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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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  • Afghan Handover Plan Roiled
    Type: News Item
    Source: The Wall Street Journal

    February 27, 2012 — CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum is interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, commenting that the Afghan leadership has been slow to realize the gravity of unrest which followed the burning of Qurans and forced allied forces to temporarily pull out advisors from the field.

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  • Why Obama Won’t Intervene in Syria
    Type: News Item
    Source: Salon

    February 22, 2012 — In Salon, CNAS Senior Fellow Marc Lynch explains that U.S. military intervention in Syria would have minor success and a high risk of failure and civilian deaths.

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  • CNAS Chairman Lauds Brunei Stability, Education
    Type: News Item
    Source: Brunei fm

    February 22, 2012 — The Honorable Dr. Richard Danzig, Chairman of the CNAS Board of Directors, highlights the progress of the ASEAN member states in addressing terrorism-induced issues in Brunei fm.

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  • Don’t Arm the Syrian Opposition, Say U.S. Officials
    Type: News Item
    Source: The Envoy on Yahoo! News

    February 21, 2012 — In Yahoo! News' "The Envoy," CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Marc Lynch discusses his recent report on Syria, and explains how the U.S. should apply pressure on the Assad regime without arming the opposition.

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  • As Wars Wind Down, What Are U.S. Security Needs?
    Type: News Item
    Source: National Public Radio

    February 15, 2012 — In National Public Radio, CNAS Deputy Director of Studies Nora Bensahel comments on how difficult it is to prepare for future security needs because there is no telling what threat may loom larger in the future. 

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  • India Walks Tightrope as U.S. Toughens Iran Sanctions
    Type: News Item
    Source: The Washington Post

    February 14, 2012 — In The Washington Post, CNAS Senior Advisor Richard Fontaine comments on the uncomfortable position that India finds itself in its relations between the United States, Israel and Iran.

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  • Three Political Grenades in Obama's Pentagon Budget Plan
    Type: News Item
    Source: US News and World Report

    February 14, 2012 — In US News and World Report, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp comments on the potential risk of the Obama administration's shift toward the Asia-Pacific region.

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  • Two Officers Counter Bleak Assessment of Afghan War
    Type: News Item
    Source: New York Times

    February 13, 2012 — In a commentary for The New York Times' "At War" blog, CNAS Visiting Fellow MAJ Fernando Lujan, USA illustrates the progress of American and Afghan military cooperation.

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  • A Loss We Can Live With
    Type: News Item
    Source: Foreign Policy

    February 10, 2012 — As the U.S. military prepares for a transition in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy draws parallels between the Obama administration's Afghanistan policy and the recent CNAS report, "The Next Fight: Time for a Change of Mission in Afghanistan."

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  • West Reluctantly Weighs Military Aid for Syria Rebels
    Type: News Item
    Source: The Christian Science Monitor

    February 8, 2012 — In The Christian Science Monitor, CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum discusses the consequences of military intervention in Syria.

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  • A Roundtable Discussion on Nigeria with Assistant Secretary of State Michael H.
    Roundtable Discussion on Nigeria with Assistant Secretary of State Michael H. Posner
    January 28, 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On Monday, January 28, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a roundtable discussion on the security situation in Nigeria featuring Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael H. Posner.

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  • thomas de maziere, center for a new american security, counterinsurgency
    Counterinsurgency and Afghanistan: Experiences, Strategies and Perspectives
    February 17, 2012 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
    The Willard InterContinental Hotel's Crystal Room
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On February 17, the Center for a New American Security and ISPK hosted Dr. Thomas de Maizière, Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany, for a public address titled “Counterinsurgency and Afghanistan: Experiences, Strategies and Perspectives.” Dr. de Maizière’s address was followed by a question and answer session chaired by Dr. John A. Nagl, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow.

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  • Lt. Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, Afghanistan, ANA
    Roundtable Discussion with Lieutenant General Sher Mohammad Karimi, Chief of Staff for the Afghan Military
    February 8, 2012 - 9:00am - 11:00am
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On February 8, the Center for a New American Security hosted a discussion about the future of Afghanistan with Lieutenant General Sher Mohammad Karimi, Chief of Army Staff for the Afghan military. Lieutenant General Karimi discussed some of his current challenges and concerns, focusing on the Afghan Air Force and continued international support for the ANA beyond 2014.

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  • The Partnership
    The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb
    January 4, 2012 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm
    The W Hotel
    Washington, District of Columbia

    The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) cordially invites you to the book launch for The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb by award-winning New York Times journalist Philip Taubman. RSVP here or call (202) 457-9427.

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  • Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity
    October 7, 2011 - 8:30am - 10:30am
    The Newseum's Knight Conference Center
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On October 7, 2011, CNAS released Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity at an event featuring a discussion with the report authors - LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel and Travis Sharp - and leading defense and budget experts Gordon Adams and Tom Donnelly.

