Press Releases

CNAS Experts Comment on President Obama’s National Security Strategy

Washington, DC, May 27, 2010 — May 27, 2010 - The Center for a New American Security's national security experts offered their comments following the release of the Obama Administration's new National Security Strategy.

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New CNAS Report Assesses Obama's Engagement Strategy

Washington, D.C., May 19, 2010 — May 19, 2010 - Engagement is a guiding principle of President Obama’s foreign policy. While the Obama administration has achieved its initial objective of “re-starting” America’s relationship with the world, it has struggled to capitalize on its early promise and so far has failed to make lasting reforms necessary to ensure public engagement strategies further key national security objectives, according to a report released today by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
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CNAS Launches Projects on Military Wellness and National Guard and Reserves

Washington, D.C., May 18, 2010 — May 18, 2010 - The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is proud to announce two new initiatives as part of its Future of the U.S. Military series - The Military Wellness Initiative and A Two Year Report Card: Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves.
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New CNAS Report Highlights Political Blind Spot in America's Afghanistan Strategy

Washington, D.C., May 6, 2010 — May 6, 2010 - Politics is the blind spot in America’s counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, according to a report released today by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Leverage: Designing a Political Campaign for Afghanistan, by CNAS fellow Andrew Exum, notes that America's counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan has focused more on waging war at the operational and tactical levels at the expense of the strategic and political levels.

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CNAS Hosts Obama Administration's Top Energy and Climate Change Policy Advisor

Washington, D.C., April 28, 2010 — On April 28, 2010, the Center for a New American Security hosted President Obama's Assistant for Energy and Climate Change Policy Carol Browner at an event on Natural Security, a CNAS program that examines how climate change, energy, and natural resources challenges affect U.S. national security. The event will also feature a roundtable discussion among top national security experts - including David Kilcullen, Rear Admiral Philip Cullom, Robert Kaplan and Christine Parthemore - who addressed how these issues affect the current and future global security environment.

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New Report Examines Gap Between Climate Science and National Security Policy

Washington, D.C., April 26, 2010 — April 26, 2010 - National security policymakers point to climate change as a key trend that will shape the current and future global security environment, but do not always have the scientific information they need to plan and prepare for the security challenges it may cause, according to a report released today by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
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New CNAS Report - Climate Change and the U.S. Armed Forces

Washington, DC, April 22, 2010 — April 22, 2010 - The effects of climate change and the way we use energy are significant U.S. national security challenges. Addressing them will be increasingly important for our nation's defense. The new CNAS report released today, Broadening Horizons: Climate Change and the U.S. Armed Forces, examines the dual pressures of climate change and energy on each U.S.
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New Report Offers Lessons for Middle East Peacekeeping

Washington, DC, April 20, 2010 — As the Obama Administration continues its efforts to broker a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, a new CNAS report looks beyond the issues of the day and focuses on what an international peacekeeping force to defend a two-state solution might look like. Though no individual case study can replicate the challenges of the Middle East, the authors of the report, Security for Peace: Setting the Conditions for a Palestinian State, extract lessons learned from other peacekeeping operations - including military and political lessons - that could be applicable.
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New CNAS Policy Brief Highlights Path for Stabilizing Afghanistan Through Economic Growth

Washington, DC, April 13, 2010 — Smart execution of the American strategy in Afghanistan depends on tapping into Afghanistan’s economic potential and empowering Afghans to foster economic development in their own country – including bolstering entrepreneurial activity, foreign investment and building infrastructure – and should be pursued simultaneously with the overall counterinsurgency strategy, according to a report released today by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
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Tom Ricks' Blog "The Best Defense" Wins National Magazine Award

Washington, DC, March 18, 2010 — March 18, 2010 - Thomas E. Ricks' blog "The Best Defense" at ForeignPolicy.com won the 2010 National Magazine Award as the best blog of the year.
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