Center for a New American Security

October 20, 2009 - CEO Nate Fick is profiled by Politico as the leader of the "fledgling defense think tank that’s staking ground on counterinsurgency, North Korean nuclear negotiations and even global warming."  

September 22, 2009 - CNAS released a major report on U.S.-China relations. AP reporter Barry Schweid writes about the strategic influence of the report: "The Center for a New American Security, in a study prepared by a panel of 10 academics, declared Tuesday that the first principle of China policy should be: 'China should not be treated as a threat.'"

September 22, 2009 - During CNAS's National Security Leaders Forum, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Norton Schwartz discusses U.S. and NATO airstrikes.

September 21, 2009 - Following his talk at CNAS's National Security Leaders Forum, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz discusses proposed contracts for new U.S. refueling planes. "Schwartz told Reuters after a speech to the Center for a New American Security, that he hoped to issue final rules for the competition in late November or early December."

September 7, 2009 - Laura Rozen's new blog on POLITCO gets the scoop on Richard Fontaine joining CNAS. "McCain foreign policy advisor Richard Fontaine, the deputy minority staff director for the Senate Armed Services Committee, is joining Washington think tank the Center for a New American Security as a senior fellow. Fontaine is an important Republican get for the plugged-in DC-think tank, which has had numerous officials, including its two co-founders, join the Obama administration."

August 25, 2009 - Foreign Policy's Laura Rozen covers the CNAS Next Generation Leaders Program on FP.com.  Rozen writes, "The Center for New American Security, the plugged-in Washington national security think tank which has had a slate of associates join the Obama administration, has announced those selected to be in its first class of Next Generation National Security Leaders."

April 21, 2009 - CNAS Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan's new piece in Foreign Policy entitled "The Revenge of Geography" is a must-read for understanding the nature of today's current and potential conflicts in Eurasia.  Read the full article here.

March 27, 2009 - NPR profiles Michele Flournoy, CNAS' co-founder and now the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Listen to the fill profile here.

February 19, 2009 - Admiral Jim Stavridis blogs about his week in Washington, DC, where he delivered a speech as part of the CNAS National Security Leaders Forum event series on SOUTHCOM's interagency initiatives.  Admiral Stavridis had this to say, "CNAS is populated with some of the really bright up-and-coming stars in the security/policy scene."

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - CNAS Senior fellow, Thomas E. Ricks, was interviewed on Sunday's Meet the Press.  Tom discussed presidential leadership in the context of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.  His new book "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008" was a main source of discussion.