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War Powers: What Are They Good For?
Richard Fontaine, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Stephen Tankel | December 09, 2020
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Air Force Structure in the Next National Defense Strategy
At present, the Air Force is both too small to meet current combatant command requirements and too large to remain ready and modernized under its current budget....
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Rethinking Export Controls: Unintended Consequences and the New Technological Landscape
The U.S. approach to export controls requires change....
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Sharper: North Korea
For decades, North Korea's authoritarian dictatorship has threatened Northeast Asia's regional stability, challenged U.S. interests, and subjected its own citizens to an unpar...
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Christian Beckner, Josh Campbell and Alexis Collins Join CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellows
Washington, December 10, 2020—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Christian Beckner, Senior Director of Retail Technology and Cybersecuri...
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CNAS Board Member Avril Haines Selected as Director of National Intelligence
Washington, November 30, 2020—The Center for a New American Security congratulates Avril Haines, a member of the CNAS Board of Directors, on her selection by President-elect B...
By Cole Stevens
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Space Force to Outlast Trump as Buying Powers Impasse Persists
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President-elect Joe Biden will inherit his predecessor’s signature military Space Force, yet the pace of its development hinges on lawmakers resolving a fundamental dispute: h...
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Biden faces mounting hurdles on path to rejoin Iran deal
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President-elect Joe Biden is facing mounting hurdles to reenter the Iran nuclear deal as the Trump administration uses its final days in office to try to cement its so-called ...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Trump’s Afghan Troop Withdrawal Puts Biden in a Jam
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As President Donald Trump tries to end America’s longest war, he has settled on a compromise. Instead of withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Christmas, as he boast...
By Jim Golby
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Sharper: North Korea
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Russia’s Influence in the Former Soviet Space, with Olya Oliker and Paul Stronski
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Biden faces mounting hurdles on path to rejoin Iran deal
President-elect Joe Biden is facing mounting hurdles to reenter the Iran nuclear deal as the Trump administration uses its final days in office to try to cement its so-called ...
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Sharper: The Next Four Years
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Biden faces mounting hurdles on path to rejoin Iran deal
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America’s 2021 Counterproliferation Finance Agenda
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Sharper: North Korea
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Rethinking Export Controls: Unintended Consequences and the New Technological Landscape
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America’s 2021 Counterproliferation Finance Agenda
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Rethinking Export Controls: Unintended Consequences and the New Technological Landscape
The U.S. approach to export controls requires change....
By Martijn Rasser
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Congress Isn’t Leading on Human Rights in China
By Jordan Schneider & Coby Goldberg
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Senators grill social media giants over election handling
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Rethinking Export Controls: Unintended Consequences and the New Technological Landscape
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Modernizing the Department of Homeland Security
There is a fresh opportunity to conceive of a forward-looking Department of Homeland Security....
By Carrie Cordero & Katrina Mulligan
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War Powers: What Are They Good For?
By Richard Fontaine, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Stephen Tankel
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Trump’s lame-duck pardons will all be legal, no matter how corrupt they look
By Carrie Cordero
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Modernizing the Department of Homeland Security
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More women in government roles leads to greater national security
The United States is facing an unprecedented economic and health crisis due to the coronavirus. Decisions made now will have repercussions that last for years. Recovery from t...
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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update
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More women in government roles leads to greater national security