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A Blueprint for New Sanctions on North Korea
North Korea has emerged as one of the most significant national security threats facing the United States and its allies today. Since leader Kim Jong Un came to power in 2011,...
Julianne Smith in The New York Times on Women in National Security
I held the syringe up to the light above the bathroom mirror and flicked it a few times with my finger to make sure I had the exact dose of Lupron. I checked my watch to calcu...
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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Beyond the San Hai
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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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#Virtual Caliphate
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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...
By General Joseph L. Votel, LTC Christina Bembenek, Charles Hans, Jeffery Mouton & Amanda Spencer
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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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President Donald J. Trump has sought to make the concerns of American workers the centerpiece of his administration – especially those who feel left behind by the significant ...
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Congress is using a $28.6 billion fund as a sequestration bargaining chip
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Afghanistan Has No Silver Bullet
Last week, NBC News reported that President Donald Trump laced into top military leaders in mid-July over U.S. strategy and performance in Afghanistan. He refused to sign off ...
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Afghanistan Has No Silver Bullet
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Trump’s 21 Club Salute
According to an incredibly detailed NBC News report of a highly classified National Security Council meeting, President Donald Trump unloaded on his top military leaders over ...
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Dr. Michael O'Hanlon Discusses the Future of NATO
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Russia & Syrian regime seeking to poach US-backed fighters
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Trump's three possible paths out of the Iran deal
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Recommendations for Implementing Sanctions on Russia
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New Russia Sanctions from Congress
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Recommendations for Implementing Sanctions on Russia
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SparkCognition Adds Former U.S. Defense Department Chief of Staff, Wendy R. Anderson, as General Manager, Defense & National Security
SparkCognition has announced the addition of Wendy R. Anderson to its executive team. Serving as General Manager, Defense & National Security, Anderson brings more than 20...
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The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign Policy
In June, the United States shot down two Iranian-made armed drones used by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The fact that the shoot down (and the existence of the armed dron...
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Drones Podcast Series: Drones and the MTCR
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The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign Policy
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Getting it Righter, Faster
Humanity is fascinated by prediction failures. The failure to predict the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has replaced the failure to predict the Japanese attack on Pear...
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CNAS 2017: The Return of Marco Polo’s World and the U.S. Military Response
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CNAS 2017: Bombshell Podcast Live Recording: National Security in a Distracted World
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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...
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