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Harlan Ullman, Opinion Contributor

Harlan Ullman, Opinion Contributor

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Could AI war games predict the next Pearl Harbor? 

War games have expanded far beyond traditional armed conflict in examining future scenarios and alternatives.

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Harlan Ullman, Opinion Contributor

Good luck reforming the Department of Defense

Reforming and transforming the Department of Defense are aspirations, not actions. 

10.12.2024 20

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Senate Democrat: California will use tax dollars to help migrants facing Trump 'threats' 

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said the state of California was prepared to spend taxpayer dollars on migrants in need of “legal assistance, legal...

02.12.2024 9

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Beyond budget cuts, DOGE should consider the government's organizational flaws

Until DOGE grapples with the fundamental organization of government as well as the regulations, it will not succeed.

02.12.2024 6

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Elon and Vivek: Please listen before cutting government 

If Elon and Vivek are to make any headway, here are the three largest points of leverage.

26.11.2024 10

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Could Trump start with preemptive firings at the Pentagon?

Hegseth has already informed the world as to where he stands in opposing so-called “woke” policies allegedly destroying morale and the fighting...

19.11.2024 10

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Veterans Day lessons of remembrance for Donald Trump

Donald Trump would benefit from this history lesson.

11.11.2024 10

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Harris and Trump are ignoring the US defense crisis

Why have Kamala Harris and Donald Trump completely ignored any serious discussion of the dire state of America’s defenses in the campaign? 

04.11.2024 4

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JD Vance is Donald Trump’s Spiro Agnew

With more than a whiff of linkage between Nixon’s choice of Agnew and Trump’s of Vance, the notion of an insurance policy and antidote against...

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Watch live: White House holds press briefing ahead of busy Biden travel week

The White House will hold a press briefing Monday ahead of a busy week with President Biden. Biden will be in Washington on Monday before departing...

21.10.2024 9

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What if Joe Biden was the better candidate all along?

Whenever the 47th president is decided, at some stage, people may wonder whether the best choice was not Harris or Trump.  

21.10.2024 10

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Whether it's natural or nuclear destruction, America must be prepared 

With the damage wrought by these two hurricanes very much in mind, appreciating the power of fission (nuclear) and fusion (thermonuclear weapons) is...

14.10.2024 4

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Watch live: White House holds press briefing

The White House is scheduled to hold its daily press briefing at 1:45 p.m. Monday. The briefing is likely to be dominated by questions about Hurricane...

07.10.2024 4

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After Election Day, expect more questions than answers

There is no single conclusion to be drawn other than Nov. 6 maybe a day of reckoning. 

07.10.2024 4

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Watch live: White House news briefing

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters at the White House on Monday in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene disaster relief...

30.09.2024 4

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Americans are asking all the wrong questions

Until the right questions are asked, the answers will be neither relevant nor helpful.

30.09.2024 6

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America inching toward World War III? Nonsense.

If an objective, fact-based analysis is made, no matter how dangerous conditions may superficially look, no evidence is forthcoming that suggests a...

23.09.2024 4

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'Word salad' no more: Let go of the words and phrases dividing America

Hyphenated adjectives, “word salad” and “policy” have become terms of division and dissension and not unity. 

16.09.2024 10

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To slow election misinformation, start with our candidates 

As long as both political parties use their own misinformation and disinformation campaigns, largely fact and truth-free, law enforcement is...

10.09.2024 8

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The 2024 presidential campaign is disconnected from reality

How will each candidate implement the promises, aspirations and assurances given to the public, most of which lack specificity and substance or are...

03.09.2024 9

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Will the real Donald Trump and Kamala Harris please stand up? 

It seems that whoever Harris and Trump were in the past has been “disappeared” and replaced with different personalities.

26.08.2024 7

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Three terrifying questions loom over the 2024 election

On Nov. 6, the nation may awake to one of the most contested elections in America’s history.

18.08.2024 4

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Who killed Hamas’s leader? Regional stability depends on the answer.

The murder of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran is one such event that could precipitate a disastrous outcome for the wrong reasons.

12.08.2024 10

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60 years later, the Gulf of Tonkin's shadow looms over the Middle East

With so many crises and hot spots, an actual or fabricated attack against the United States could easily provoke an overreaction similar to Israel’s...

05.08.2024 10

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One day, three extraordinary speeches and three new lows

At no other time in American history has a current and former president and an Israeli prime minister pontificated on the same day and in the same...

