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How Trump Can Stop the Four Famines
Richard Fontaine | August 25, 2017
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Phillip Carter on The Rachel Maddow Show Discusses President Trump's Afghanistan Speech
Philip Carter, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Military, Veterans, and Society Program, talks with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about why the lack of details in Donald Trump's...
CNAS Next Generation National Security Leaders Program Accepting Applications for 2018 Class
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that it is accepting applications for the 2018 class of the Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship....
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CNAS Press Note: Kushner’s Visit to the Middle East
White House Advisor Jared Kushner is currently in the Middle East, meeting with leaders from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. As Kushner heads...
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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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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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Spate of mishaps, deadly accidents prompts Navy to examine training, leadership
WASHINGTON — Inadequate training for sailors, poor leadership and high demands for ships at sea in the the Pacific will be key areas for naval investigators as they seek answe...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Why are so many Navy ships crashing?
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Cut the budget caps: The US needs to properly fund our military
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Spate of mishaps, deadly accidents prompts Navy to examine training, leadership
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The Only Way Trump’s Afghanistan Plan Would Make Sense
Monday night, President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited plan for Afghanistan. Trump admitted his instinct was to withdraw from the war-torn country, where U.S. forces h...
By Stephen Tankel
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What Works in Afghanistan
By Phillip Carter
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Trump's new Afghan strategy rings all too familiar in longest war
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The Only Way Trump’s Afghanistan Plan Would Make Sense
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10 U.S. Navy Sailors Missing After Destroyer Collides With Tanker Off Singapore
The destroyer USS John S McCain collided with a merchant vessel near Singapore early Monday local time. Ten U.S. Navy sailors are missing, and five were injured. This is the f...
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Phillip Carter on The Rachel Maddow Show Discusses President Trump's Afghanistan Speech
By Phillip Carter
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The Trump Administration Needs to Consider These Factors When Reviewing National Defense
By Lauren Fish
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10 U.S. Navy Sailors Missing After Destroyer Collides With Tanker Off Singapore
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Kushner heads to Israel for latest attempt at peace deal
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Back-to-School Edition: Previewing the Fall Agenda for Transatlantic Relations
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CNAS Press Note: Kushner’s Visit to the Middle East
White House Advisor Jared Kushner is currently in the Middle East, meeting with leaders from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. As Kushner heads...
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Iraqi forces retake three districts of ISIS bastion Tal Afar
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CNAS Press Note: Kushner’s Visit to the Middle East
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The Untapped Geopolitical Power of U.S. Natural Gas
Many in the United States and among our foreign allies are deeply disappointed by President Trump’s retreat from global leadership. What is equally depressing is how the admin...
By Neil Bhatiya & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Recommendations for Implementing Sanctions on Russia
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Chief of staff handled disasters touched by warming
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The Untapped Geopolitical Power of U.S. Natural Gas
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A Conversation with the 2017 NCCDC Champions
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Paul Scharre Discusses Open Letter on Autonomous Weapons
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Sorry, Banning 'Killer Robots' Just Isn't Practical
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A Conversation with the 2017 NCCDC Champions
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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
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Drones Podcast Series: Drones and the MTCR
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Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial Drones
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How Trump Can Stop the Four Famines
In his first six months as President, Donald Trump has used his platforms to decry and cajole anything or anyone that stands in the way of his campaign promises -- or that he ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump And Russia: Lots Of Talk, But Critics Say There's No Clear Strategy
By Jerry Hendrix
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Getting it Righter, Faster
By Dr. Kathryn McNabb Cochran & CDR Gregory Tozzi
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How Trump Can Stop the Four Famines
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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