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CNAS Gaming Lab Leads Wargame on NBC's Meet the Press
Press Release
Washington, May 16, 2022—The Gaming Lab at CNAS recently led a strategic-operational wargame, "Dangerous Straits: Battle for Taiwan 2027," in partnership with NBC's Meet the P...
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US tells Asean leaders Washington committed 'for generations'
In The News
President Joe Biden on Friday promised a long-term commitment to South-East Asia in the face of China's growing influence as he met regional leaders for a first summit in Wash...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Hikvision Tipping Point?
In The News
Reports emerged last week that the Treasury Department is considering hitting Hikvision with the toughest sanctions in the U.S. toolkit, by placing it on the Specially Designa...
By Emily Kilcrease
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‘War-enabling, not war-winning’: how are drones affecting the Ukraine war?
In The News
Shot after shot pounded into the Russian missile battery hidden by the lighthouse on Snake Island, a Black Sea rock 22 miles (35km) from the Ukrainian coast. The edited video,...
By Samuel Bendett
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CNAS Responds: Biden Hosts Southeast Asian Leaders for U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit
Press Note
Today, as President Biden meets with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit, the administration looks to reaffirm key ...
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, Jacob Stokes & Joshua Fitt
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CNAS Gaming Lab Leads Wargame on NBC's Meet the Press
Washington, May 16, 2022—The Gaming Lab at CNAS recently led a strategic-operational wargame, "Dangerous Straits: Battle for Taiwan 2027," in partnership with NBC's Meet the P...
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The US may be using Ukraine as a blueprint for how Taiwan could stop a Chinese invasion
By Tom Shugart
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CNAS Gaming Lab Leads Wargame on NBC's Meet the Press
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US tells Asean leaders Washington committed 'for generations'
President Joe Biden on Friday promised a long-term commitment to South-East Asia in the face of China's growing influence as he met regional leaders for a first summit in Wash...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Responds: Biden Hosts Southeast Asian Leaders for U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, Jacob Stokes & Joshua Fitt
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US to invest $150mn in south-east Asia in attempt to counter China
By Lisa Curtis
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US tells Asean leaders Washington committed 'for generations'
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The USO, Enduring Family Support, and How the DoD Budget Should Change
Family support and quality of life is a key factor for military retention....
By Lt Col Gabe S. Arrington & Nathalie Grogan
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‘The king of battle’ — How US artillery in the hands of Ukrainians may reshape the war with Russia
By Col James Frey
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To Appropriations and Beyond!
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The USO, Enduring Family Support, and How the DoD Budget Should Change
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Potential US responses to the Russian use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine
Responding in-kind to a Russian nuclear attack and caving to nuclear coercion are clearly unwise, but the other options have risks and uncertainties that make one thing obviou...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Military equipment especially important in this stage of Ukraine war
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Pushing back on Beijing in the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council
By Carisa Nietsche
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Potential US responses to the Russian use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine
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Legacies of Repression in Egypt and Tunisia: Authoritarianism, Political Mobilization, and Founding Elections
About the Book: When an authoritarian regime collapses, what determines whether an opposition group will form a political party, be successful in mobilizing voters, and surviv...
By Alanna C. Torres-Van Antwerp
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A New Nuclear Deal With Iran Shouldn’t Be Accompanied By Terrorist Legitimization
By John O'Malley
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Aligning U.S.-Israeli Cooperation on Technology Issues and China
By Jonathan Schanzer, Shira Efron, Martijn Rasser & Alice Hickson
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Legacies of Repression in Egypt and Tunisia: Authoritarianism, Political Mobilization, and Founding Elections
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The Hikvision Tipping Point?
Reports emerged last week that the Treasury Department is considering hitting Hikvision with the toughest sanctions in the U.S. toolkit, by placing it on the Specially Designa...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Is the Russian economy stabilizing — or doomed? Both.
By Rachel Ziemba, Edward Fishman & Elina Ribakova
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Russian Debt Payments Confront US Treasury With a Tough Call
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Hikvision Tipping Point?
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‘War-enabling, not war-winning’: how are drones affecting the Ukraine war?
Shot after shot pounded into the Russian missile battery hidden by the lighthouse on Snake Island, a Black Sea rock 22 miles (35km) from the Ukrainian coast. The edited video,...
By Samuel Bendett
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The war in Ukraine is spurring transatlantic co-operation in tech
By Martijn Rasser
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Sharper: The Authoritarianism Challenge
By Anna Pederson
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‘War-enabling, not war-winning’: how are drones affecting the Ukraine war?
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CNAS Senior Fellow and General Counsel, Carrie Cordero, Appointed by DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Prestigious Homeland Security Advisory Council
Washington, March 17, 2022—Today, Carrie Cordero, senior fellow and general counsel at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) was appointed by Secretary of Homeland Sec...
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How Cybersecurity Saved U.S. Democracy
By Carrie Cordero
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Was the US Gamble on Releasing Ukraine Intelligence Worth it?
By Carrie Cordero
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CNAS Senior Fellow and General Counsel, Carrie Cordero, Appointed by DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Prestigious Homeland Security Advisory Council
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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
