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A Look at 2024 with Richard Fontaine and Michèle Flournoy
Podcast
On this week’s episode of Brussels Sprouts, we are setting out to identify some of the big-picture trends shaping the transatlantic relationship and international affairs more...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Richard Fontaine & Michèle Flournoy
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AI Is Already at War
Commentary
The stakes of slowing AI down are unacceptably high, but so are the stakes of racing ahead without needed precautions....
By Michèle Flournoy
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The Wagner Mutiny: Implications For Putin, Russia and the War in Ukraine
Video
Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Teneo's partner firm WestExec Advisors and Chair of the Center for a New American Security; Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior ...
By Michèle Flournoy & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. National Security and Increasing Geopolitical Uncertainty
Video
Michèle Flournoy, Chair of the Center for a New American Security and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under President Obama, joins Kevin Kajiwara for a discussion on the...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Secretary Yellen Speaks on China
Video
Secretary Yellen is set to deliver remarks on the U.S. relationship with China today. Fmr. Xerox CEO Ursula Burns and Michèle Flournoy join to discuss the geopolitical risk to...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The Burn Bag – National Security and Foreign Policy Redefined
Podcast
Burn Bag Podcast co-host Andrea and Girl Security Fellows Amanda Hart and Emilie Zeitinger join Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy and Former Deputy ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Taiwan: Why the US & China are on collision course for war
Video
In this special analysis, DW's Richard Walker uncovers the roots of the dispute over Taiwan, in part 1 tracing how the diplomatic breakthroughs of the 1970s between the US and...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Next Phase
Video
Kevin Kajiwara hosts Michèle Flournoy and Andrea Kendall-Taylor for an in-depth analysis of the past seven months of conflict, how the war will continue to evolve as Putin fac...
By Michèle Flournoy & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Let’s Stop Being Cavalier about Civilian Control of the Military
For most of U.S. history, ordinary Americans have taken civilian control of the military for granted and barely given a thought to how civilians and the military interact with...
By Michèle Flournoy & Peter Feaver
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Time Is Running Out to Defend Taiwan
Commentary
To deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan in the next two to five years, the United States must immediately reorient U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific....
By Michèle Flournoy & Michael Brown
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Search Warrants & the State of the World (with Michèle Flournoy)
Podcast
Michèle Flournoy and Preet discuss what it will take to modernize the military, the threats of Russia and China, and what it was like to be in the Situation Room during the ra...
By Michèle Flournoy
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How to Prepare for the Next Ukraine
Commentary
Washington should not wait until another powerful nation menaces a smaller neighbor to act on the lessons from this war....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Gender Equality and Sustainability Challenges: A Conversation with the Honorable Michèle Flournoy
Video
Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies for a Smart Women, Smart Power celebration of International Women’s Day featuring the Honorable Michèle Flournoy...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Back to the Future: Resetting Special Operations Forces for Great Power Competition
Podcast
What will be the role of special operations forces (SOF) in this era of great power competition? Where is SOF falling short in the shift to meet this new focus area? Michèle F...
By Michèle Flournoy
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America’s Military Risks Losing Its Edge
Commentary
Much about the way the Pentagon operates continues to reflect business as usual, which is inadequate to meet the growing threats posed by a rising China and a revisionist Russ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Are the US and China entering a Cold War?
Podcast
Demetri Sevastopulo, the FT’s US-China correspondent, talks to Michèle Flournoy about the expanded economic and political influence of China and how might Joe Biden break thro...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Transcript from Crafting a U.S. National Technology Strategy
Transcript
On March 16, 2021, the CNAS Technology and National Security Program hosted a virtual event on “Crafting a U.S. National Technology Strategy.” Speakers for this event include...
By Martijn Rasser, Richard Fontaine, Michèle Flournoy, Megan Lamberth, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Sue Gordon & Secretary James "Hondo" Geurts
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China's military capabilities are gaining on the U.S. The Pentagon needs to take bold steps.
American war games indicate that the current U.S. force may be insufficient to deter or defeat Chinese aggression in the future....
By Michèle Flournoy & Gabrielle Chefitz
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Sharpening the U.S. Military’s Edge: Critical Steps for the Next Administration
Commentary
The Bottom Line The United States is losing its military technological advantage vis-à-vis great power competitors such as China. Reversing this trend must be DoD leadership’...
By Michèle Flournoy & Gabrielle Chefitz
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Defense Priorities in a New Administration, with Michèle Flournoy
Podcast
Michèle Flournoy joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss how a Biden administration can work with NATO to confront transnational threats. Flournoy has been a l...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Michèle Flournoy
