Regional Security Challenges
The United States is confronting a dynamic and complex strategic environment that defies neat categorization. Non-state or sub-state actors may be using conventional weapons to achieve their goals, and rising state powers may be turning to non-conventional means. The relationships between allies, friends, partners, and adversaries are fluid. The United States has the opportunity to shape this environment to promote the nation’s security, but also must be prepared to react to changing circumstances. CNAS will focus on immediate threats and long-term security challenges in the following regions: Afghanistan, Asia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Middle East.
Author(s): Robert Kaplan
Source: The Atlantic
Date: 03/11/2010
March 11, 2010 – CNAS Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan profiles General Stanley McChrystal in the latest edition of The Atlantic, painting GEN McChrystal into a broader discussion of whether or not historical determinism will thwart U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.
| more |Author(s): Neil Conan
Source: NPR's Talk of the Nation
Date: 03/08/2010
March 8, 2010 - CNAS President John Nagl joined NPR's Neal Conan to discuss the implications of recent Iraqi elections for the future of U.S. involvement in that country, offering that the American military will continue to play an advisory role beyond scheduled troop withdrawals.
| more |Source: C-SPAN Washington Journal
Date: 03/07/2010
March 7, 2010 - CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks discusses sobering realities for post-election Iraq in an interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, noting that a "huge burden falls on Iraq's leaders to try and put together a government that won't spark a civil war."
| more |Author(s): J. Ford Huffman, Nate Fick, Tom Ricks
Source: Army Times
Date: 01/12/2010
January 12, 2009 - Several books written by CNAS experts and former Writers in Residence, including CEO Nate Fick’s One Bullet Away, Fellow Tom Ricks’ Fiasco, and former Writers in Residence Greg Jaffe and David Cloud’s The Fourth Star, make the Army Times’ list of best military books of the decade. See the list here.
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Author(s): Peter J Brown
Source: Asia Times
Date: 03/08/2010
March 8, 2010 - In an interview with Asia Times, CNAS Fellow Abraham Denmark ties the newfound willingness of Chinese military leaders to speak out publicly on the future direction of their nation's armed services to budgetary infighting ahead of the annual National People's Congress and the next Five-Year Program. "The recent drop in the announced rate of the growth of the PLA's budget highlights the reality that, as within any bureaucracy, the PLA are fighting for a finite amount of resources" said Denmark.
| more |Author(s): Tom Risen
Source: National Journal
Date: 03/08/2010
March 8, 2010 – CNAS Senior Advisor Patrick Cronin explains what a base-relocation deal on Okinawa will look like in the context of upcoming Japanese elections on National Journal’s website, arguing that “You're dealing with a highly polarized issue, and it's in the interest of both Japanese parties to find a solution quick and limit the impact of the decisions.”
| more |Author(s): Devin Stewart
Source: Huffington Post
Date: 03/08/2010
March 8, 2010 - Devin Stewart cites CNAS Senior Advisor Patrick Cronin's recent Foreign Policy article on Toyota and Japan's global image in The Huffington Post.
| more |Author(s): William Wise
Source: C-SPAN
Date: 03/05/2010
March 5, 2010 – CNAS experts Patrick Cronin, Tom Ricks, and Andrew Exum share their views on counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and the way forward on a panel hosted by John Hopkins’ SAIS and broadcast by C-SPAN.
| more |Author(s): Greg Jaffe
Source: Washington Post
Date: 03/05/2010
March 5, 2010 - In a new article on the strategic goals of counterinsurgency, The Washington Post’s Greg Jaffe quotes CNAS President John Nagl, who stresses the need to reorient our military towards the particulars of our current conflicts.
| more |Author(s): Deborah Lutterbeck
Source: Reuters
Date: 03/04/2010
March 4, 2010 - CNAS Research Associate Brian Burton asserts that U.S. domestic political pressures will keep President Obama's Iraq troop withdrawal timeline on schedule in an interview with Reuters.
| more |Author(s): Christine Parthemore
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 03/11/2010
In this working paper, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore synthesizes how the maritime services are thinking about climate change and assesses potential policy implications.
| more |Author(s): Thomas Ricks
Type of Publication: Policy Brief
Date: 02/24/2010
In this policy brief, CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks argues that U.S. and Iraqi policymakers should go back to the drawing board and find a solution that prevents Iraq from unraveling, and recommends the Obama Administration signal to Iraqi leaders that the United States is open to re-negotiating the Status of Forces Agreement.
