Center for a New American Security (en-US)

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  Defense

  • • In The News
    How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry

    “The Ukraine conflict has been an important wake-up call for decision makers at the Pentagon,” says Martijn Rasser, director of technology and national security at the Center ...

    By Martijn Rasser & Stacie Pettyjohn

  • • In The News
    What the Chances of a War between the US and China Actually Look Like, according to Experts

    By Tom Shugart

  • • In The News
    Can Board Games Teach Us about the Climate Crisis? Game Creators Say Yes

    By Dr. ED McGrady

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  Indo-Pacific Security

  • • In The News
    India, US Are Ready to Break Down Barriers to Closer Technology and Defence Cooperation: Experts

    Announced during US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral talks in Tokyo in May last year, the iCET is spearheaded by the National Security Councils...

    By Lisa Curtis

  • • Commentary
    To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition

    By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis

  • • In The News
    China Makes Polar Plunge in Brazen Land-Grab as It Eyes Expansion to Antarctica

    By Jacob Stokes

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  Military, Veterans & Society

  • • In The News
    Veteran Cyclist Rides 1,689 Miles to Honor Fallen Soldiers

    "Like most of us who have served in the military, I have memories that are never far away. In 2007, I led a group of 800 paratroopers on a perilous tour in Afghanistan. They m...

    By Christopher D. Kolenda

  • • Commentary
    The Military Must Do More to Help Junior Service Members Find and Pay for Child Care

    By Lt Col Ernest "Nest” Cage

  • • In The News
    Army Brings Back ‘Be All You Can Be’ Slogan

    By Katherine L. Kuzminski

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  Transatlantic Security

  • • In The News
    How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry

    “The Ukraine conflict has been an important wake-up call for decision makers at the Pentagon,” says Martijn Rasser, director of technology and national security at the Center ...

    By Martijn Rasser & Stacie Pettyjohn

  • • Commentary
    European Integration’s New Geopolitical Momentum

    By Nicholas Lokker

  • • In The News
    Will More NATO Support Increase Tensions in Asia?

    By Jim Townsend

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  Middle East Security

  • • In The News
    Expect More Covert Israeli Operations against Iran after Nuclear Talks Stall, Say Experts

    The drone attack on the warehouse in Isfahan on Saturday night, confirmed by Iran, and air strikes on a convoy of lorries carrying arms into eastern Syria from Iraq on Sunday ...

    By Jonathan Lord

  • • Commentary
    Constructing a New Middle East: In Pursuit of an American-Led Regional Security Architecture

    By Jonathan Lord

  • • Commentary
    The Significance of Juniper Oak

    By Jonathan Lord

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  Energy, Economics & Security

  • • In The News
    New Cryptocurrency Unlikely to Help Russia and Iran Evade Sanctions

    It appears that Russia now sees cryptocurrency as a tool for engaging in bilateral trade with Iran, and a way to pay for those drones. By January 2023, the Russian news agency...

    By Alex Zerden

  • • In The News
    U.S. Leans on Turkey to End Russian Flights with American-Made Planes

    By Emily Kilcrease

  • • Podcast
    The Chatter Podcast: Financial Intelligence, Fact and Fiction with Yaya Fanusie

    By Yaya J. Fanusie

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  Technology & National Security

  • • In The News
    Huawei Latest Target of US Crackdown on China Tech

    Since taking office in 2021, President Joe Biden has taken an even more aggressive stance than his predecessor, Donald Trump. Now the Biden administration appears to be headin...

    By Sam Howell

  • • In The News
    How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry

    By Martijn Rasser & Stacie Pettyjohn

  • • In The News
    Russia Says It Will Fast-Track Testing of Tank-Killing Robot in Ukraine

    By Samuel Bendett

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  Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative

  • • Commentary
    Sharper: National Security in a Divided Congress

    Following the 2022 midterm elections, a new U.S. Congress was sworn in, resulting in a divided House and Senate with narrow margins. Key national security legislative items ar...

    By Anna Pederson & Cameron Edinburgh

  • • Reports
    Protecting the Protectors: Preventing and Mitigating Domestic Violent Extremism in the Military, Veteran, and Law Enforcement Communities

    By Carrie Cordero, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Arona Baigal & Josh Campbell

  • • Video
    Carrie Cordero on the Latest January 6 Trials

    By Carrie Cordero