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January 04, 2013 / By Russell Rumbaugh, Matthew Leatherman
The Pentagon as Pitchman: Perceptions and Reality of Public Diplomacy

Opinions on US public diplomacy and the Defense Department’s relationship to it are fairly polarized. Some fear that the Department of Defense drastically expanded efforts to influence

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June 05, 2012 / By Russell Rumbaugh, Nathan Cohn
Resolving Ambiguity: Costing Nuclear Weapons

As the defense budget comes under increasing pressure, many have suggested nuclear weapons as an area for savings. But estimates of what the United States spends on nuclear weapons

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February 16, 2012 / By Yuki Tatsumi
Future of the US Marines in Okinawa — long-term risks for short-term gain?

Last week’s agreement separates these three elements.  Now, the US government will seek the move of some US Marines in Okinawa to Guam regardless of progress (or lack thereof) in FRF

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July 21, 2011 / By Andrew Noble
Anchors Away: The future of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

The home base of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet has become a subject of discussion for American policymakers since large-scale protests broke out in Bahrain this past February. Located in

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May 26, 2011
Alain Le Roy Joins Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr.

Ambassador Bloomfield sat down with Alain Le Roy, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, for this month’s Chairman’s Forum. Mr. Le Roy discussed the role of

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