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Martijn Rasser, Ainikki Riikonen, Henry Wu | December 02, 2021
Indo-Pacific Security
The Future of the Digital Order
Executive Summary Nations that successfully harness the vast economic, political, and societal power of emerging information and communications technologies will shape the fut...
Middle East Security
When Less Is More
Executive Summary For the past 20 years, the U.S. military has invested heavily in the Middle East. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both attempted to shift assets out...
Defense
The Poison Frog Strategy
Introduction How could Taiwan and the United States respond if China seized one of Taiwan’s outlying islands, such as Pratas/Dongsha (hereafter Dongsha) in the South China Sea...
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US-China Standoff
In The News
The Biden administration has placed a dozen Chinese companies on its trade blacklist on November 23, 2021, citing US national security as well as foreign policy logics. The la...
By Jacob Stokes
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In Peng Shuai Case, Critics See History of IOC Treating Authoritarian Hosts with Kid Gloves
In The News
When Olympics organizers held a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, many activists and experts said it was merely a continuation of a decadeslong trend in which th...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian Robot Disguised as a Rock
In The News
Under lightly falling snow, a soldier sets a rock on the ground. A moment later the rock animates, extending first a periscope-like camera, and then lifting the whole of its r...
By Samuel Bendett
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Hacking the Supply Chain
In The News
As far back as January 2013, a Defense Science Board task force report, “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat,” warned that adversaries could exploit cyber...
By Laura G. Brent
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Michèle Flournoy and Richard Fontaine Named to Defense Policy Board
Press Note
The Department of Defense named Michèle Flournoy, Chair of the CNAS Board of Directors, and Richard Fontaine, CNAS CEO, to the Defense Policy Board, chaired by Madeleine K. Al...
By Richard Fontaine & Michèle Flournoy
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The DownLink: The U.S. National Space Council is Back in Business
This week U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris convened the Biden Administration’s inaugural National Space Council meeting. It had three agenda items: STEM education, to create ...
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Defense Official Warns Data Overreliance Could Hurt Training
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Who’s to Blame for Asia’s Arms Race?
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The DownLink: The U.S. National Space Council is Back in Business
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US-China Standoff
The Biden administration has placed a dozen Chinese companies on its trade blacklist on November 23, 2021, citing US national security as well as foreign policy logics. The la...
By Jacob Stokes
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In Peng Shuai Case, Critics See History of IOC Treating Authoritarian Hosts with Kid Gloves
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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Duyeon Kim testifies before European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs
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US-China Standoff
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Air Force Opens Door for Select Few From the Enlisted Ranks to Become Officers
The airmen involved in the Air Force’s enlisted drone pilot program have a great shot at becoming officers and remaining pilots if they want to, the top officer and enlisted a...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Gunnery Sergeants Who Never Went to Boot Camp? It May Be Coming in the Marine Corps
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Pentagon Chief Issues COVID Vaccination Order for National Guard
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Air Force Opens Door for Select Few From the Enlisted Ranks to Become Officers
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Germany’s Post-Merkel Security and Defense Policy, with Christian Mölling and Claudia Major
What does Germany’s new coalition treaty tell us about how the incoming government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz will approach security and defense policy? Christian Mölling an...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Christian Mölling & Claudia Major
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Russian Militarization in Arctic Could Lead to Offensive Action, Says Former Defense Official
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BBC News: Newsday
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Germany’s Post-Merkel Security and Defense Policy, with Christian Mölling and Claudia Major
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US, Iran Return to Nuclear Talks After Five-Month Delay
The U.S. and Iran on Monday held their seventh round of indirect talks as part of efforts to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. The talks came more than five months after the co...
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CNAS Responds: Will the Iran Deal Be Revived in Vienna?
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The Future of the Digital Order
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US, Iran Return to Nuclear Talks After Five-Month Delay
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Transnational Crime and Drug Trafficking
Transnational organized crime poses a significant and growing threat to national security, with direct impacts on public safety and health, democratic institutions, and econom...
By Jason Bartlett & Megan Ophel
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Hunger Crisis in Afghanistan
By Alex Zerden
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S. Korea, U.S. to Maintain Close Coordination on N. Korea: Analysis
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Transnational Crime and Drug Trafficking
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Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian Robot Disguised as a Rock
Under lightly falling snow, a soldier sets a rock on the ground. A moment later the rock animates, extending first a periscope-like camera, and then lifting the whole of its r...
By Samuel Bendett
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Hacking the Supply Chain
By Laura G. Brent
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Edge Networks, Core Policy
By Martijn Rasser, Ainikki Riikonen & Henry Wu
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Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian Robot Disguised as a Rock
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Immigration Defines Homeland Security Chief as He Thinks Bigger
Alejandro Mayorkas leads a sprawling department tasked with keeping the U.S. safe from cyberattacks, domestic terrorism, natural disasters, and other looming threats. But crit...
By Carrie Cordero
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Unfinished Business at the Department of Justice
By Carrie Cordero
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The OG wolf warrior lands in DC
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Immigration Defines Homeland Security Chief as He Thinks Bigger
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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
