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CommentaryThe Accompany They Keep: What Niger Tell Us About Accompany Missions, Combat, and Operations Other than War
The Department of Defense just released the public report on the ambush in Niger last October that killed four U.S. soldiers — a succinct eight-page summary of the reportedly ...
By Alice Hunt Friend
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CommentaryThe Pentagon's Transparency Problem
With the war in Afghanistan now in its 17th year, the U.S. military is engaged in the longest stretch of armed conflict in its history. And yet its leaders are keeping the Ame...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Alice Hunt Friend
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PodcastWomen in National Security: Alice Hunt Friend
CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Alice Friend Hunt speaks on the importance of self-confidence and the ways in which men can help women succeed in national security....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Alice Hunt Friend
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In Libya, No Unity without Security
In late January, Libya’s internationally recognized parliament overwhelmingly rejected a slate of candidates to lead a proposed national unity government. Several days later, ...
By Alice Hunt Friend
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Nigerian President to U.S. Government: Send Silver Bullets
Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, challenged the American people to put up or shut up last week when he toldthe Wall Street Journal that he has repeatedly and fruitlessl...
By Alice Hunt Friend
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Besting Boko Haram
Will anything stop Boko Haram? As Western media became consumed with the wave of terrorism in Paris, the Nigerian terrorist group slaughtered hundreds, perhaps thousands, of p...
By Alice Hunt Friend
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The Myth of the Militarization of America's Africa Policy
After almost fifteen years of unprecedented political stabilization and economic development in Africa, the ravages of Ebola and a spike in military coups in places like Burki...
By Alice Hunt Friend