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Terrorism & Irregular Warfare

CNAS explores  strategies for combating  terrorism, violent extremism, and various approaches for tackling the significant challenges posed by insurgencies and irregular warfare in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the globe.

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    Type: News Item
    Source: Foreign Policy

    March 25, 2013 — Senior Fellow and Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program Phillip Carter advocates for a bigger recognition of the important role the U.S. court system can play in nation's counterterrorism strategy in Foreign Policy.

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  • In Mali, a Star Singer Calls for War
    Type: News Item
    Source: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

    March 25, 2013 — Writer in residence Yochi Dreazen discusses a Malian musician's refelctions on the widespread fury across the country over the Islamist occupation of the North. 

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  • Syrian Opposition in Political Shambles- Kerry Stops in Afghanistan after Iraq-Are Super carriers Obsolete? F-35 Critic Blasts Bogdan-Making Moves New House Appropriations Director
    Type: News Item
    Source: Politico

    March 25, 2013 — Captain Henry Hendrix's recent report on the evolving role of supercarriers, "At What Cost a Carrier?"  is contrasted against other Capitol Hill perspectives by Politico's Austin Wright and Tim Mak. 

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  • Kandahar and Hope
    Type: News Item
    Source: Politico

    March 21, 2013 — As the war in Afghanistan continues, despite the many challenges, in a recent article in Politico, CNAS co-chair of the board The Honorable Michѐle Flournoy and Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon discuss the progress made by U.S. and Afghan governments in Kandahar. 

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  • Iraq Took Much Needed Attention from Afghanistan
    Type: News Item
    Source: US News and World Report

    March 20, 2013 — In his recent article, Research Associate Jacob Stokes provides an analysis of the United States' military blunder in Iraq.

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  • After the Aircraft Carrier: 3 Alternatives to the Navy’s Vulnerable Flattops
    Type: News Item
    Source: Wired

    March 20, 2013 — Captain Henry J. Hendrix's, USN (Ph.D.) report At What Cost a Carrier? is the topic of discussion on Wired. David Axe, a reporter analyzes Hendrix's arguments on the role of the aircraft carrier and offers his input on its future in naval warfare.

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  • Wanted: Ph.Ds Who Can Win A Bar Fight
    Type: News Item
    Source: Foreign Policy

    March 8, 2013 — Foreign Policy features an excerpt from Visiting Fellow Major Fernando Lujan's recent report Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention.

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  • Battle Tested Insiders Debate America's Misfires in Iraq and Afghanistan
    Type: News Item
    Source: Foreign Policy

    March 4, 2013 — CNAS' Michѐle Flournoy, Shawn Brimley, and Tom Ricks are amongst experts who debated the American strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq in Foreign Policy. 

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  • Leon Panetta's Pentagon Report Card
    Type: News Item
    Source: U.S. News and World Report

    February 27, 2013 — Research Associate Jacob Stokes grades Panetta's tenure and performance as Secretary of Defense in a U.S. News and World Report article.

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  • The Real Reasons Karzai Wants U.S. Troops Out
    Type: News Item
    Source: The Atlantic
    Writer-in-residence Yochi Dreazen writes in The Atlantic that President Karzai's decision to remove U.S. special forces from Wardak province may indicate his political insecurity.
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  • Afghanistan
    LTG David W. Barno Testifies on Afghanistan Before House Armed Services Committee
    July 27, 2011 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
    House Armed Services Committee
    Washington, District of Columbia

    CNAS Senior Fellow and Senior Advisor Lieutenant General David W. Barno USA (ret.) testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in an open hearing on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. on the way ahead in Afghanistan.

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  • CNAS Fifth Annual Conference - June 2, 2011
    CNAS Fifth Annual Conference, "Risk and Reward: American Security in an Age of Uncertainty"
    June 2, 2011 - 9:00am - 7:30pm
    The Willard InterContinental Hotel
    Washington, District of Columbia

    The Center for a New American Security's (CNAS) fifth annual conference took place in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Download the conference program, watch the videos and read the transcripts online.

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  • General Amos
    National Security Leaders Forum with General James F. Amos
    May 24, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
    Willard InterContinental Hotel
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On May 24, 2011, CNAS hosted the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps General James F. Amos for a discussion among senior national security experts about the future of the Corps amidst a changing global strategic environment, and offered an assessment of the security situation in Afghanistan and continued challenges in the region.

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  • Spirit of America
    Voices from the Field with Spirit of America
    May 11, 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    Spirit of America (SoA) founder, Jim Hake, and Matt Valkovic will discuss their experiences as an 'embedded NGO' in Afghanistan.

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  • The Future of Afghanistan
    The Future of Afghanistan
    April 13, 2011 - 7:45am - 9:15am
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On April 13, 2011 the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a briefing and roundtable discussion focused on the future of Afghanistan and a broader regional strategy, led by CNAS President Dr. John A. Nagl, Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow Lieutenant General David Barno, USA (Ret.) and Fellow Andrew Exum. 

