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Panel Discussion: A New American Way of War

The 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) declared that the central problem facing the U.S. military was an erosion of its advantage against China and Russia. While not entirely novel—previous work inside and outside the Department of Defense (DoD) had cited this issue—it was the first official DoD document to declare it central to our overarching strategy….

https://www.cnas.org/events/panel-discussion-a-new-american-way-of-war

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The US military ‘gets its ass handed to it’ in World War 3 simulation – researchers

Military wargames carried out by RAND Corporation show that the US’ advantage is slipping. In a simulated ‘World War 3’ scenario, the world’s greatest military power loses decisively to Russia and China.

RAND’s wargames pit the United States – depicted in blue on maps – against an imaginary aggressor, this time Russia and China. In these simulated scenarios, taking place in either the Baltic region or Taiwan, things don’t go well for the United States.

Of course, the US is not fightingon its own turf here. Neither do the RAND team explain exactly how America ended up fighting a hypothetical war thousands of miles from home. But defense money is defense money, and the researchers were keen to paint an apocalyptic picture, no doubt timed to coincide with the 2020 military budget, released on Monday.

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https://www.rt.com/usa/453550-us-loses-world-war-three/

The Anne Frank Center has waded into the debate around ISIS terrorists returning to Germany with an unlikely take, seemingly implying that they deserve the same rights as Jews persecuted by the Nazis. A tweetstorm ensued.

The German government announced plans to strip some Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS or ISIL) fighters returning to Germany of their citizenship last week. More than 1,000 Germans left to take up arms for the Caliphate since 2013, and around a third have returned. Another third are believed to be dead, with the rest in hiding or captivity in Iraq and Syria.

The decision will apply to adult German nationals with dual citizenship who join the terror group in the future. The Frankfurt-based Anne Frank Center – a human rights nonprofit founded by Frank’s father Otto – jumped into the discussion with an unlikely defense of the Islamist militants.

“A lot of protest has broken out against” the government’s decision, the center tweeted, “with reference to the Third Reich.”

“In fact, the Nazis made generous use of the means of naturalization. In several waves, a total of more than 39,000 people were expelled – especially Jews. As of Nov. in 1941, they automatically lost their citizenship when they crossed the borders of the Reich regardless of whether 'voluntarily' emigrated or deported.”

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https://www.rt.com/news/453558-anne-frank-isis-jews/