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Partners, Competitors, or a Little of Both?
Jim Townsend, Andrea Kendall-Taylor | March 30, 2021
Positive Visions, Powerful Partnerships
Restoring U.S. alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific is critical to competing effectively against China....
Sanctions by the Numbers
Over the past five years, the U.S. government has imposed an unprecedented number of human rights and corruption-related sanctions....
Sharper: The Quad
How can the Quad countries take advantage of new opportunities for cooperation?...
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Jacob Stokes Joins CNAS as a Fellow in the Indo-Pacific Security Program
Washington, April 15, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Jacob Stokes has joined CNAS as a Fellow in the Indo-Pacific Security Prog...
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Press Note
President Biden has announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. CNAS experts unpack what to watch for....
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In The News
Jake Sullivan, U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, has always loved a good debate. As an undergraduate at Yale University, he placed third in the nationals; ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Dr. Margarita Konaev Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Security Program
Washington, April 7, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Margarita (Rita) Konaev, Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Sec...
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In The News
China's armed forces conducted simultaneous military exercises to the west and east of Taiwan on Monday in a move analysts said was a warning to the self-ruled island and its ...
By Tom Shugart
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The Pentagon must act now to address vulnerability in its enterprise
The Defense Department cannot wait for another stress test before addressing fragility in its enterprise; it must learn and adapt now....
By Tara Murphy Dougherty & Billy Fabian
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China flanks Taiwan with military exercises in air and sea
By Tom Shugart
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Storm Clouds Ahead: Musings About the 2022 Defense Budget
By Robert O. Work
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The Pentagon must act now to address vulnerability in its enterprise
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CNAS Responds: Biden Announces Full U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
President Biden has announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. CNAS experts unpack what to watch for....
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It’s Still Hard to Be America’s Ally
By Richard Fontaine
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Are the US and China entering a Cold War?
By Michèle Flournoy
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CNAS Responds: Biden Announces Full U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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America’s Next Insurgency
Bleeding Kansas began with an eviction attempt. In late 1854, Jacob Branson, an abolitionist from Ohio, started trying to kick Franklin Coleman, a slavery proponent, off his p...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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How Zoom has Reduced Barriers to Entry in National Security
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Trans Ban Is Gone but More Needs To Be Done
By Nathalie Grogan
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America’s Next Insurgency
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NATO, China, and Russia: A Balancing Act? with Sara Bjerg Moller and Ian Brzezinski
Sara Bjerg Moller and Ian Brzezinski join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of NATO and its ability to balance security challenges from both China a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Sara Bjerg Moller & Ian Brzezinski
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It’s Still Hard to Be America’s Ally
By Richard Fontaine
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Beijing Continues Its Steady But Uneven Rise In the World
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO, China, and Russia: A Balancing Act? with Sara Bjerg Moller and Ian Brzezinski
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Returning To The Iran Nuclear Deal Is Essential For Biden's Foreign Policy Agenda
Ilan Goldenberg speaks with Franco Ordoñez about the importance of returning to the Iran nuclear deal for President Biden's foreign policy agenda. Listen to the full conversa...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US, Iran open indirect discussions to revive nuclear deal
By Ilan Goldenberg
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With clock ticking before exit deadline, U.S. appears poised to postpone troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Lisa Curtis
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Returning To The Iran Nuclear Deal Is Essential For Biden's Foreign Policy Agenda
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Sanctions Won’t Stop Nord Stream 2. Diplomacy Will.
The solution most are pushing for—sanctions—is not the answer....
By Edward Fishman
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China's digital currency play could spell trouble for private sector, foreign industry
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Sanctions by the Numbers
By Jason Bartlett & Megan Ophel
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Sanctions Won’t Stop Nord Stream 2. Diplomacy Will.
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Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams
What comes after the M1 Abrams, the Army’s massive Reagan-era main battle tank? “Everything is on the table at this point,” the service’s armor modernization director, Maj. Ge...
By Paul Scharre
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Russian fighter pilots could soon fly alongside bomb-filled combat drones
By Samuel Bendett
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Biden’s $180 Billion R&D Plan Prioritizes Key Areas Such As Chips, Quantum Computing
By Elsa B. Kania
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Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams
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Congress looks to Biden as an ally as it tries to finally rewrite authority for the war on terror
There's a new movement afoot to finally curb the President's 9/11 war powers, and the Republicans and Democrats pushing it have hope in a key ally: the President himself. On t...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Department of Homeland Security: Priorities for Reform
By Carrie Cordero & Katie Galgano
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Sharper: Civil-Military Relations
By Cole Stevens, Nathalie Grogan & Chris Estep
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Congress looks to Biden as an ally as it tries to finally rewrite authority for the war on terror
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This group is training the next generation of women in national security
Women make up less than 40 percent of the U.S. State Department's leadership, and 26 percent at the Pentagon, according to a 2018 study by the New America Foundation. But wome...
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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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update
By Emma Moore
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This group is training the next generation of women in national security