29.07.2024 20

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The Vance pick won’t mark a return to legitimate dissent 

In a rational and apolitical world, many of Vance’s positions deserve serious debate.

22.07.2024 10

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Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the wolf who cried boy

Biden must become the wolf to Trump’s boy, incessantly screaming, “Joe is coming, Joe coming.”

15.07.2024 7

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It's NATO's birthday, but all eyes are on the White House

As NATO celebrates its 75th birthday, President Joe Biden faces questions about his fitness to remain in power and the alliance must determine how to...

09.07.2024 10

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July 4 and Nov. 5: Explosive elections in the UK and America

Nov. 5 and Guy Fawkes Night are highly relevant to the U.S. election and the choice between incumbent Joe Biden and challenger Donald Trump.

01.07.2024 20

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Putin kissing Kim’s ring is a massive strategic blunder  

Putin’s visit to Pyongyang and then to Vietnam was a colossal strategic blunder and a sign of great weakness. 

25.06.2024 7

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We're ignoring flashing red terrorism alarms on the border

With the war in Gaza raging, thousands of immigrants pouring across America’s southern borders every day and ISIS-K reconstituting, certainly...

17.06.2024 10

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Today's political meltdown looks a lot like the 2008 financial crisis

As both parties declare democracy is at risk, the system's legitimacy will erode just as NINJA loans and defaults helped create the financial crisis.

11.06.2024 20

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Sen. Wicker: Money alone won’t fix our military

Unless or until the Wicker Plan addresses these critiques, it cannot assure that the U.S. will ever be prepared for war or peace.

03.06.2024 10

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Our recognition of past wars comes with a dose of ambivalence

Despite the presumption of right always being on America’s side in going to war, the record does not support that conclusion, especially since...

28.05.2024 10

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Would Lindsey Graham nuke Gaza?

What is the senator inferring by raising the Hiroshima and Nagasaki examples?

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A new strategic center of gravity for 21st century warfare

For Western security to be on solid ground for the long haul, the U.S. and its allies must find a 21st century strategic center of gravity now.

08.05.2024 20

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Israel's next move can disarm Tehran or upend a fragile global detente

Is Israel prepared for an all-out war with Iran?

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Trumpism is officially the new fourth branch of government

And it wields more raw power than the legislative, judicial and executive branches combined.

16.04.2024 5

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Three decisive actions to save the soul of America

Rarely before have politics been driven by small extreme minorities in both parties.

08.04.2024 8

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Lady Luck could ultimately decide whether Biden or Trump wins

When the presidency is finally decided, after all the intrusive analysis, victory and defeat may be distinguished this way.

01.04.2024 10

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The United States’ second retreat from Kabul 

Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden all inherited the failed Afghan and second Iraq wars.

25.03.2024 20

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Biden or Trump, foreign policy in 2025 is anyone's guess

Both candidates refuse to assess objectively the challenges, threats and dangers confronting the nation or propose effective responses and policies.

18.03.2024 9

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Remember the Rubymar: Stop Houthi attacks now

Will anyone remember the merchant ship Rubymar that sank last week in the Red Sea, a victim of a Houthi missile attack?

11.03.2024 3

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Remember the Rubymar by solving the dilemma of Houthi aggression

Will anyone remember the merchant ship Rubymar that sank last week in the Red Sea, a victim of a Houthi missile attack?

11.03.2024 3

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The two wars that broke America

Unless the political center takes hold in both parties and restrains the excesses of the left and the right, the nation’s course is tragically...

04.03.2024 10

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NATO needs more than money to solve its Russia problem

Before taking out its checkbooks, NATO leaders might produce a no-nonsense strategy with key objectives.

26.02.2024 3

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Only the KGB could have planted the seeds for our dysfunctional US government 

How the U.S. arrived at this breakdown of government is a puzzlement.

19.02.2024 4

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Putin's ramblings offer lessons on managing his successor and China

What could be learned from watching Putin’s two-hour polemic?

12.02.2024 10

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The US should sideline deterrence and let prevention lead the way

The use of deterrence must be carefully controlled because in too many ways it is no longer relevant and is too dependent on military force.

05.02.2024 6

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Kirby joins White House press briefing after three US service members killed in Jordan: Watch live

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver a daily press briefing Monday afternoon, joined by national security spokesperson John...

29.01.2024 6

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