National Security Governance for the 21st Century
This project is designed to provide policymakers with a clear-eyed assessment of why administrations often fail at the outset of taking power, particularly in national security and foreign policy, and to suggest how to prepare for and conduct a that better protect U.S. national interests.
Author(s): Thom Shanker
Source: The New York Times
Date: 08/13/2010
August 13, 2010 - CNAS Senior Advisor Dave Barno comments to The New York Times on the expanding demands on the top ranks of the armed forces.
| more |Author(s): Konrad Yakabuski
Source: The Globe and Mail
Date: 08/03/2010
August 3, 2010 - CNAS Bacevich Fellow Brian Burton talks to The Globe and Mail about President Obama's recent speech on the Iraq withdrawal. Burton notes the importance of the domestic audience and the midterm elections.
| more |Author(s): Warren Strobel
Source: McClatchy Newspapers
Date: 07/22/2010
July 22, 2010 - CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine weighs in on the plan to create a more expeditionary role for State Department civilians in conflict zones for McClatchy Newspapers, offering thatthe plan represents "one more step in the blurring of the lines between military activities and State Department or diplomatic activities."
| more |Author(s): John A. Nagl
Source: Wall Street Journal
Date: 07/21/2010
July 21, 2010 - CNAS President John Nagl writes in The Wall Street Journal, "If Gen. Petraeus again plays the cards that led to success in Iraq, an outcome favorable to U.S. interests [in Afghanistan] is still possible."
| more |Author(s): Tom Vanden Brook
Source: USA Today
Date: 07/12/2010
July 12, 2010 - In a USA Today article on the military's efforts to curb roadside bombs in Afghanistan, CNAS President John Nagl explains that IEDs have become "an enduring feature of modern warfare that all future commanders and force planners will have to deal with forevermore".
| more |Author(s): Abraham Denmark
Source: Washington Quarterly
Date: 06/30/2010
June 30, 2010 - CNAS Fellow Abe Denmark contributes this piece to the July 2010 edition of The Washington Quarterly in which he outlines a 21st century that will become increasingly characterized by security threats in the global commons and the challenge of governing them.
| more |Author(s): Thomas Ricks
Source: The Washington Post
Date: 06/27/2010
June 27, 2010 - In an op-ed in The Washington Post, CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks reflects on Gen. Petraeus' success in Iraq and describes the difficulty in replicating that success in Afghanistan.
| more |Author(s): David Gregory
Source: NBC's Meet the Press
Date: 06/27/2010
June 27, 2010 - On Meet the Press, CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks discusses the way forward in Afghanistan and what the United States' exit strategy should be.
| more |Author(s): Andrew Exum
Source: The New York Times
Date: 06/24/2010
June 24, 2010 – CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum outlines in The New York Times why Gen. Petraeus’ successes in Iraq may not necessarily translate into victory in Afghanistan, a conflict that Gen. Petraeus himself admits will be “a tougher war”.
| more |Author(s): Lauren Morello
Source: The New York Times
Date: 06/24/2010
June 24, 2010 - CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Jay Gulledge discusses the difficulty of nailing down exact figures for projected sea-level rises in an article in The New York Times that reports on a conference between experts in the defense and climate science community.
| more |Author(s): Patrick Cronin
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 06/06/2010
Faced with a shifting and complex global environment, this report calls for a recalibration of American strategy, noting, "The United States can best pursue a protracted period of global order by resisting the temptation to solve all the world’s problems.
| more |Author(s): Abraham Denmark, Christine Parthemore, Rizal Sukma
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 06/04/2010
As the United States and Indonesia negotiate the bilateral Comprehensive Partnership Agreement, this report recommends strengthening economic and security cooperation between the two countries while helping Indonesia build capacity to contribute to regional and global challenges like climate change, economic integration and increased security cooperation.
