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Make Good Choices, DoD
Susanna V. Blume, Molly Parrish | November 20, 2019
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To counter Iran, military may be forced into open-ended deployment, study says
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Tensions between Iran and the United States could force the U.S. military to keep up a costly deployment of troops and hardware in the Middle East for years to come to protect...
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Donald Trump is threatening South Korea, but US military commitments to long-time allies are considered safe
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US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit
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NATO allies worried U.S. President Donald Trump will abandon the Open Skies Treaty have been told the administration views the arms control agreement as a danger to U.S. natio...
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CNAS Launches Digital Freedom Forum
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has announced the launch of the Digital Freedom Forum, part of the CNAS Countering High-Tech Illiberalism project. The Forum will...
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U.S.-India Defense Ties Grow Closer as Shared Concerns in Asia Loom
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As Indian helicopters touched down this week on the deck of an American warship in the Bay of Bengal, what was billed as a modest military simulation became the latest sign of...
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Make Good Choices, DoD
In a new report, Susanna V. Blume and Molly Parrish offer a deep dive into how the U.S. Department of Defense makes decisions about what the U.S. military needs, what to buy a...
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Make Good Choices, DoD
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Donald Trump is threatening South Korea, but US military commitments to long-time allies are considered safe
Washington’s military commitments in Asia and Europe are here to stay despite the Trump administration’s unorthodox foreign policy, which is causing friction with traditional ...
By Kristine Lee
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U.S.-India Defense Ties Grow Closer as Shared Concerns in Asia Loom
By Daniel Kliman
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A fresh approach to peace in Afghanistan
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Donald Trump is threatening South Korea, but US military commitments to long-time allies are considered safe
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The military needs immigrants. The Trump administration wants to keep them out.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is now the latest in a line of immigrants challenged about whether it’s truly possible for them to serve the United States as patriots. Vindman, a r...
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The military needs immigrants. The Trump administration wants to keep them out.
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US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit
NATO allies worried U.S. President Donald Trump will abandon the Open Skies Treaty have been told the administration views the arms control agreement as a danger to U.S. natio...
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The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall with Ambassador Dan Fried
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Ambassador Dan Fried
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US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit
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In Dire Straits?
In a joint report from CNAS and Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA, Ilan Goldenberg, Jessica Schwed, and Kaleigh Thomas assess what would happen to the...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Kaleigh Thomas & Jessica Schwed
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To counter Iran, military may be forced into open-ended deployment, study says
By Ilan Goldenberg, Kaleigh Thomas & Jessica Schwed
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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Faces Dimmer Prospects Than Ever
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In Dire Straits?
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U.S. Sanctions Compliance Weighs on Nonfinancial Companies
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Trump’s Embrace of Sanctions Irks Allies and Prompts Efforts to Evade Measures
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Trump’s Boasts of an Economic ‘Boom’ Are Misplaced and Misguided
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U.S. Sanctions Compliance Weighs on Nonfinancial Companies
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CNAS Launches Digital Freedom Forum
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has announced the launch of the Digital Freedom Forum, part of the CNAS Countering High-Tech Illiberalism project. The Forum will...
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U.S. approves first licenses for tech sales to Huawei
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Implementing AI ethics standards at the DoD
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CNAS Launches Digital Freedom Forum
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Executive Order Highlights Electromagnetic Pulse Threat
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How swarming drones will change warfare
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
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Executive Order Highlights Electromagnetic Pulse Threat
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The Enduring Relevance of Reagan’s Westminster Speech
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three essays, commissioned by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, examining the legacy of Reagan’s Westmin...
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National Security Is Made of People
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
- CNAS and Defense One Partner for Year-Long Editorial Series: "The American Readiness Project"
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The Enduring Relevance of Reagan’s Westminster Speech
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Mike Pompeo Is Bigger Than the Pentagon — For Now
In the nine months since Jim Mattis resigned as defense secretary, one man has become the public leader of President Trump’s national security policy: Secretary of State Mike ...
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What the Army and Navy Can Learn From the Air Force’s Female Secretaries
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Women in National Security: Emma Moore
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Mike Pompeo Is Bigger Than the Pentagon — For Now