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Provocations
Managing presidential transitions, decoupling India and Pakistan, a new G-13 forum, challenges for the next Pentagon, and more...
Managing Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges in Presidential Transitions
Kurt
M. Campbell
and James
B. Steinberg
Presidential transitions are replete with dangers and missteps that bedevil even the most experienced practitioners, but they are also times of opportunity. These ten recommendations can help the candidates, even before either is president-elect, to
traverse this course.
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The Merits of Dehyphenation: Explaining U.S. Success in Engaging India and Pakistan
Ashley
J. Tellis
Decoupling India and Pakistan in U.S. policy has been a dramatically successful example of the capacity to think strategically over the long term and implement complex policies that require diplomatic adroitness and political agility. It should be retained, although refined, by the next administration.
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Strategic Collaboration: How the United States Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise
Nina
Hachigian
and Mona
Sutphen
Calling for a new G-13 forum would be a bold and useful step that the next president could take, both to convince the world that the United States wants to join it again and to further the collaboration with pivotal powers that will ensure American well-being into the future.
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The Defense Inheritance: Challenges and Choices for the Next Pentagon Team
Michèle
A. Flournoy
and Shawn
Brimley
The next Pentagon team will be faced with the dual challenge of advising on key current wartime decisions while also preparing the U.S. armed forces for a far different future. They must be stewards of the military, not just users of the instrument.
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Conservatives and Progressives in South Korea
Haesook
Chae
and Steven
Kim
A statistical tool called cluster analysis reveals that, contrary to expectations, the two groups in South Korean politics—- conservatives and progressives—-are both pragmatic and centrist, sharing a great deal of common ground on national security.
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The EU's Test in Kosovo
Elizabeth
Pond
It remains to be seen whether the rule of law and robust institutions can be built in Kosovo. The answer will show whether a common EU (and transatlantic) foreign policy is possible in the diffuse post–Cold War world.
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Global Visions for America
Authors were asked: "In an ideal world, what role would you want the next U.S. administration to perform with your country, your region, and/or the world?"
A Less Ideological America
Dmitri
Trenin
No one seriously expects a magical transformation of U.S. foreign policy, but there is a hope in Russia that the state of world affairs will make the next U.S. administration less ideological and more pragmatic.
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Europe's Call for a Leader by Example
Robin
Niblett
A dominant facet of European hopes for the new administration is that it will play a leadership role in addressing some of the world’s most intractable problems and conflicts rather than protecting its interests within a narrow definition of national security.
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Fix This Middle Eastern Mess
Glenn
Kessler
From their perspective, the only thing Arab leaders possibly fear more than the United States meddling is the United States disengaging, so the real answer might be, "Fix this
mess." What the region needs and wants from the United States is sophisticated diplomacy.
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India's Quest for Continuity in the Face of Change
C.
Raja Mohan
Unlike the dominant global sentiment for change in Washington, New Delhi seeks continuity in its engagement with the next U.S. administration. The greater Washington's continuing empathy for India's emergence as a great power, the better India's rise will be.
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A Forward-Looking Partner in a Changing East Asia
Wu
Xinbo
Washington should not view East Asia through a competitive Cold War lens but should adopt a vision for a cooperative future that reflects East Asian integration that has already occurred and anticipates more on the way. It is time for Washington to become a partner, not a regional patron.
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Return from 9/11 PTSD to Global Leader
Yoichi
Kato
After suffering from what could be described as 9/11 post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Washington should not seek to impose a single set of values but should broaden its security agenda, coexist with diversity, and forge a durable order based on consensus.
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