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Foreign Affairs

The rise of strategic corruption

In recent years, a number of countries—China and Russia, in particular—have found ways to take the kind of corruption that was previously a mere feature of their own political systems and transform it into a weapon on the global stage.
Philip Zelikow, Eric Edelman, Kristofer Harrison, and Celeste Ward Gventer
Foreign Affairs
Breaking Defense

America Must Act In Libya Against Turkey, Russia

Turkey’s recent intervention in Libya is intensifying a proxy war and regional energy competition that threaten vital U.S. interests, while Washington mostly observes from the sidelines. As fighting grows in the Mediterranean country, the United States urgently needs to assume an overdue leadership role to end or mitigate this spiraling conflict.
Eric Edelman
Bloomberg

Surprising May Jobs Report

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu walks through the surprising May jobs report and the Trump administration's handling of civil unrest over the death of George Floyd.
Chris Lu
Washington Post

89 former Defense officials: The military must never be used to violate constitutional rights

President Trump continues to use inflammatory language as many Americans protest the unlawful death of George Floyd and the unjust treatment of black Americans by our justice system. As the protests have grown, so has the intensity of the president’s rhetoric. He has gone so far as to make a shocking promise: to send active-duty members of the U.S. military to “dominate” protesters in cities throughout the country — with or without the consent of local mayors or state governors.
Eric Edelman