| more |Author(s): Richard Weitz
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 02/04/2010
February 4, 2010 - In a grand prize-winning piece for Small Wars Journal, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Richard Weitz argues that the U.S. government should have paid greater attention to the lessons of CORDS, a civil-military advisory team structure created during the Vietnam War, for its post-conflict planning in Iraq and Afghanistan.
| more |Author(s): Dr. John A. Nagl, Brian M. Burton, Dr. Don M. Snider, Frank G. Hoffman, Captain Mark R. Hagerott, USN, Colonel Roderick C. Zastrow, USAF
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 02/04/2010
This report provides an analysis of the nature of U.S. military officership in a new strategic environment and provides recomendations for how the United States can keep its edge in the officer corps amidst an ever-increasing array of challenges.
| more |Author(s): Travis Sharp
Type of Publication: Policy Brief
Date: 02/01/2010
This policy brief provides an analysis of the FY 2011 defense budget request, places it in the context of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and historical budgetary trends, and outlines the uncertain budgetary future that looms ahead.
| more |Author(s): Abraham M. Denmark, Dr. James Mulvenon
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 01/25/2010
The Contested Commons capstone report, authored by CNAS Fellow Abraham M. Denmark and Dr. James Mulvenon, provides an overview of the future of American power in a multipolar world. The authors advocate that the United States renew its commitment to the global commons by pursuing three mutually supporting objectives: build global regimes that preserve the openness of the commons; engage pivotal actors that have the will and ability to protect and sustain them; and develop the hard-power tools and capabilities necessary for the United States to defend the global commons.
| more |Author(s): Abraham M. Denmark, Dr. James Mulvenon, Frank Hoffman, Lt Col Kelly Martin, USAF, Oliver Fritz, Eric Sterner, Dr. Greg Rattray, Chris Evans, Jason Healey, Robert D. Kaplan
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 01/25/2010
Contested Commons is an edited volume featuring five chapters and a capstone piece on the future of American power in the sea, air, space and cyberspace. Authors include CNAS Fellow Abraham M. Denmark, Dr. James Mulvenon, Frank Hoffman, CNAS Military Fellow Lt Col Kelly Martin (USAF), Oliver Fritz, Eric Sterner, Dr. Greg Rattray, Chris Evans, Jason Healey, and CNAS Senior Fellow Robert D. Kaplan.
| more |Author(s): Kristin Lord
Type of Publication: Policy Brief
Date: 01/19/2010
This policy brief makes a compelling case for how the State Department could embrace network diplomacy by creating an independent organization – called USA•World Trust – that would unleash the power of the private sector to further America’s public diplomacy objectives.
| more |Author(s): Brian Burton
Type of Publication: Policy Brief
Date: 01/19/2010
To help inform the State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), this policy brief lays out lessons learned from the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) that the State Department and USAID can learn from to optimize the review process and avoid common pitfalls.
| more |Author(s): Major General Michael T. Flynn, Captain Matt Pottinger, Paul D. Batchelor
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 01/04/2010
This report critically examines the relevance of the U.S. intelligence community to the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan and provides a blueprint for how the United States can make the intelligence community more relevant to the current mission.
| 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 |Speaker(s): Honorable Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Type: Audio
Date: 02/24/2010
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivers remarks at an event co-hosted by CNAS and Georgetown University, 'NATO: Delivering Real Security in an Age of Uncertainty.'
| more |Speaker(s): Admiral Gary Roughead, Norman R. Augustine, Abraham Denmark
Type: Transcript
Date: 02/08/2010
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.
| more |Type: Transcript
Date: 01/12/2010
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.
| more |Type: Other
Date: 01/05/2010
January 5, 2010 - CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine explores the roots of Yemen's instability on C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
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Type: Audio
Date: 12/30/2009
December 30, 2009 - CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine speaks with Voice of America's Deewa Radio about the emerging security crisis in Yemen.
| more |Type: Audio
Date: 12/29/2009
December 29, 2009 - CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine talks to NPR’s Linda Wertheimer about Yemen’s deteriorating security and U.S. counterterrorism efforts there.
