Press Releases

Emphasis on Denuclearization Undermines U.S. Policy toward North Korea, Says CNAS Expert

Washington, March 1, 2012 — The diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea this week re-establishes a baseline for future negotiations, but it has done nothing to fundamentally alter underlying security and economic problems on the peninsula, argues Dr. Patrick Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). In Vital Venture: Economic Engagement of North Korea and the Kaesong Industrial Complex, released today by CNAS, Dr. Cronin contends that the diplomatic accord leaves in place an unsettling set of economic realities and trends on the peninsula.

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CNAS Expert Calls for Renewed Diplomacy, Not War, in Syria

Washington, February 21, 2012 — If Syria is to have any chance of reaching political transition, the United States and the international community must respond to the increasing violence there through an enhanced diplomatic strategy rather than military intervention, argues Dr. Marc Lynch in Pressure Not War: A Pragmatic and Principled Policy Towards Syria, released today by the Center for a New American Security.
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CNAS Policy Brief Highlights Sequestration Risks

Washington, February 10, 2012 — The Pentagon's new strategic guidance and fiscal year 2013 budget request avoid major disruptions to current U.S. defense plans, but they make only a down payment on the defense budget cuts that may eventually be imposed through sequestration, argues Travis Sharp, CNAS Bacevich Fellow, in Down Payment: Defense Guidance, 2013 Defense Budget and the Risks of Sequestration.

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CNAS Releases New Report on America's Civilian Operations Abroad

Washington, January 12, 2012 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released today a report on America's civilian operations abroad in which the authors argue that civilian agencies are likely to face a growing mismatch between the demand for future operations and the resources available to conduct those operations.

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Naval Academy Selects First Minerva Research Fellow

Annapolis, January 9, 2012 — This January, Dr. John Nagl, current President of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, D.C., will join the Naval Academy History Department as the academy’s first Minerva Research Fellow as part of the Department of Defense Minerva Initiative program. Nagl will concurrently serve at the Naval Academy and as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at CNAS.
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CNAS Experts Cronin and Kaplan: South China Sea Strategic Bellwether For U.S. Leadership in Asia-Pacific

Washington, January 9, 2012 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released today Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea, a study of the most salient issues affecting American interests in the South China Sea: competition over maritime rights, China's bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, challenges to international law, natural resources and partnership building.
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CNAS Experts Assess New Pentagon Strategic Guidance

Washington, January 5, 2012 — President Obama and Secretary Panetta's rollout of new strategic guidance to the Pentagon today highlighted the need for the U.S. military to maintain its ability to confront global threats while shifting and redeploying forces in light of an expanded focus on the Asia-Pacific and billions of dollars of cuts to the defense budget. CNAS experts offered the following analysis.

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Dr. Colin Kahl, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Returns to CNAS as Senior Fellow

Washington, January 5, 2012 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Colin Kahl, who recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, has returned to CNAS as a Senior Fellow focusing on Middle East security and defense policy. Dr. Kahl will concurrently serve at CNAS and as an associate professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
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CNAS Experts Comment on the Death of Kim Jong Il

Washington, December 19, 2011 — Washington, December 19, 2011 - The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has the potential to trigger a new crisis on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia but could also portend a new opening in relations between the United States and North Korea. CNAS experts offered the following analysis.

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CNAS Authors: It's Time for a Change of Mission in Afghanistan

Washington, December 6, 2011 — With a 2014 transition looming in Afghanistan, U.S. and allied military leaders must recognize that U.S. and coalition forces will not defeat the Taliban and its allies in the next three years. The Next Fight: Time for a Change of Mission in Afghanistan, a report released today by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and authored by Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Andrew Exum and Matthew Irvine, calls for a change of mission in Afghanistan.

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