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Gray Zones in the Middle East
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A New Era in U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability
For more than two decades following the end of the Cold War, military conflict between the United States and Russia seemed highly implausible. While relations were sometimes r...
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The United States has enjoyed largely uncontested naval supremacy across the blue waters, or open oceans, for decades. The rapid emergence of an increasingly global People’s L...
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Extending American Power
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Foreword by Robert Kagan and James P. Rubin Over the past year, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) brought together an extraordinary group of scholars, practitione...
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Many policymakers, intelligence analysts, and academics believe expelling the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Mosul and Raqqah is the key to t...
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The Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
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The next president will inherit a relationship with Russia fraught with more tension than at any point since the Cold War. Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine sparked fear that ...
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Power and Order in the South China Sea
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Despite numerous calls for a more cooperative relationship, U.S.-China ties appear to be on an increasingly competitive trajectory.1 Nowhere has this seemed more apparent than...
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A New Era in U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability
For more than two decades following the end of the Cold War, military conflict between the United States and Russia seemed highly implausible. While relations were sometimes r...
By James N. Miller, Jr. & Richard Fontaine
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North Korean missile launches impact US defense spending priorities
By Susanna Blume
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A New Push for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
By Susanna Blume & Neal Urwitz
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A New Era in U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability
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North Korean missile launches impact US defense spending priorities
The Senate is voting on military spending with a wary eye on North Korea as the country continues to test missiles over Japan.Listen to the story and Susanna's comments here....
By Susanna Blume
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House considers harsher rules for banks with North Korean ties
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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North Korea’s Threat Pushes Japan to Reassess Its Might and Rights
By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korean missile launches impact US defense spending priorities
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Women in National Security: Nayyera Haq
Nayyera Haq, CEO of Avicenna Strategy, talks about the power of women owning their femininity and authenticity in a field full of men. Hosted by Loren DeJonge Schulman, Deputy...
By Nayyera Haq & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Women in National Security: Christine Wormuth
By Christine Wormuth & Julianne Smith
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Women in National Security: Michèle Flournoy
By Michèle Flournoy & Rachel Rizzo
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Women in National Security: Nayyera Haq
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The Ominous, Massive Military Exercises in Eastern Europe
On September 14, Russia and Belarus launched a massive military exercise along their western borders and in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. It’s meant to mimic war with th...
By Jim Townsend
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NATO, U.S. Take Hard Look at Readiness for Fight in Europe
By Jim Townsend
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What It's Like on the Inside: Camille Grand on Working at NATO HQ
By Jim Townsend & Rachel Rizzo
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The Ominous, Massive Military Exercises in Eastern Europe
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Gray Zones in the Middle East
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and trans-Sahara regions are undergoing a period of instability and state collapse, with active civil wars raging in four of the most i...
By Nicholas Heras
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How far could the dangerous endgame in eastern Syria go?
By Nicholas Heras
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Syrian Regime Races Against U.S.-Backed Rebel Forces To Take ISIS Enclave
By Nicholas Heras
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Gray Zones in the Middle East
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What does the U.S. withdrawal mean for the 2015 Paris Agreement?
Dr. David Gordon, Divya Reddy, and Elizabeth Rosenberg are the authors of the report, "After Paris: A Climate Agenda that Serves U.S. Interests." In this episode, the authors ...
By Dr. David Gordon, Divya P. Reddy, Elizabeth Rosenberg & JaRel Clay
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After Paris
By Dr. David Gordon, Divya P. Reddy & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Elizabeth Rosenberg Testifies before the House Financial Services Committee
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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What does the U.S. withdrawal mean for the 2015 Paris Agreement?
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The Collapsing Battlespace: NATO–Russian Nuclear Stability in an Era of Technological Upheaval
The military-technological environment has always been in a state of flux. But today, it is changing faster and in more ways than ever before. A series of new military technol...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Russia, AI, and the future of war
By Gregory C. Allen
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For Superpowers, Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms Race
By Gregory C. Allen
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The Collapsing Battlespace: NATO–Russian Nuclear Stability in an Era of Technological Upheaval
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The Collapsing Battlespace: NATO–Russian Nuclear Stability in an Era of Technological Upheaval
The military-technological environment has always been in a state of flux. But today, it is changing faster and in more ways than ever before. A series of new military technol...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial Drones
By Jeremy Hsu, Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign Policy
By Paul Scharre
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The Collapsing Battlespace: NATO–Russian Nuclear Stability in an Era of Technological Upheaval
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Trump treks to the United Nations to meet world leaders anxious about what he'll say
WASHINGTON — President Trump heads to the United Nations this week to meet with world leaders, and many of them are anxious — not just about global national security challenge...
By Richard Fontaine
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House considers harsher rules for banks with North Korean ties
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Will Trump’s Military Fetish End Up Hurting American Democracy — Or Saving It?
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Trump treks to the United Nations to meet world leaders anxious about what he'll say
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Drone Proliferation
Executive Summary The U.S. monopoly on drones has ended. More than 30 nations already have or are developing armed drones, and at least 90 nations, as well as some non-state a...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers, Lauren Fish, Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Reset, Negotiate, Institutionalize
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Drone Proliferation
