
The Japan Institute for International Affairs' Ambassador Yukio Satoh moderates a discussion of the global issues that affect the bilateral U.S.-Japan relationship. The panel featured Nobushige Takamizawa of Japan's Ministry of Defense, Koji Murata of Doshisha University, Patrick Cronin of CNAS, and Michael Green of CSIS.
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The Honorable Dr. Richard Danzig, chairman of the CNAS Board of Directors, and The Honorable Dr. Leo Mackay, CNAS Board of Directors member, delivered opening and introductory remarks at the CNAS fourth annual conference "Shaping the Agenda: American National Security in the 21st Century."
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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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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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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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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 President John Nagl presents Brian Burton as the fourth Bacevich Fellow, a fellowship created in the memory of 1st Lieutenant Andrew Bacevich, son of Boston University Professor Andrew Bacevich.
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The Honorable Carol M. Browner, Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, delivered the keynote address at the recent CNAS event, "Natural Security: Navigating the Future Global Environment."
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On April 28, 2010, the Center for a New American Security hosted an event on the effects of climate change on our armed services. Following a keynote address by Carol Browner, the President's Special Assistant for Energy and Climate Change, a panel featuring David Kilcullen, RADM Philip Cullom, Robert Kaplan, and Christine Parthemore discussed the economic, political, and geostrategic dimensions of climate change and the role our national security apparatus will play in addressing them.
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On March 24, the Center for a New American Security hosted an event on Capitol Hill on global internet freedom, which also marked the launch of the Senate Global Internet Freedom Caucus. At the event, several senators gave remarks, in addition to a panel of experts representing the public and private sectors.
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