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  • If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran
    If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran
    Type of Publication: Report
    Date: 05/13/2013

    Dr. Colin H. Kahl, Raj Pattani and Jacob Stokes argue in If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran that the Obama administration could eventually be forced to shift to a policy of containing a nuclearized Iran despite its commitment to pursue a prevention strategy.  The authors outline a comprehensive framework to manage and mitigate the consequences should Iran acquire a nuclear weapons capability, noting that such planning and preparation is needed “not because the United States wants to take this path, but because it may eventually become the only path left.”  

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  • Dr. Janine Davidson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. Janine Davidson testifies before the SFRC on the Asia "Rebalance"
    Type of Publication: Congressional Testimony
    Date: 04/25/2013

    CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. Janine Davidson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the future of the "U.S. Military and the Asia 'Rebalance'."  

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  • Placebo: The 2014 Defense Budget and DOD’s Credibility Challenges
    Placebo: The 2014 Defense Budget and DOD’s Credibility Challenges
    Author(s): Travis Sharp
    Type of Publication: Commentary
    Date: 04/10/2013

    Travis Sharp writes in Placebo: The 2014 Defense Budget and DOD’s Credibility Challenges that the Obama Administration’s FY 2014 defense budget is a placeholder and that the overall level of defense spending will decline significantly in the coming year and beyond.  This, he argues, presents strategic, as well as operational, challenges for the United States, undermining the nation’s credibility by “over-promising and under-delivering on its global security ambitions.” 

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  • Listening to the Generals:How Military Advice Affects Public Support for the Use
    Listening to the Generals: How Military Advice Affects Public Support for the Use of Force
    Type of Publication: Report
    Date: 04/04/2013

    In Listening to the Generals: How Military Advice Affects Public Support for the Use of Force, James Golby, Kyle Dropp and Peter Feaver report that public expression by senior military officials of opposition or support for use of force abroad has a measurable impact on U.S. public opinion. 

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  • Flashpoints: The Way Forward in the East and South China Seas
    Flashpoints: The Way Forward in the East and South China Seas
    Type of Publication: Flashpoints Bulletin
    Date: 03/28/2013

    In the capstone essay of Flashpoints, a 15-month CNAS project, Dr. Patrick M. Cronin assesses the security environment in the maritime domain surrounding China, while offering several policy recommendations and some reasons for optimism in the regional disputes. Dr. Cronin, Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at CNAS, notes in Flashpoints: The Way Forward in the East and South China Seas that there are several policy options available to leaders both in the United States and in the region that can mitigate the tensions and help reduce the chances of conflict in these critical seas.

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  • East and South China Seas Bulletin #11
    Slipping Away? A South China Sea Code of Conduct Eludes Diplomatic Efforts
    Author(s): Ian Storey
    Type of Publication: Flashpoints Bulletin
    Date: 03/20/2013

    In Slipping Away? A South China Sea Code of Conduct Eludes Diplomatic Efforts, Ian Storey analyzes the tensions in the South China Sea that have continued unabated despite sustained attention from regional leaders and diplomats. In his Flashpoints Bulletin, Dr. Storey, who is a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, provides insights into recent diplomatic developments, including a call for a binding Code of Conduct (CoC) by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) that, although increasingly unlikely, could have a positive impact on regional stability.

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  • The Sino-Philippine Maritime Row: International Arbitration and the South China
    The Sino-Philippine Maritime Row: International Arbitration and the South China Sea
    Author(s): Peter A. Dutton
    Type of Publication: Flashpoints Bulletin
    Date: 03/15/2013

    In this Flashpoints Bulletin, The Sino-Philippine Maritime Row: International Arbitration and the South China Sea, Peter Dutton analyzes the ongoing territorial disputes between the Philippines and China over lands near the South China Sea, known as the West Philippines Sea in Manila. Dutton, who is Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College, discusses the implications of these disputes for Southeast Asia’s political balance. 

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  • At What Cost a Carrier?
    At What Cost a Carrier?
    Type of Publication: Report
    Date: 03/11/2013

    In At What Cost a Carrier?, career naval flight officer Captain Henry J. Hendrix (Ph.D.), argues that the aircraft carrier -- the centerpiece of American naval operations for over 70 years -- is in danger of becoming too vulnerable to be relevant in future conflicts. Captain Hendrix examines the life-cycle costs and utility of the aircraft carrier and recommends a new approach for American naval operations in this report, the first in the new “Disruptive Defense Papers” series published by CNAS.

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  • Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention
    Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention
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    Type of Publication: Report
    Date: 03/07/2013

    Major Fernando Lujan, USA, a Special Forces officer and visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security, examines the utility of the "light-footprint" approach and recommends adoption of a new strategic framework to guide it in Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention.  

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  • Dr. David Asher Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs Committee on North Korea
    Dr. David Asher Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs Committee on North Korea
    Author(s): Dr. David Asher
    Type of Publication: Congressional Testimony
    Date: 03/05/2013

    CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. David Asher testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the implications of North Korea's expanding nuclear program.

     

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