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  • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
    Roundtable Discussion with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Ambassador Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
    September 16, 2011 - 2:30pm - 3:30pm
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On September 16, the Center for a New American Security hosted a roundtable discussion with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Ambassador Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic on the key themes that will shape NATO's spring 2012 summit.

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  • Counterstrike
    Counterstrike: The Untold Story Of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda
    September 8, 2011 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm
    The Willard InterContinental Hotel's Grand Ball Room
    Washington, District of Columbia

    The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) cordially invites you to the inaugural book release party for COUNTERSTRIKE: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda by acclaimed New York Times national security reporters and former CNAS Writers in Residence Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker.

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  • MG Buchanan, CNAS, Iraq, security agreement, Operation New Dawn
    MG Jeffrey Buchanan, USA Discussion on Operation New Dawn: Bridge to an Enduring Partnership
    August 18, 2011 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
    Center for a New American Security
    Washington, District of Columbia

    In light of the impending end of the United States Forces–Iraq mission this December, Major General Jeffrey Buchanan, USA, Director of Strategic Effects for United States Forces-Iraq, visited CNAS to speak about the evolving role of the United States in Iraq and the challenges and opportunities for the future of U.S.-Iraq relations amidst a changed Middle East.

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  • Secretary Panetta
    Challenges for the New U.S. Secretary of Defense
    August 4, 2011 - 7:45am - 9:15am
    The Willard InterContinental Hotel
    Washington, District of Columbia

    On August 4, CNAS President John A. Nagl, Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.), and Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow Dr. Nora Bensahel led a roundtable discussion over breakfast addressing the challenges faced by the new U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. 

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  • Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons
    July 28, 2011 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
    The Willard InterContinental Hotel's Grand Ball Room
    Washington, District of Columbia

    In 1995, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo unleashed terror on the Tokyo subway system with a highly-publicized sarin gas attack. However, less is known about the group’s development of biological and chemical weapons and about their prior attacks using these weapons. 

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  • America's Cyber Future: Security and Prosperity in the Information A
    Transcript: America's Cyber Future: Security and Prosperity in the Information Age
    Date: 06/20/2011
    Media: Transcript

    "America's Cyber Future: Security And Prosperity In The Information Age," a roundtable discussion hosted at the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference on June 2, 2011, featured: Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter at The Washington Post; Rand Beers, Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security; Robert Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy; Dr. Kristin Lord, Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS; and Max Kelly, Former Chief Security Officer at Facebook.

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  • Lieutenant General David M. Rodriguez, USA
    Video: Keynote Address by Lieutenant General David M. Rodriguez, USA
    Date: 06/20/2011
    Media: Video

    Lieutenant General David M. Rodriguez, USA, joined the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference via VTC from Ft. Lewis, Washington to deliver the keynote address "Afghanistan 2011: The Operational Commander's Perspective."

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  • Cyber
    Video: America's Cyber Future: Security And Prosperity In The Information Age
    Date: 06/20/2011
    Media: Video

    "America's Cyber Future: Security And Prosperity In The Information Age," a roundtable discussion hosted at the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference on June 2, 2011, featured: Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter at The Washington Post; Rand Beers, Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security; Robert Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy; Dr. Kristin Lord, Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS; and Max Kelly, Former Chief Security Officer at Facebook.

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  • CNAS June 2011 Program
    CNAS Fifth Annual Conference Program
    Date: 06/20/2011
    Media: Transcript

    Please find the annual conference program here.

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  • Jake Sullivan
    Video: Speech by Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy Planning
    Date: 06/19/2011
    Media: Video

    CNAS hosted Jake Sullivan, Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State, for an address on "American Foreign Policy Priorities in an Age of Uncertainty," at the CNAS fifth annual conference on June 2, 2011. Watch the video here.

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  • Cyber security
    Cyber Attacks May Be 'Acts Of War'
    Date: 06/03/2011
    Media: Audio

    Vice President and Director of Studies Kristin Lord comments on how vulnerable the United States is to cyber threats in an NPR interview.

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  • CNAS Fifth Annual Conference - June 2, 2011
    CNAS Fifth Annual Conference - Photo Album
    Date: 06/02/2011
    Media: Photo

    The Center for a New American Security's (CNAS) Fifth Annual Conference, "Risk and Reward: American Security in an Age of Uncertainty," took place in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 2, 2011

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  • Afghanistan
    Bin Laden's Death Alters Debate Over Afghanistan
    Date: 05/25/2011
    Media: Audio

    Senior fellow Lieutenant General David Barno, USA (Ret.) comments on ramifications of pulling out of Afghanistan too quickly on NPR's Morning Edition. 

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  • Remarks from General James Amos, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
    Remarks from General James Amos, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
    Date: 05/24/2011
    Media: Transcript

    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. Read his remarks here.

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  • Frontline: Kill/Capture
    Date: 05/11/2011
    Media: Video

    CNAS President John Nagl and Non-Resident Senior Fellow David Kilcullen appear on an episode of Frontline to discuss the raid on Osama bin Laden and the war in Afghanistan.           

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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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