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China’s Influence Operations Are Pinpointing America’s Weaknesses
Abigail Grace | October 04, 2018
Transatlantic Security
Idaho is not immune to Russian meddling and disinformation
On Jan. 6, 2017, the United States intelligence community released a report documenting Russia’s interference in our elections. One of us, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, was a senior ...
Technology & National Security
The Soldier’s Heavy Load
Body armor saves lives. Modern body armor has given U.S. troops an unparalleled advantage on the battlefield, improving survivability and reducing casualties. This protection ...
Asia-Pacific Security
Power Play
The United States and China are in a competition to shape the course of the 21st century. At stake is whether the prevailing international order that has backstopped peace, pr...
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Beyond the San Hai
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The United States has enjoyed largely uncontested naval supremacy across the blue waters, or open oceans, for decades. The rapid emergence of an increasingly global People’s L...
By Patrick M. Cronin, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Krejsa, Alexander Sullivan & Rush Doshi
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Women are the Most Visible Servicemembers, and the Most Invisible Veterans
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One of the questions I’m most frequently asked when people find out I’m a veteran is, “But you didn’t go in harm’s way, did you?” I’ve been asked this question since I first j...
By Andrea N. Goldstein
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The Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
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The next president will inherit a relationship with Russia fraught with more tension than at any point since the Cold War. Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine sparked fear that ...
By Julianne Smith & Adam Twardowski
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#Virtual Caliphate
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Many policymakers, intelligence analysts, and academics believe expelling the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Mosul and Raqqah is the key to t...
By General Joseph L. Votel, LTC Christina Bembenek, Charles Hans, Jeffery Mouton & Amanda Spencer
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Extending American Power
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Foreword by Robert Kagan and James P. Rubin Over the past year, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) brought together an extraordinary group of scholars, practitione...
By Amb. Eric S. Edelman, James B. Steinberg, Julianne Smith, Kurt Campbell, Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, James P. Rubin, Stephen J. Hadley, Dr. Robert Kagan & Robert Zoellick
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UK Director of International Security Policy on the US-UK Relationship and a Changing NATO
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Christian Mölling on German Defense Spending, Burden-Sharing, and Strategic Autonomy
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Quantum Hegemony? China’s Ambitions and the Challenge to U.S. Innovation Leadership
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Strategic Competition in an Era of Artificial Intelligence
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Inflection point: Army wrestles to strike balance between current and future capability
The Army is at an inflection point. It’s a statement its top leaders have acknowledged countless times in recent months as they have made the case to begin major investment in...
By Susanna V. Blume
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By Susanna V. Blume
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Inflection point: Army wrestles to strike balance between current and future capability
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A Chinese intelligence agent has been extradited to the US to face espionage charges
An alleged spy for the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) was arrested in Belgium and extradited to the US on accusations he tried to steal trade secrets from US aviatio...
By Abigail Grace
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Defense Intel Chief Worried About Chinese ‘Integration of Human and Machines’
By Elsa B. Kania
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How to Tell When North Korea Starts to Denuclearize
By Eric Brewer & Jung H. Pak
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A Chinese intelligence agent has been extradited to the US to face espionage charges
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Democrats Are Ignoring One Key Voting Group: Veterans
With control of Congress at stake in next month’s midterm elections, Democrats have a rare opportunity to gain a foothold against President Trump’s Republican Party. But if th...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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What should be done with report on military sexual harassment and assault?
By Kayla M. Williams
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Why ROTC is the overlooked tool to challenge the civil-military divide
By Emma Moore
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Democrats Are Ignoring One Key Voting Group: Veterans
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UK Director of International Security Policy on the US-UK Relationship and a Changing NATO
Nick Gurr, the Director of International Security Policy at the UK Ministry of Defense, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the deep connections betwee...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Nick Gurr
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Fort Trump Is a Farce
By Jim Townsend
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Don't Buy the Trump Administration's China Misdirection
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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UK Director of International Security Policy on the US-UK Relationship and a Changing NATO
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Syria buffer free of heavy arms as jihadists face deadline
A planned buffer zone in northwest Syria has been cleared of heavy armaments ahead of time but a new deadline loomed Wednesday for the tougher task of Turkey convincing jihadi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Revealing Intelligence on Jamal Khashoggi
By Carrie Cordero
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The Pentagon Used To Hide US Troops In Syria. Now It's Posting Videos Of Them On Twitter.
By Nicholas Heras
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Syria buffer free of heavy arms as jihadists face deadline
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The EU Can’t Avoid U.S. Sanctions on Iran
Late last month, the European Union and China announced that they intended to set up a special global payments system to allow companies to continue to trade with Iran despite...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Europe steps up drive to exempt Swift from Iran sanctions
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Next U.S. Clash With China Will Be All About Iran’s Oil
By Peter Harrell
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The EU Can’t Avoid U.S. Sanctions on Iran
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Defense Intel Chief Worried About Chinese ‘Integration of Human and Machines’
The future of human performance is a research race, and the U.S. shouldn’t take its lead for granted, the DIA director says. The U.S. military’s top intelligence officer is in...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Made in China 2025: Xi Jinping's plan to turn China into the AI world leader
By Elsa B. Kania
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It’s No Longer Just a Trade War Between the U.S. and China
By Elsa B. Kania
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Defense Intel Chief Worried About Chinese ‘Integration of Human and Machines’
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on Drones
Defense One Radio talks about drones, the national security bureaucracy, and the American way of war (1:49) with Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Securi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Resisting Magical Thinking: Drones and National Security
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army’s Newest Force Concept
By Lauren Fish
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on Drones
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How President Trump is helping Beijing win in the South China Sea
For years now, China has been at war against the United States in the South China Sea — only Washington didn’t notice until the process was well underway. The Chinese way of w...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Superpower Standoff: The U.S.-Chinese Battle for Global Supremacy
By Ely Ratner
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‘Earning the Rockies’ author Robert Kaplan answers your questions
By Robert D. Kaplan
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How President Trump is helping Beijing win in the South China Sea
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Press Release: Three CNAS Next Generation National Security Alumni Among 2017–2018 White House Fellows Class
Washington, October 4 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) congratulates three Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship alumni who were named as 2017–20...
By Neal Urwitz
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Drone Proliferation
By Elisa Catalano Ewers, Lauren Fish, Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
- National Security Forum: Civilian-Military Relations
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Press Release: Three CNAS Next Generation National Security Alumni Among 2017–2018 White House Fellows Class
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With Haley’s departure, senior Trump ranks feature even fewer women and minorities
As an Indian American woman, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has occupied an unusual position in an administration whose broad lack of diversity at the highest levels of the feder...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The Messy Reality Inside the Pentagon, Captured in Fiction
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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A Woman? No Way!
By Asha Castleberry
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With Haley’s departure, senior Trump ranks feature even fewer women and minorities