| more |Author(s): Kristin M. Lord, Marc Lynch
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 05/19/2010
This report offers an assessment of the Obama Administration's public engagement strategy by analyzing the public engagement dimension of key foreign policy areas and in countries of strategic importance - including Iran, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Author(s): Herb Carmen, Christine Parthemore, Will Rogers
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 04/22/2010
The Broadening Horizons capstone report, authored by CNAS Senior Military Fellow Commander Herbert E. Carmen, USN, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore and CNAS Research Assistant Will Rogers, provides an overview of the implications of climate change for DOD, the military services and the combatant commands, and makes recommendations to help the United States better navigate the potential geopolitical implications of the changing climate.
| more |Author(s): Dr. Kristin Lord
Type of Publication: Congressional Testimony
Date: 11/18/2009
CNAS Vice President for Studies Dr. Kristin Lord testified before the House Armed Services Committee on whether the branding of U.S. foreign assistance has the potential to push back against violent extremism.
| more |Author(s): Abraham Denmark, Nirav Patel, Linton Brooks, Joshua W. Busby, Lindsey Ford, Michael J. Green, G. John Ikenberry, Robert D. Kaplan, Daniel Twining, Richard Weitz
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 09/22/2009
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 22, 2009 - China’s rise is one of the most significant geopolitical events in modern history, with important ramifications for U.S. interests, regional power balances, and the international order. As the Obama administration confronts a broad set of worldwide challenges, questions remain as to how the United States should engage China amidst uncertainty about its long-term intentions and how to balance this important relationship against concerns regarding China’s behavior in the international community.
| more |Author(s): Dr. John Nagl
Type of Publication: Congressional Testimony
Date: 09/16/2009
CNAS President Dr. John Nagl testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 2:30pm, in Room 419 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Dr. Nagl will discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan at the hearing called by SFRC Chairman, Senator Kerry, "Exploring Three Strategies for Afghanistan."
| more |Author(s): Dr. John A. Nagl, Andrew M. Exum, Ahmed A. Humayun
Type of Publication: Policy Brief
Date: 03/16/2009
March 2009 - In a new policy brief published by CNAS, authors John Nagl, Andrew Exum, and Ahmed Humayun recommend that the United States increase its support for Afghanistan's National Solidarity Program (NSP) and similar development initiatives. Launched in 2002 by Afghanistan's Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD), the NSP is a rural development project that disburses modest grants to elected village councils. The NSP has not just simply provided tangible services to Afghans; it is "owned" by Afghans and run with an emphasis on transparency.
| more |Author(s): David E. Sanger
Type of Publication: Book
Date: 01/13/2009
With a historian's sweep, the unparalleled access of a New York Times White House correspondent and an ability to explain complex dilemmas in a gripping narrative, Sanger takes us on a breathtaking tour of the hardest problems awaiting President-elect Obama on Inauguration Day.
| more |Author(s): Kurt Campbell, James B. Steinberg
Type of Publication: Book
Date: 11/13/2008
An important new book titled Difficult Transitions by Kurt M. Campbell and James B. Steinberg. Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power is a bipartisan guide for incoming presidents and their foreign policy teams who seek to survive the landmines and booby traps that await them.
| more |Type: Video
Date: 07/15/2009
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) President John Nagl discusses the tradition and importance of the CNAS annual conference, which this year featured renowned national security experts and attracted over 1200 people in person and over 3500 people around the world who watched the conference live on the CNAS website.
| more |Type: Transcript
Date: 07/02/2010
The University of Tokyo's Motoshige Ito moderates a panel on economics, trade, and technology featuring Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Japanese Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Hiroshi Komiyama of the University of Tokyo; Charles Vest of MIT, and Ambassador Ira Shapiro of Greenberg Traurig.
| more |Type: Transcript
Date: 07/02/2010
Richard Danzig addresses the U.S. and Japanese delegations on the common values that serve as the foundation of the alliance between the United States and Japan on day two of our conference.
