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Daniel DePetris

Fellow, Defense Priorities

Daniel R. DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities and a foreign affairs columnist at Newsweek.
Daniel R. DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities and a foreign affairs columnist at Newsweek.
Management

Even the Marines Couldn’t Prepare John Kelly For What He’ll Have To Do For Donald Trump

Here are four major challenges that Kelly must confront, preferably sooner rather than later.

Management

Rex Tillerson’s First Big Test As Secretary Of State Has Finally Come

It’s difficult to project how this internal spat between Gulf Arab royals will be resolved, or whether mediation is even in the cards over the short-term.

Oversight

What Obama Can Do Before He Leaves Office

While this isn’t a particularly large period of time for him to achieve monumental things, it’s a window wide enough to tie up loose ends.

Defense

Obama is Quietly Expanding the War on Terror in Africa While the World is Distracted by Trump

If congress doesn’t become more assertive, future presidents are likely to head into even murkier legal terrain.