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After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts

Australia’s scientists are working against time and climate change politics to save their beloved coral reef.

B-1 bombers back to Middle East, pressure on Saudi Arabia over Yemen

They hired Americans to professionalize their intelligence service. But how far can former U.S. spies go?

The problem isn’t too much democracy — it’s too little.

Russian disinformation. A government attacking the media. A populace deeply skeptical of it. These Slovak journalists had seen it all — and decided to do something about it.

China’s global economic ambitions require help, and it’s entirely appropriate for the United Kingdom to offer it.

Since two whistleblowers stepped forward two years ago, morale at the Defense Intelligence Agency Office of the Inspector General has plummeted.

Don McGahn was looking at whether the national security advisor violated federal laws just days after Trump moved into the White House.

Zeid Ra’ad Hussein worries the global retreat from human rights makes his job untenable.

The Trump administration needs a robust plan to make sure America remains the world’s most powerful economy.

"North Korea must earn its way back to the table," Tillerson told U.N.

Confused? So are Czechs.

After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts.

The Communist Party is baffled — and angered — by the new activism across the straits.

China keeps building islands, U.S. Army takes a hard looks at its Mosul operation

A new book translates Russia’s fears and hopes for Syria, and the wider region, for an American audience.

She claims 'undeniable evidence' that Iran is violating U.N. restrictions. But not everyone is on board yet.

The knives are out for "F" at the State Department. The secretary should be strengthening rather than dismantling it.

In his annual marathon press conference, the Russian president buttered up his American counterpart and cut loose from the party he once led.