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Type: Transcript
Date: 06/29/2010
The keynote addresses of the first day of the conference on the U.S.-Japan alliance are delivered by Akihisa Nagashima, Japanese Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense; and Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.
| more |Type: Transcript
Date: 06/29/2010
Keio University Vice President Naoyuki Agawa moderates a panel on the current status of the U.S-Japan alliance and prospects for the future featuring Kazuya Sakamoto of Osaka University; Yoichi Funabashi, Editor-in-Chief of the Asahi Shimbun; Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State; and Joseph Nye of Harvard University.
| more |Type: Transcript
Date: 06/29/2010
Keio University Vice President Naoyuki Agawa reprises his role as moderator for the second session of the first day of the conference on the U.S.-Japan alliance. The second panel focuses on the history of the alliance and featured Akira Iriye of Harvard University, Makoto Iokibe of the National Defense Academy of Japan, Ronald Spector of George Washington University, and James Przystup of National Defense University.
| more |Type: Audio
Date: 06/28/2010
CNAS President John Nagl and Ocean Policy Research Foundation Chairman Masahiro Akiyama deliver closing remarks at the end of the two-day conference on the U.S.-Japan alliance.
| more |Type: Video
Date: 06/28/2010
CNAS' Abraham Denmark kicks off day two of the conference on the U.S.-Japan alliance by moderating a panel on governance of the global commons featuring Masakazu Toyoda, Secretary General of Japan's Secretariat for Headquarters for Space Policy; Vice Admiral Kideaki Kaneda (Ret.) of the Okazaki Institute; Takako Hikotani of the National Defense Academy of Japan, Rear Admiral (sel) Mark Montgomery of the Office of the CNO, and CNAS' Robert Kaplan.
| more |Type: Video
Date: 06/28/2010
CNAS Board of Advisors member Victor Cha moderates a panel on the Asia-Pacific regional security architecture featuring Hitoshi Tanaka of the Japan Center for International Exchange, Yoshihide Soeya of Keio University, G. John Ikenberry of Princeton University, and Daniel Twining of the German Marshall Fund.
| more |Type: Video
Date: 06/28/2010
The University of Tokyo's Motoshige Ito moderates a panel on economics, trade, and technology featuring Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Japanese Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Hiroshi Komiyama of the University of Tokyo; Charles Vest of MIT, and Ambassador Ira Shapiro of Greenberg Traurig.
| more |Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Dr. David Asher is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at CNAS, where he specializes in issues related to Asia, economics and security.
| more |Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow
General Barno, a highly decorated military officer with over 30 years of service, has served in a variety of command and staff positions in the United States and around the world, to include command at every level. He served many of his early years in special operations forces with Army Ranger battalions, to include combat in both the Grenada and Panama invasions. In 2003, he was selected to establish a new three-star operational headquarters in Afghanistan and take command of the 20,000 U.S.
| more |Senior Advisor and Korea Chair
Victor Cha was named to the newly created Korea Chair at CSIS in May 2009. Previously, he served as director for Asian studies at Georgetown University. From 2004 to 2007, he was director for Asian affairs at the White House, where he was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy for Japan, North and South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island nations. He also served as U.S. deputy head of delegation to the Six-Party Talks and has acted as a senior consultant on East Asian security issues for different branches of the U.S. government.
| more |Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program
Patrick Cronin is a Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Previously, he was the Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at National Defense University and has had a 25-year career inside government and academic research centers, spanning defense affairs, foreign policy, and development assistance.
Chief Executive Officer
Nathaniel C. Fick was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in June 2009. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer of CNAS and has been a Fellow at the Center since its founding in 2007.
Senior Fellow
Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which he joined in September 2009. He previously served as foreign policy advisor to Senator John McCain for more than five years. He has also worked at the State Department, the National Security Council and on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
| more |Senior Advisor and Japan Chair
Michael Green is a senior adviser and holds the Japan Chair at CSIS, as well as being an associate professor of international relations at Georgetown University. He served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) from January 2004 to December 2005. He joined the NSC in April 2001 as director of Asian affairs with responsibility for Japan, Korea, and Australia/New Zealand.
| more |Former Executive Vice President
Mary L. Howell served as Executive Vice President for Textron Inc., from August 1995 until her retirement in December 2009. For over 15 years she served on the Management Committee of Textron, comprised of the company’s top six executives responsible for the management of the large multi-industry corporation.
