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Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is completing a book about President Trump’s national security team and policies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles at CNN. (CNN)John Bolton’s defenestration was a […]

Trump smells a bad deal, makes the right call on Taliban peace talks Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 3:32 PM ET, Sun September 8, 2010 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is completing a […]

Mattis had problems with Trump — and with Obama, Biden and Bush Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 6:08 AM ET, Thu September 5, 2019 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is completing a book […]

The huge threat to America that Trump ignores By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst, and David Sterman Updated 5:55 PM ET, Sun August 4,  Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “United States of […]

Bin Laden heir dead: A blow to al-Qaeda? By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 12:17 PM ET, Thu August 1, 2019 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of four books about al-Qaeda including […]

Trump clashes with a truth teller and replaces him with a partisan sycophant By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 2:07 PM ET, Mon July 29, 2019 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of […]

The ‘special relationship’ between the UK and US is crumbling By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 8:07 PM ET, Tue July 9, 201 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “United States of […]

Jared Kushner’s peace plan is dead on arrival By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 7:35 AM ET, Mon June 24, 2019 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and professor at the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of […]

Trump’s smart call on Iran By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 10:54 AM ET, Sat June 22, 2019 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New Americaand professor at the School of Politics and Global Studies atArizona State University. He is the author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating […]

How Donald Trump created one hell of a mess with Iran By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 7:29 AM ET, Fri June 21, 2019 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “United States […]