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  • Security Through Partnership: Fighting Transnational Cartels in the Western Hemi
    Security Through Partnership: Fighting Transnational Cartels in the Western Hemisphere
    March 29, 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On March 29, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a briefing and roundtable discussion related to the CNAS policy brief Security Through Partnership: Fighting Transnational Cartels in the Western Hemisphere, led by CNAS President Dr. John A. Nagl, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Colonel Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.), and Research Assistant Matthew Irvine. 

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  • Cyber Security and Smart Grid Technology
    Roundtable Discussion: Cyber Security and Smart Grid Technology
    March 3, 2011 - 7:45am - 9:15am
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On March 3, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a roundtable discussion to discuss the risks and rewards of smart grid technology and implications for U.S. policy, led by Director of Studies Dr. Kristin Lord and Fellow Christine Parthemore.

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  • The Wrong War: Book Discussion with Bing West
    The Wrong War: Book Discussion with Bing West
    February 24, 2011 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On February 24, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a discussion with bestselling-author Bing West on his new book The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan.  

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  • Roundtable Discussion: Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure
    January 26, 2011 - 7:45am - 9:15am
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On January 26, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a briefing and roundtable discussion focused on cyber security and the U.S. critical infrastructure, led by President Dr. John Nagl and Vice President and Director of Studies Dr. Kristin M. Lord.

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  • Responsible Transition: Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011
    Responsible Transition: Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011
    December 14, 2010 - 1:30pm - 2:45pm
    The Newseum's Knight Conference Center, 7th Floor
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On December 14, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will launch its latest Afghanistan report, Responsible Transition, in an event at the Newseum featuring a discussion with the report's authors, moderated by Bob Woodward. Woodward, a renowned investigative journalist and author of Obama's Wars, will interview report coauthors David Barno and Andrew Exum on their recommended strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Exum, having just returned from Afghanistan, will also provide an on-the-ground update.

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  • Robert Killebrew
    Colonel Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.)
    Non-Resident Senior Fellow

    Colonel (USA ret) Bob Killebrew writes and consults on national defense issues as a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.  Prior to his retirement from active duty he served for thirty years in a variety of Special Forces, infantry and staff duties.  His assignments ranged included duty in Vietnam with MACVSOG, the Vietnamese Airborne Division, command in mechanized, air assault and airborne units, and staff positions in the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, as director of plans, XVIII Airborne Corps, special assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army, command

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  • Kristin M. Lord
    Vice President and Director of National Security | Read Full Bio |
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    Dr. Kristin M. Lord
    Executive Vice President, United States Institute of Peace

    Kristin Lord is Executive Vice President at the United States Institute of Peace. She was until January 2013 Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security where she oversaw the center’s research and served as one of three members of the center’s leadership team.  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.

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  • Gregory McGowan
    Gregory McGowan
    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. National Security Research Intern

    Gregory McGowan was a Joseph S. Nye, Jr. National Security Research Intern at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) where he worked as Tom Ricks's researcher.

    Prior to joining CNAS, McGowan lived in Ronda, Spain, where he served as a U.S. Language and Culture Ambassador through the Spanish Ministry of Education.  He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and European studies.  McGowan began learning Arabic in 2008 while studying abroad in Beirut.

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  • John Nagl
    Dr. John A. Nagl
    Non-Resident Senior Fellow

    Dr. John Nagl is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security and the Minerva Research Fellow at the U.S. Naval Academy as part of the Department of Defense Minerva Initiative program.  He was previously the President of CNAS. He is also a member of the Defense Policy Board, a Visiting Professor in the War Studies Department at Kings College of London, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies.  Dr.

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  • Thomas E. Ricks
    Senior Fellow

    Thomas E. Ricks is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Concurrently with his duties at CNAS, Mr. 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.  

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  • Travis Sharp
    Travis Sharp
    Non-Resident Fellow

    Travis Sharp is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and was previously the Bacevich Fellow. He is currently a Master's candidate at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Prior to joining CNAS, he served as Military Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, where he started as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow.

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  • Anne-Marie Slaughter
    Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter
    Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

    Anne-Marie Slaughter is the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. From 2009–2011 she served as Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State, the first woman to hold that position. Upon leaving the State Department she received the Secretary's Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor conferred by the State Department, for her work leading the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. She also received a Meritorious Honor Award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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  • Alexia von Lipsey

    Alexia von Lipsey’s areas of expertise are U.S. foreign policy, military presence and security interests in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Persian Gulf.  She has been involved with U.S. national security interests in the Middle East for over 20 years, during which time she worked with U.S. Navy and Department of Defense decision-makers in Washington, D.C., and in the field.  She has also worked with corporate and non-profit organizations as a consultant and as a fundraiser.  Her current interests focus on cultural and public diplomacy.

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