Vice President and Director of Studies
Kristin Lord is Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. Prior to joining CNAS, Dr. Lord was a Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program and Saban Center for Middle East Policy at The Brookings Institution. At Brookings, Dr. Lord directed the science and technology initiative of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World.
| more |Senior Fellow
Thomas E. Ricks is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Concurrently with his duties at CNAS, Ricks writes an online blog for ForeignPolicy.com called, “The Best Defense," for which he won the 2010 National Magazine Award as the best blog of the year, and serves as a contributing editor for Foreign Policy.
Date: June 17, 2010 - 1:00pm - June 18, 2010 - 7:30pm
Location: The Willard InterContinental Hotel - Washington, DC
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.
| more |Speaker(s): David E. Sanger, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Admiral Eric T. Olson, Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker
Date: June 10, 2010 - 1:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Willard Intercontinental Hotel's Grand Ballroom - Washington, DC
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.
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Speaker(s): Admiral James Stavridis
Date: May 17, 2010 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: The Willard InterContinental Hotel - Washington, DC
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.
| more |Date: April 16, 2010 - 11:30am - 12:30pm
Location: U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center, Lower Level, Room SVC 210-212 - Washington, DC
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.
| more |Date: April 1, 2010 - 6:03pm - 8:30pm
Location: WIllard Intercontinental Hotel's Crystal Room
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) was honored to host General George Casey, Jr., Chief of Staff of the Army, for National Security Leaders Forum discussion on April 1, 2010. The discussion focused on the challenge of rebalancing the Army while engaged in two prolonged conflicts.
| more |Speaker(s): Lt. General David W. Barno, Major General Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., General James N. Mattis, Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau
Date: February 18, 2010 - 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Willard Intercontinental Hotel - Washington, DC
On February 18, CNAS hosted an event to mark the release of a major report on how the United States can revitalize its military officer corps to meet current national security challenges, and those that lie ahead.
| more |Speaker(s): Admiral Gary Roughead, Norman R. Augustine, Abraham Denmark
Date: January 26, 2010 - 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Location: The Newseum’s Knight Conference Center - Washington, DC
On January 26, CNAS will launch a major report on the global commons - sea, airspace, space and cyberspace - at an event featuring the CNO Admiral Gary Roughead, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force General Carrol Chandler, former Chairman of the Defense Science Board Norman R. Augustine and Fellow Abraham Denmark.
| more |Speaker(s): Greg Jaffe, David Cloud
Date: October 13, 2009 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Willard InterContinental Hotel's Grand Ballroom - Washington, DC
The Center for a New American Security held a book launch and discussion on The Fourth Star, by journalists and former CNAS Writers in Residence Greg Jaffe and David Cloud. The Fourth Star tells the story of the epic struggle for the future of the U.S. Army through profiling four influential generals who have arguably helped redefine the American way of war: Generals John Abizaid, George Casey Jr., Peter Chiarelli, and David Petraeus. Watch the video from the event here.
| more |Speaker(s): The Honorable James B. Steinberg, Dr. Michael Green, The Honorable James B. Steinberg, The Honorable Dr. Patrick Cronin
Date: September 24, 2009 - 9:00am - 11:45am
Location: Willard InterContinental Hotel's Grand Ballroom - Washington, DC
The Center for a New American Security hosted The Honorable James B. Steinberg, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, at an event marking the launch of CNAS' new report, China's Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Relationship. The report examines the ever expanding U.S.-China relationship and proposes a strategy for future engagement.
| more |Date: September 11, 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location: Center for a New American Security - Washington, DC
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held a discussion with author David Ucko on his recent book The New Counterinsurgency Era with press and national security experts. John Nagl, president of CNAS and author of the book’s foreword, gave a brief introduction.
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