| more |Type: Audio
Date: 12/04/2009
December 4, 2009 - CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks discusses how the U.S. can apply the lessons of Iraq to forthcoming “surge” in Afghanistan on NPR’s All Things Considered.
| more |Type: Audio
Date: 12/03/2009
December 3, 2009 – CNAS Research Associate Brian Burton discusses nation-building in Afghanistan on Minnesota Public Radio’s In the Loop.
| more |Type: Audio
Date: 12/02/2009
December 2, 2009 - CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks describes President Obama’s West Point speech on Afghanistan as an appeal to his ambivalent base on WTOP Radio.
| more |Senior Military Fellow
Colonel Ross Brown is a career Armor officer who was commissioned in the Regular Army from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1987.
As a lieutenant and captain, Colonel Brown led three platoons, commanded two companies, served as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, and taught captains at the Armor Officer Career Course. He was assigned to Germany, Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Knox, Kentucky.
| 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.
Fellow
Mr. Denmark is a Fellow with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). At CNAS, Mr. Denmark directs the Asia-Pacific Security Program and several defense strategy and planning projects, including The Contested Commons: The Future of American Power in a Multipolar World. He has authored and edited several CNAS reports on Asia, including China’s Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Relationship, Taiwan's Gamble: The Cross-Strait Rapprochement and Its Implications for U.S.
| more |Fellow
Andrew Exum is a Fellow with the Center for a New American Security. He is a native of East Tennessee and served on active duty in the U.S. Army from 2000 until 2004. He led a platoon of light infantry in Afghanistan in 2002 and a platoon of Army Rangers in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Most recently, Exum served as an advisor on the CENTCOM Assessment Team and as a civilian advisor to Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan.
| more |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 |Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Robert B. Killebrew is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Killebrew is a retired Army colonel who served 30 years in a variety of assignments that included Special Forces, tours in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, XVIII Airborne Corps, high-level war planning assignments and instructor duty at the Army War College.
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Dr. Marc Lynch is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He received his B.A. in political science from Duke University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Cornell University.
| more |Speaker(s): Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Date: February 22, 2010 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gaston Hall, Georgetown University - Washington, DC
On Monday, February 22, 2010, CNAS and Georgetown University hosted a discussion with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on the challenges and opportunities – including operations in Afghanistan – for the over 60-year-old Alliance.
| 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 |Date: November 18, 2009 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building - Washington, DC
Center for a New American Security’s Vice President and Director of Studies Kristin M. Lord testified on November 18, 2009, at a congressional hearing on the role of development and humanitarian assistance as a tool in the war on terror. Read the testimony here.
| 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 22, 2009 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Center for a New American Security - Washington, DC
Center for a New American Security hosted General Sir David Richards, British Chief of the General Staff as part of its Voices from the Field discussion series. The discussion focused on British engagement in Afghanistan and the region as well as the future of defense cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom.
| 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.
| more |Date: July 8, 2009 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
The Center for a New American Security gathered senior-level experts at the U.S. Department of State, Defense, USAID, and various think tanks to discuss how economic tools can best contribute to U.S. strategy and operations in fragile and conflict-affected states.
| more |Speaker(s): Nathaniel C. Fick
Date: July 7, 2009 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building - Washington, DC
Center for a New American Security’s Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel C. Fick will testify July 7, 2009, at a congressional hearing on U.S.-Pakistan relations. The hearing has been called by Sen. Tom Carper, D-DE, chairman of a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. You can view the full video here.
| more |Speaker(s): The Honorable Judith McHale, Honorable Dr. Richard J. Danzig, GEN Jack Keane, Sharon Burke, Dr. John A. Nagl, Thomas E. Ricks, Nathaniel C. Fick, Dr. Kurt M. Campbell, Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, General David H. Petraeus, George Packer, Professor Andrew J. Bacevich, Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Lt. General David W. Barno, Roderick G. Eggert, Peter H. Gleick, Dennis C. Wilder, Ambassador Samir Sumaida'ie, The Honorable John Warner, Dr. Victor Cha, Colonel Christopher G. Cavoli, Commander Esther J. McClure, Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard, Nazar Janabi
Date: June 11, 2009 - 7:45am - 7:00pm
Location: Willard InterContinental Hotel - Washington, DC
Striking a Balance: A New American Security was an all-day CNAS conference highlighting the major foreign policy and national security challenges facing our nation in the critical time ahead.
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