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When the Chips Are Down
Introduction The United States is in a strategic competition with a well-resourced and capable opponent. China seeks a global role that is broadly at odds with the strategic i...
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Dealing with a Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
Executive Summary Nearly 20 years after U.S. forces overturned Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the fundamentalist Islamist movement is back in power. This follows the U.S. troop ...
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Sanctions by the Numbers: 2021 Year in Review
Introduction The first year of President Joe Biden’s administration witnessed major developments in U.S. sanctions strategy, including a general review of all sanctions progra...
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CNAS Announces 2022 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows
Press Release
Washington, January 28, 2022—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today the selection of the 2022 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows. N...
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For Economic Sanctions To Work Against Russia, the US and Its Allies Will Have To Share Some of the Pain
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The Biden administration’s strategy for economic sanctions against Russia should it invade Ukraine could be summed up as “no pain, no gain.” With a military confrontation off ...
By Edward Fishman
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Olympians Warned to Bring Burner Phones
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When Olympic athletes from all over the world land in Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Games, they'll be loaded up with burner phones and will likely leave their own devices behin...
By Martijn Rasser
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CNAS strategy game examines how U.S., China respond to Taiwan Semiconductor Disruption
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Washington, January 27— Essential to the day-to-day functioning of modern society, semiconductors are increasingly at the center of a high-stakes competition between the U.S. ...
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The U.S. Says It Will Stand Firm Against Major Russian Demands as Tension Rises
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As concern rises that Russia is preparing to attack Ukraine, the United States is not bending to major demands by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Antony B...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS strategy game examines how U.S., China respond to Taiwan Semiconductor Disruption
Washington, January 27— Essential to the day-to-day functioning of modern society, semiconductors are increasingly at the center of a high-stakes competition between the U.S. ...
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When the Chips Are Down
By Becca Wasser, Martijn Rasser & Hannah Kelley
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How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With China
By Martijn Rasser & Becca Wasser
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CNAS strategy game examines how U.S., China respond to Taiwan Semiconductor Disruption
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Richard Fontaine on Biden's China Policy
Center for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine joins Italian news channel Tg2 to discuss President Biden's China policy....
By Richard Fontaine
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Mentorship and the Indo-Pacific with Mira Rapp-Hooper and Richard Fontaine
By Richard Fontaine
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North Korea Slams US, Hints at Resuming Nuclear, ICBM Tests
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Richard Fontaine on Biden's China Policy
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Fight Over Vaccine Mandate for National Guard Rages
The Pentagon won its first battle over its vaccine mandate for the National Guard, but a broader fight over the mandate is raging as multiple states seek to exert their author...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Republican Extremism Is Harming National Security
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Fight Over Vaccine Mandate for National Guard Rages
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Flash Release: Ben Hodges Reacts to U.S.-NATO Response
The United States and its NATO allies have begun pursuing other courses of action to the Russia-Ukraine crisis besides diplomacy, including decisions to put military forces on...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor on Russia-Ukraine Tensions
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. Plans For Russia Amid Fears Of Attack
By Jim Townsend
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Flash Release: Ben Hodges Reacts to U.S.-NATO Response
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Sound Familiar? Trump, Biden and the World Stage
In his first foreign policy speech as president, Joe Biden couldn’t have been clearer: “America is back,” he assured the world, and he vowed to “course-correct our foreign pol...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Protecting The Hazara People Of Afghanistan Is A Moral Obligation The World Is Failing To Meet
By Alice Hickson
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Rightsizing in the Middle East
By Becca Wasser & Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Sound Familiar? Trump, Biden and the World Stage
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For Economic Sanctions To Work Against Russia, the US and Its Allies Will Have To Share Some of the Pain
The Biden administration’s strategy for economic sanctions against Russia should it invade Ukraine could be summed up as “no pain, no gain.” With a military confrontation off ...
By Edward Fishman
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Tensions on Korean Peninsula: Analysis
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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South Korea’s Constant Struggle With Digital Sex Crimes
By Jason Bartlett
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For Economic Sanctions To Work Against Russia, the US and Its Allies Will Have To Share Some of the Pain
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Olympians Warned to Bring Burner Phones
When Olympic athletes from all over the world land in Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Games, they'll be loaded up with burner phones and will likely leave their own devices behin...
By Martijn Rasser
- CNAS strategy game examines how U.S., China respond to Taiwan Semiconductor Disruption
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When the Chips Are Down
By Becca Wasser, Martijn Rasser & Hannah Kelley
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Olympians Warned to Bring Burner Phones
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Electric Grid is 'Attractive Target' for Domestic Violent Extremists in US, Intel Brief Says
Domestic violent extremists will "likely continue" to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Departm...
By Carrie Cordero
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Homeland Security ‘Nerve Center’ Chief Seeks Broad Policy Sway
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy
By Carrie Cordero
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Electric Grid is 'Attractive Target' for Domestic Violent Extremists in US, Intel Brief Says
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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
