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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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  • ‘Little America’ excerpt: Obama’s troop increase for Afghan war was misdirected
    Type: News Item
    Source: Washington Post

    June 22, 2012 — In an excerpt from his book, Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan, Rajiv Chandrasekaran cites CNAS Senior Fellow Dr. Andrew Exum.

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  • President Obama risks his own ‘mission accomplished’ moment in Afghanistan
    Type: News Item
    Source: The Hill's DEFCON Blog

    May 1, 2012 — In The Hill's DEFCON blog, CNAS Senior Fellow LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) says that the agreement between Karzai and Obama does not mean the war is over, but does solidify ongoing U.S. support in Afghanistan.

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  • CNAS Expert Commentary: One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
    CNAS Expert Commentary: One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
    Type: Press Release

    Washington, May 1, 2012 — Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. CNAS has asked several of its experts to reflect on how U.S. policy has changed - or not - over the past year in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the region and what this means for the future of U.S. strategic priorities and military operations. Watch video commentary from four CNAS experts here.

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  • Paintball Journalism? Former Ranger, Journalists Trade Shots With Hezbollah
    Type: News Item
    Source: NPR

    April 10, 2012 — CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum discusses his attempt to understand Hizballah on an unofficial level with Steve Inskeep on NPR's Morning Edition. To listen to the full interview, click here.

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  • Eyes on Hezbollah
    Type: News Item
    Source: NOW Lebanon

    April 5, 2012 — Non-Resident Senior Fellow David Asher discusses the focus on Hezbollah-controlled banks in American money-laundering investigations in NOW Lebanon.

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  • Green-on-Blue Attacks Not Linked to Taliban, But Experts Say That's Worse
    Type: News Item
    Source: Stars and Stripes

    March 29, 2012 — CNAS Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow Nora Bensahel discusses how recent violence has had a negative impact on public opinion of U.S. presence in Afghanistan in the West.

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  • U.S. Wants To Avoid Ban on Afghan Night Missions
    Type: News Item
    Source: U.S. News and World Report

    March 29, 2012 — In U.S. News and World Report, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow John Nagl and Research Associate Matthew Irvine comment on the high value of night raids to the Obama administration's strategy of dismantling and defeating the Taliban and its terrorist network allies.

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  • Hubris is Major Threat to U.S., Experts Say
    Type: News Item
    Source: Navy Times

    March 28, 2012 — In the Navy Times, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow COL Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.) recommends flexibility in planning and equipment for U.S. forces to respond and adapt to a broad range of future threats.

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  • The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012
    Type: News Item
    Source: Time Magazine

    March 21, 2012 — Time Magazine has selected CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum as one of the most influential and prominent Twitter feeds shaping the online conversation in 2012.

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  • Iraq a Testament to Barack Obama Leadership
    Type: News Item
    Source: Politico

    March 18, 2012 — As we mark the ninth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, CNAS Co-Chair of the Board of Directors The Honorable Michѐle flournoy discusses President Obama's careful and successful efforts in reversing the effects of the War in Iraq.

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  • Aum Shinrikyo, CNAS, terrorism, chemical
    Photo Album: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons
    Date: 07/28/2011
    Media: Photo

    On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, with never-before documented information on the group and its operations.

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  • Aum Shinrikyo, terrorism, chemical weapons, biological weapons
    Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part One
    Date: 07/28/2011
    Media: Video

    On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, with never-before documented information on the group and its operations. Part One of the report release event features Nathaniel Fick, Richard Danzig and Marc Sageman discussing Aum Shinrikyo as an organization and its turn to violence.

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  • Aum Shinrikyo, terrorism, chemical weapons, biological weapons
    Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part Two
    Date: 07/28/2011
    Media: Video

    On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, with never-before documented information on the group and its operations. Part Two of the report release event features Richard Danzig discussing Aum's chemical and biological weapons and applications to today's threats.

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  • Aum Shinrikyo, terrorism, chemical weapons, biological weapons
    Video: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, Part Three
    Date: 07/28/2011
    Media: Video

    On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, with never-before documented information on the group and its operations. Part Three of the report release event features Richard Danzig, Marc Sageman, Lloyd Hough and Terrance Leighton answering questions from the audience.

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  • Aum Shinrikyo, terrorism, chemical weapons, biological weapons
    Audio: Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons
    Date: 07/28/2011
    Media: Audio

    On July 28, 2011, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a major report, Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, with never-before documented information on the group and its operations. Listen to the audio from the report release event here.

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  • Command Post, Weapon, National Security TIME, Center for a New American Security
    Command Post: "Is U.S. National Security Gun-Heavy And Butter-Light?"
    Date: 07/27/2011
    Media: Video

    One of the intriguing things about recently-departed defense secretary Robert Gates -- pretty much a lifetime spy -- was his concern that the U.S. toolkit was out of whack when it comes to weapons v. diplomacy. He'd frequently mention how there were more sailors on an aircraft carrier, or musicians in the Pentagon's bands, as there are foreign service officers working for the State Department. Does he have a point? Debating the issue is your Battlander joined by John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and Nora Bensahel and Dave Barno, two of John's colleagues at CNAS.

