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Travis Sharp

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Bacevich Fellow

Travis Sharp is the Bacevich Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Prior to joining CNAS, he served as Military Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, where he started as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow.

Mr. Sharp has published articles in several peer-reviewed journals, including Joint Force Quarterly, Parameters, and Defense & Security Analysis. He has written essays commissioned by numerous think tanks, including the Royal United Services Institute, the Carnegie Council, and the Institute for International Political Studies. He is a regular media commentator and has published op-eds in such venues as the Christian Science Monitor, Washington Times, Politico, ForeignPolicy.com, Defense News, and The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. His work has been included in the curricula at several public policy graduate schools and featured in academic textbooks about U.S. government. He has briefed senior officials from the U.S. government and private sector, and has spoken at various academic and policy conferences.

Mr. Sharp holds a B.A. in Politics and U.S. History from the University of San Francisco.

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    Type: News Item
    Source: New York Times At War Blog

    May 23, 2012 — Thom Shanker writes in The New York Times about the new CNAS report “Sustainable Pre-eminence," which provides policy recommendations for how the Pentagon can reorganize and reform.

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    Type: Press Release

    Washington, May 23, 2012 — Maintaining the U.S. military's global pre-eminence is vital to protecting American interests and promoting American values. However, the Pentagon still has not enacted the types of reforms that are necessary to sustain that pre-eminence into the future. In Sustainable Pre-eminence: Reforming the U.S. Military at a Time of Strategic Change, released today by the Center for a New American Security, experts LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel, Matthew Irvine and Travis Sharp argue that DOD should organize and operate America's armed forces in new ways. Join the authors for a live web chat about the report online here on Tuesday, May 29 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.

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    Type: News Item
    Source: CNN Money

    May 10, 2012 — Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp analyzes Romney's defense spending plan in CNN Money.

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    Type: News Item
    Source: U.S. News and World Report

    April 3, 2012 — CNAS Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp weighs in on the debate if Congress should repeal the scheduled defense budget cuts in U.S. News and World Report.

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  • SOF Power
    Type: News Item
    Source: Foreign Policy

    February 15, 2012 — In Foreign Policy, CNAS Senior Fellow Lieutenant General David Barno and Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp analyze the impact of the significant allocation of funds for Special Operations Forces in the Pentagon budget request released this week.

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    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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    Type: News Item
    Source: Bloomberg

    February 13, 2012 — CNAS Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp weighs in on the possibility of involuntary separation of troops and implications for the upcoming presidential election in Bloomberg.

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    Type: Press Release

    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.

    Download Down Payment: Defense Guidance, 2013 Defense Budget and the Risks of Sequestration.

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    Type: News Item
    Source: U.S. News and World Report

    January 26, 2012 — CNAS Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp comments in U.S. News and World Report on the challenges of implementing defense cuts that reflect President Obama's vision of a smaller and more agile military force.

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    Type: News Item
    Source: The National Interest

    January 26, 2012 — LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.), Nora Bensahel and Travis Sharp write in The National Interest, advising Congress to set aside sequestration and for DOD to focus on operational adjustments for the military.

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    The Newseum's Knight Conference Center
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    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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