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  • CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Strategy in the Age of Obama
    Date: 06/21/2010
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    A distinguished panel moderated by Ambassador Nicholas Burns that featured the State Department’s Director of Policy Planning Anne-Marie Slaughter, The New York Times’ David Sanger,  the Council on Foreign Relations’ Elliott Cohen, and CNAS' Kirstin Lord and Patrick Cronin rounds out the CNAS fourth annual conference. They discussed the Obama administration’s stated policy of engagement as a core pillar of the United States’ diplomatic strategy.

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  • CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Beyond Afghanistan
    Date: 06/21/2010
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    Former ISAF commander LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) moderated a the second panel of the CNAS fourth annual conference. The panel was designed to brief the President on the state of the allied campaign in Afghanistan from the perspective of 2013 and featured the Carnegie Endowment’s Ashley Tellis, Georgetown University’s Paul Pillar, and CNAS’ Richard Fontaine.

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  • CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Future of the Force
    Date: 06/21/2010
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    Tom Ricks moderates a panel that examines how the U.S. military will evolve in light of current needs and future constraints. The panel included noted experts such as SOCOM commander Gen Eric Olson, USN; Peter Singer of the Brookings Institute; Jim Thomas of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; and John Nagl of CNAS.

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  • CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Introduction and Opening Remarks
    Date: 06/21/2010
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    CNAS Chairman of the Board Richard Danzig and Board member Leo Mackay open the CNAS fourth annual conference with brief remarks on the organization’s history and current work.

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  • Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy Keynote Address
    Date: 06/14/2010
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    Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy delivered the keynote address at the CNAS 4th annual conference "Shaping the Agenda: American National Security in the 21st Century," and discussed challenges and opportunities to rebalance and reform U.S. instruments of soft power.

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  • Natural Security: Navigating the Future Global Environment- Transcript
    Date: 05/05/2010
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    On April 28, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted the event Natural Security: Navigating the Future Global Environment featuring Carol Browner, the Assistant to the President for Climate Change and Energy and a panel that included David Kilcullen, Robert Kaplan, RADM Philip Cullom, and Christine Parthemore. Following the link is the full transcript.

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  • Contested Commons: The Next Challenge to American Power - Transcript
    Contested Commons: The Future of American Power in a Multipolar World - Transcript
    Date: 02/08/2010
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    Download the transcript from the January 26 event on the contested commons - sea, air, space, and cyberspace - including remarks from: Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead; Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force General Carrol Chandler; renowned aerospace expert Norman R. Augustine; Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis Director at Defense Group Inc. Dr. James Mulvenon; and CNAS Fellow Abraham Denmark.

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  • Remarks from Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao at the CNAS U.S. India Initiative Launch Event
    Remarks from Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao at the CNAS U.S. India Initiative Launch Event
    Date: 01/12/2010
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    On January 12, CNAS launched the U.S.-India Initiative at an event in New Delhi co-hosted by the Aspen Institute India.  The event  featured Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and a distinguished group of American and Indian experts. Read the Foreign Secretary's remarks here.

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  • The Honorable Ray Mabus Prepared Remarks -Transcript
    Date: 11/18/2009
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    Download the transcript from the November 18, 2009 speech by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on strategic energy use and the U.S. Navy at the Defense Attachés Association's annual conference, Strategic Resources and Global Security Trends.

     

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  • The Predator War
    Date: 10/26/2009
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    October 26, 2009 - CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum discusses the risks of using predator drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan in a report by Jane Mayer of The New Yorker. "We're not saying drones are not part of the strategy. But we are saying that right now they are part of the problem," said Exum.

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