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The Future of the Digital Order
Jeff Cirillo, Lisa Curtis, Joshua Fitt, Kara Frederick, Coby Goldberg, Ilan Goldenberg, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Megan Lamberth, Martijn Rasser, Dania Torres | November 17, 2021
Energy, Economics & Security
Containing Crisis
As the United States and China seek to manage an increasingly tense relationship, both sides have turned to coercive economic statecraft as a core part of their broader foreig...
Technology & National Security
Edge Networks, Core Policy
Executive Summary Technological leadership by the United States requires forethought and organization. The plan necessary to maintain that leadership—a national technology str...
Middle East Security
When Less Is More
Executive Summary For the past 20 years, the U.S. military has invested heavily in the Middle East. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both attempted to shift assets out...
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Chinese Espionage Circles the Globe
In The News
China collects vast swathes of information from around the world, by fair or foul means, as part of its national intelligence apparatus. Some of this spying is done by individ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Congressional Probe Over Afghan Withdrawal Turns Partisan
In The News
Congressional Republicans are concerned that the Biden administration is stonewalling their investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of Congres...
By Lisa Curtis
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Ten Years of Kim Jong-un as North Korean Leader: How Has He Transformed the Country in His First Decade in Power?
In The News
North Korea this week marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, who ruled the country from 1994 to 2011, when he was relieved by his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, w...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Kim Jong-un: 10 Years of Missiles, Murder and Economic Misery
In The News
Kim Jong Un was not even 30 when he took control of North Korea after his father’s death in December 2011. Some predicted that when the weight of ruling an entire country was ...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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Pentagon Pivot to Asia-Pacific Came Into Focus in 2021 as US Left Afghanistan
In The News
Ending America’s war in Afghanistan was President Joe Biden’s most important foreign policy decision of 2021, cementing a major shift in US military posture and Pentagon prior...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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The Inverse Midas Touch: Why America's Interventions So Often Go Wrong
For this week's episode of Horns of a Dilemma, War on the Rocks interviews U.S. Army Colonel Dr. Christopher Kolenda about his new book, Zero-Sum Victory: What We Get Wrong Ab...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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The Navy is Rusting Away Thanks to a Crushing Deployment Cycle
By Becca Wasser
- The FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act
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The Inverse Midas Touch: Why America's Interventions So Often Go Wrong
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Albania Takes the Lead in Saving Afghan Refugees
Rather than attempting to conceal or play down this influx of foreigners, Albania’s leaders have embraced them with national pride....
By Vance Serchuk
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What Will North Korean Cybercrime Look Like in 2022?
By Jason Bartlett
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Congressional Probe Over Afghan Withdrawal Turns Partisan
By Lisa Curtis
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Albania Takes the Lead in Saving Afghan Refugees
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The FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act
After weeks of delay, the United States Congress passed the long-awaited $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—setting the nation’s defense expenditures and p...
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Republican Extremism Is Harming National Security
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Vaccine Holdouts in U.S. Military Approach 40,000 Even as Omicron Variant Fuels Call for Boosters
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act
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Europe’s antitrust policy shouldn’t ignore China
While the Digital Markets Act is not wrong to keep U.S. tech companies accountable, it is an opportunity for Europe to use antitrust and competition policy to recalibrate an a...
By Carisa Nietsche
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The White House Wants to Focus on China, But Russia Continues to Be a Distraction
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden’s Stand on Ukraine Is a Wider Test of U.S. Credibility Abroad
By Richard Fontaine
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Europe’s antitrust policy shouldn’t ignore China
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Rightsizing in the Middle East
Washington’s large Middle East presence is more than just wasteful....
By Becca Wasser & Elisa Catalano Ewers
- CNAS's Ilan Goldenberg Named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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Lessons of the Syrian Conflict
By Nicholas Danforth
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Rightsizing in the Middle East
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What Will North Korean Cybercrime Look Like in 2022?
North Korean hackers will likely continue to employ more phishing campaigns in the future while tailoring their level of obfuscation based on the target’s sophistication....
By Jason Bartlett
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Kim Jong-un: 10 Years of Missiles, Murder and Economic Misery
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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A Strategic Response to China’s Economic Coercion
By Emily Jin, Emily Kilcrease & Rachel Ziemba
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What Will North Korean Cybercrime Look Like in 2022?
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Can America meet its next Sputnik moment?
A new Sputnik spirit today can power American technological competitiveness into the future....
By Megan Lamberth
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Chinese Espionage Circles the Globe
By Elsa B. Kania
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Pentagon Pivot to Asia-Pacific Came Into Focus in 2021 as US Left Afghanistan
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Can America meet its next Sputnik moment?
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Homeland Security ‘Nerve Center’ Chief Seeks Broad Policy Sway
A low-profile office in the Department of Homeland Security can steer the Biden administration’s major decisions on immigration, cybersecurity, and other vexing issues. Much w...
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy
By Carrie Cordero
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Immigration Defines Homeland Security Chief as He Thinks Bigger
By Carrie Cordero
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Homeland Security ‘Nerve Center’ Chief Seeks Broad Policy Sway
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Implementing Women, Peace, and Security Guidance to Systematically Combat Gender-Based Violence in the Military
By institutionalizing a culture that respects the perspectives of everyone who serves, the military advances preventative measures to address sexual harassment and assault....
By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter & Emma Moore
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This group is training the next generation of women in national security
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar & Erin Simpson
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More women in government roles leads to greater national security
By Katie Galgano
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Implementing Women, Peace, and Security Guidance to Systematically Combat Gender-Based Violence in the Military
