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Spy Agencies Seek New Afghan Allies as U.S. Withdraws
In The News
KABUL, Afghanistan — Western spy agencies are evaluating and courting regional leaders outside the Afghan government who might be able to provide intelligence about terrorist ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Marise Payne and Antony Blinken call for ‘real transparency’ from China on Covid origins
In The News
Foreign Minister Marise Payne and US secretary of state Antony Blinken have called for greater transparency from China over the origins of SARSCov2, amid growing interest in t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Red Cross Calls for More Limits on Autonomous Weapons
In The News
The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for new international rules on how governments use autonomous weapons, warning that such weapons will pose new challeng...
By Paul Scharre
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Space Force Aims to Take on an Air Force Surveillance Mission
In The News
A few years ago, the Air Force began looking at ways to replace its JSTARS surveillance aircraft, to ensure it could keep providing a clear picture of ground movement when the...
By Sarah Mineiro
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‘We cut too deep’: Air Force reinstates hundreds of ROTC cadets after dismissals spark backlash
In The News
The Air Force reversed its decision to dismiss hundreds of reserve officer training cadets and restored nearly 130 scholarships, officials said, after a lobbying effort assail...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Space Force Aims to Take on an Air Force Surveillance Mission
A few years ago, the Air Force began looking at ways to replace its JSTARS surveillance aircraft, to ensure it could keep providing a clear picture of ground movement when the...
By Sarah Mineiro
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U.S And 25 Other Nations To Participate In Huge Joint Training Exercise
By Becca Wasser & Jay Price
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Making Sense of Cents
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Becca Wasser
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Space Force Aims to Take on an Air Force Surveillance Mission
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Spy Agencies Seek New Afghan Allies as U.S. Withdraws
KABUL, Afghanistan — Western spy agencies are evaluating and courting regional leaders outside the Afghan government who might be able to provide intelligence about terrorist ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Marise Payne and Antony Blinken call for ‘real transparency’ from China on Covid origins
By Richard Fontaine
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When and Why China Might—or Might Not—Attack Taiwan
By Jacob Stokes
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Spy Agencies Seek New Afghan Allies as U.S. Withdraws
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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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‘We cut too deep’: Air Force reinstates hundreds of ROTC cadets after dismissals spark backlash
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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U.S And 25 Other Nations To Participate In Huge Joint Training Exercise
By Becca Wasser & Jay Price
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Implementing Women, Peace, and Security Guidance to Systematically Combat Gender-Based Violence in the Military
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Nord Stream 2 and the Biden Administration, with Daniel Fried and Steven Pifer
How can the transatlantic alliance manage the political and security challenges presented by the Nord Stream 2 pipeline? Daniel Fried and Steven Piferjoin Andrea Kendall-Taylo...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Blinken/Ukraine-Russia Tensions
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Strongmen who got cozy with Trump get the cold shoulder from Biden
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Nord Stream 2 and the Biden Administration, with Daniel Fried and Steven Pifer
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Middle East security director on the continued violence in Gaza, Israel
President Biden today called for de-escalation of violence in the Middle East. Ilan Goldenberg, Middle East Security Program Director at the Center for a New American Security...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Shepard Smith
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Licensed to Kill: How Russia Uses Israeli Drones to Bomb Civilians in Syria
By Samuel Bendett
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What Would a US-Led Global Technology Alliance Look Like?
By Ilan Goldenberg & Martijn Rasser
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Middle East security director on the continued violence in Gaza, Israel
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Sanctions by the Numbers
Cyberattacks pose a serious threat to U.S. national security and the integrity of the global commerce and financial system, especially when state-sponsored actors conduct and/...
By Jason Bartlett & Megan Ophel
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Australia Draws A Line on China
By Tom Shugart
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The Myths and Realities of China’s Digital Currency
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Sanctions by the Numbers
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Red Cross Calls for More Limits on Autonomous Weapons
The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for new international rules on how governments use autonomous weapons, warning that such weapons will pose new challeng...
By Paul Scharre
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National Technology Strategy concept sparks bipartisan interest
By Ainikki Riikonen & Francis Rose
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Democracy’s Digital Defenses
By Richard Fontaine & Kara Frederick
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Red Cross Calls for More Limits on Autonomous Weapons
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Enemies Foreign and Domestic
In early April, the leaders of the U.S. intelligence community outlined the most pressing national security threats facing the nation during testimony to the Senate and House ...
By Carrie Cordero
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CNAS Responds: Assessing the Biden Administration's First 100 Days
By Richard Fontaine, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Ilan Goldenberg, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Jacob Stokes, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Nathalie Grogan & Jim Townsend
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Congressional efforts to repeal Iraq war authorization raise questions about Iranian proxies
By Richard Fontaine
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Enemies Foreign and Domestic
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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
