-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine is likely

The U.S. is Close to a Deal with the Taliban: What’s Next?

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Last Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Twitter that the United States had officially "come to an understanding with the Taliban on a significant reduction in violence across Afghanistan."

ceasefire of 2018 demonstrated the ability of Taliban leaders to control their fighters, while detractors have pointed to rifts between the political and military councils of the group’s leadership ... , Ashraf Ghani, by just 0.6 points more than the 50 percent vote tally he needed to secure a first-round victory. But voter turnout was the lowest in Afghanistan’s history. About two million votes ... , sustained actions in order to translate the words of a deal into lasting change on the ground. Rubin writes that “an annex [to the deal] establishes a center where the U.S. military and Taliban

Weighing the Costs of War and Peace in Afghanistan

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The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, tweeted that "peace requires agreement on four issues: counter-terrorism assurances, troop withdrawal."

  repeating its history from Vietnam  by looking for a " decent interval " between the end of the war and the inevitable collapse of the government in Kabul. There are many reasons for all ... and economic. The number of personnel from the United States and its coalition partners being killed in the war these days is relatively small (e.g., the  total number  of U.S. military and Defense ... in operating costs for the U.S. military, $750 million in economic aid, and a host of other categories of spending such as logistics and sustainment. This does not include the costs borne by the rest

ai with ai: All Good Things

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For the final (for now?) episode of AI with AI, Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, including a political declaration from the US Department of State on the responsible military use of AI and autonomy. NATO begins work on an AI certification standard. The IEEE introduces a new program that provides free access to AI ethics and governance standards. Reported in February, but performed in December, A joint Dept of Defense team performed 12 flight tests (over 17 hours) in which AI agents piloted Lockheed Martin’s X-62A VISTA, an F-16 variant. Andy provides a run-down of a large number of recent ChatGPT-related stories. Wolfram “explains” how ChatGPT works. Paul Scharre publishes Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of AI. And to come full circle, we began this podcast 6 years ago with the story of AlphaGo beating the world champion. So we close the podcast with news that a non-professional Go player, Kellin Pelrine, beat a top AI system 14 games to one having discovered a ‘not super-difficult method for humans to beat the machines. A heartfelt thanks to you all for listening over the years!

military use of AI and autonomy. NATO begins work on an AI certification standard. The IEEE introduces a new program that provides free access to AI ethics and governance standards. Reported in February ... Good Things Announcements / News U.S. Dept. of State Releases Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of AI and Autonomy What does this all mean? Video – REAIM 2023 REAIM 2023 ... : Press Release DARPA: Press Release Video Breaking Defense: Additional details and history of VISTA ChatGPT is here to stay, Microsoft and Google join the Fray, and it’s Getting Scary

What is a Chinese Communist Party Plenum?

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Plenums of the Central Committee help assess future directions for China. The Third Plenum on economic issues is of critical interest for US national security.

, Teresa Wright’s  Party and State in Post-Mao China  is an accessible book I have previously used to teach undergraduates. If you want a fuller history that examines both the Maoist Period ... means more than monitoring China’s military modernization. It also includes making sense of economic activities that have national security implications . The upcoming July plenum will certainly

The AUKUS Submarine Agreement

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President Biden announced the creation of a new trilateral defense partnership to develop a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, called AUKUS.

increasing military power and aggressive behavior and intimidation in the Indo-Pacific region is viewed as the most likely reason behind Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear submarines ... has been swift and furious. Two days after AUKUS was announced, France recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia for the first time in its diplomatic history with the two