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  • Command Post, Budget, National Security TIME, Center for a New American Security
    Command Post: "How Tough Is Cutting $400 Billion?"
    Date: 07/25/2011
    Media: Video

    Just how tough is it going to be for the Pentagon and other national-security agencies to cut $400 billion from their spending between now and 2023? Those are the marching orders President Obama has given his tea, led by budget-cutting expert Leon Panetta, who has just moved from the CIA to the Pentagon. John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and your Battlelander discuss the challenge with Dave Barno, retired Army lieutenant general, and Nora Bensahel, a military strategist formerly at the Rand Corp. and now at CNAS.

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  • General Allen
    'Tough Days Ahead’ In Afghanistan For General Allen
    Date: 07/21/2011
    Media: Audio

    In this piece by PRI's The World, CNAS President John Nagl and CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks were featured.  John Nagl said, “Allen cut his teeth on some of these issues in Haiti, Gen. Petraeus also spent some time in Haiti-and in both cases these very intellectual generals who read books as well as do push-ups..."

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  • Command Post, Pakistan, TIME, Center for a New American Security
    Command Post Episode Five: "The Challenge of Pakistan"
    Date: 07/15/2011
    Media: Video

    When it comes to fingering trouble spots in the arc of crisis that springs from the Middle East and ranges west to Libya and east to India, No. 1 -- with a bullet -- is invariably Pakistan. It's a vexing stew of tribal rivalries, economic stresses, religious hatreds and a perpetual war alert -- perhaps including nuclear war -- against neighboring India. So we wrap up the first week of Command Post with a deeper look into the challenge it poses. Thanks for watching!

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  • Command Post, Pakistan, TIME, Center for a New American Security
    Command Post Episode Four: "What's Pakistan's Role in Afghanistan Going To Be?"
    Date: 07/14/2011
    Media: Video

    As the U.S. begins pulling troops out of Afghanistan, is Pakistan going to be a help or a hindrance to stability in the region? John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and your Battlelander discuss the issue with Dr. Nora Bensahel, counter-insurgency expert with CNAS, and Dave Barno, retired Army lieutenant general and commander of U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan in 2003-2004.

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  • David Barno
    Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)
    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. and Coalition Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom. For 19 months in this position, he was responsible for the overall military leadership of this complex political-military mission, devising a highly innovative counterinsurgency strategy in close partnership with the U.S. embassy and coalition allies.

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  • Dr. Nora Bensahel
    Dr. Nora Bensahel
    Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow

    Dr. Nora Bensahel is Deputy Director of Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.  She recently co-authored Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity, and Sustainable Pre-eminence: Reforming the U.S. Military at a Time of Strategic Change. Her other research interests include stability operations, counterinsurgency, civilian capacity for operations abroad, and coalition and alliance operations. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Security Studies Program at the Edmund A.

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  • Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
    Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program

    Patrick M. 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 a nearly 30-year career inside government and academic research centers, spanning defense affairs, foreign policy, and development assistance.

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  • Robert Leslie Deak
    Robert Leslie Deak
    Board of Directors, National Defense University

    Robert Leslie Deak is President and Chief Executive Officer of Bittachon Holdings, Inc, a firm based out of Rye, New York, that develops and manages companies in the United States and the broader Middle East. Previously, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American National Bank of New York from 1985 to 1991 and before that was President and CEO of Deak-Perera US, Inc., from 1973 to 1985.

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  • Peter deNeufville
    Peter B. deNeufville
    Chairman, Voltaix, LLC

    Peter deNeufville serves as Chairman of Voltaix, L.L.C., a manufacturer of chemical-vapor-deposition materials for the semiconductor and thin-film photovoltaic industries.  He is also a partner in DNAC, a New York-based merchant advisory firm.  He has helped finance and served as a director for a number of early-stage technology companies. 

    Mr. deNeufville is also active in national security and environmental issues.  He is a reserve officer in the U.S.

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  • Lieutenant General David A. Deptula (Ret.)
    Lieutenant General David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
    President and Chief Executive Officer, The Deptula Group, LLC

    Lieutenant General David A. Deptula (Ret.) is a highly decorated military leader who transitioned from the U.S.

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  • Major General Charles Dunlap, USAF (Ret.)
    Associate Director, Duke University School of Law Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security

    Prior to his retirement on 1 June 2010, Major General Dunlap served as Deputy Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force.  In that position he assisted in the professional oversight of more than 2,200 judge advocates, 350 civilian attorneys, 1,400 enlisted paralegals and 500 civilians assigned worldwide.  In addition to overseeing an array of military justice, operational, international and civil law functions, General Dunlap provided legal advice to the Air Staff and commanders at all levels.

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  • David Finkel
    David Finkel
    Writer in Residence

    David Finkel is the author of The Good Soldiers, a ground-level account of the U.S. "surge" into the Iraq war, published in 2009 by Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux. An editor and writer for The Washington Post, Finkel has reported from Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, and across the United States, and was part of the Post’s war coverage in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2006 for a series of stories about U.S.

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  • Dr. Colin H. Kahl
    Dr. Colin H. Kahl
    Senior Fellow

    Dr. Colin H. Kahl is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) focusing on Middle East security and defense policy and an associate professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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  • Dr. David Kilcullen
    President and CEO, Caerus Associates

    Dr. David Kilcullen is a former Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Dr. Kilcullen was also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with CNAS in 2007 and collaborated with CNAS on Iraq and Afghanistan reports, as well as violent extremism and grand strategy Solarium projects in 2007 and 2008.  

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