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 Rachel Zissimos and Justin Johnson write: To turn things around, Congress and the next president will need to immediately begin working together to rebuild the U.S. military. Emphasis should be placed on three achieving three goals. The first is to restore combat readiness by increasing the investment in training and maintenance. The second is to beef up force structure, so our forces will have the ability to handle two conflicts simultaneously (today they can barely handle one). The third is to invest in modernization, so that the military will be prepared for the future. – The National Interest
 
Paul Miller writes: The jihadist ideology is not new, jihadist groups have not been contained, and, contrary to Obama’s assertion in 2011, the tide of war is not receding. The United States plainly needs a new approach for its fight against the menagerie of apocalyptic, totalitarian, theocratic movements that make up jihadism. – War on the Rocks William Burns, Michele Flournoy, and Nancy Lindborg write: State fragility will remain a central feature of the international landscape for the foreseeable future. The United States’ response, however, can and must evolve. Washington must be straight with the American people and its partners about both the limits of our means and also about the costs and consequences of inaction. This is not a moment for fatalism or disengagement. It is a moment for the kind of strategic, systemic, selective, and sustained American leadership that remains critical to global peace and security. – Foreign Affairs Barry Lowenkron and Mitchell Reiss write: The good news is that American leadership is still prized by many of our friends and allies around the world; the better news is that they want more, not less, of it. Pragmatic primacy is not a miracle cure, but provides the best chance to reestablish America’s purpose in a complex world. – The National Interest Ulrich Speck writes: The year 1989 was a watershed moment for the realization of an optimistic vision that had been incubating since the end of World War II, the expansion of a system that would take the civilizational gains made by liberal democracy on the level of the nation state in the West to a global level….Since 1989, the world has made significant progress on that road, but this progress is now seriously in question. It is high time for those who truly care about the liberal order to stand up and be counted. – The American Interest
John Hannah writes: As surely as Obama was unable to unilaterally end America’s wars in the Middle East, his effort to declare the region’s Great Game for influence irrelevant has also failed. Simply withdrawing from the field does not trigger the emergence of some self-sustaining, organic equilibrium. Instead, It creates a vacuum that engenders conflict and chaos, while empowering dangerous enemies like Russia, Iran, and the Islamic State that are determined to fill the void and attack U.S. interests. Yes, for sure, American primacy in the Middle East has been a [pain]. But its abandonment will be a nightmare. Obama never got that. Will his successor? – Foreign Policy’s Shadow Government
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