Center for a New American Security

On October 20, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will host an event at the Newseum to launch a new report on the future of U.S.-India relations. The event will feature a roundtable discussion on the path forward for this critical relationship, featuring former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Nicholas Burns, CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine, and other outside experts.

On September 23, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will launch its new report on continuing challenges facing the National Guard and Reserves at an event featuring CNAS President Dr. John Nagl, former Chairman of the Commission on National Guard and Reserves Arnold Punaro, and several outside defense experts. 

On Tuesday, August 17, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a pertinent discussion on the future of the U.S. relationship with Iraq with CNAS CEO Nathaniel Fick and two leading Administration officials: Michael Corbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq, and Colin Kahl, Deputy Secretary of Defense for the Middle East.  The full video is available here as well as a transcript of the opening remarks.

This two-day conference brought together leading Japanese and American policymakers and experts to examine the challenges and opportunities for the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance, and featured a keynote address by Akihisa Nagashima, Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense.

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will hold its fourth annual conference, Shaping the Agenda: American National Security in the 21st Century, on June 10, 2010. The event will feature a keynote address by Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and three expert panels discussing the most salient national security challenges America faces. 

On May 17, 2010 the Center for a New American Security hosted Admiral James Stavridis as part of the National Security Leaders Forum for a discussion of the future role of NATO.

Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; David Kilcullen,  RADM Philip Hart Cullom, USN, Robert Kaplan, and Christine Parthemore spoke at a CNAS event  addressing the effects of climate change on our national security on Wednesday, April 28. 

On April 22, 2010, The Center for a New American Security was honored to host three U.S. Air Force officers involved in Operation Unified Response, the United States’ relief campaign in Haiti following January’s devastating earthquake. Col Patrick Hollrah, commander on the ground, Maj Matthew Jones, Director of Operations, and Capt Dustin Doyle, Public Affairs Officer, detailed the logistical, operational, and diplomatic challenges of organizing aid and personnel from dozens of countries with the goal of providing swift assistance to the Haitian people.

On Friday, April 16, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will hold the second of three luncheon briefings to inform the public, members of Congress and their staffs on the potential risks and opportunities to prevent biological attacks, including biological terrorism, warfare and criminal acts using biological agents.

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) was honored to host Colonel Gregory T. Breazile, USMC, as a speaker in our ongoing Voices from the Field project.  Colonel Breazile is currently serving as the Director of Communication and Spokeman for the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A).