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Chris Dougherty | May 20, 2021
Defense
Risky Business: Future Strategy and Force Options for the Defense Department
Executive Summary Despite the overarching strategic priorities laid out by the Biden administration and initial indicators provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), it is u...
Middle East Security
A People-First U.S. Assistance Strategy for the Middle East
Executive Summary For the past year, the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has been developing a strategy for rethinking U.S. polic...
Indo-Pacific Security
Advancing a Liberal Digital Order in the Indo-Pacific
Executive Summary The United States and other regional democracies risk losing ground in the competition to shape Asia’s digital future. China is making rapid inroads in devel...
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Pregnant Cadets, Midshipmen Must Give Up Their Child Or Their Career. Two Senators Want To Change That.
In The News
Two senators are teaming up to change an “unfair, antiquated” policy that requires students at military academies who get pregnant to choose between abandoning their military ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CSBA Report "DoD's Full Spectrum Competition has limitation due to budget constraints"
In The News
The Center for New American Security (CNAS), a private research institute in Washington, analyzed on the 20th that the U.S. Department of Defense's approach with China and Rus...
By Becca Wasser
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Algorithmic Warfare: Russia Expanding Fleet of AI-Enabled Weapons
In The News
Russia — which has made no secret of its artificial intelligence ambitions — is building a cadre of AI-enabled, autonomous weapon systems that could one day threaten the Unite...
By Jeffrey Edmonds & Samuel Bendett
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Risky Business: Future Strategy and Force Options for the Defense Department
Washington, July 20, 2021— Despite the overarching strategic priorities laid out by the Biden administration and initial indicators provided by the Department of Defense, it i...
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Former Jerusalem mayor lobbies against US opening consulate to Palestinians
In The News
An Israeli politician and former mayor of Jerusalem is urging the Biden administration to abandon its plans to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians, cal...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Solving the Navy's Strategic Bankruptcy
Special guest Chris Dougherty discusses his recent War on the Rocks article, and he describes the competing interests that drive different (and rarely complementary) force req...
By Chris Dougherty
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CSBA Report "DoD's Full Spectrum Competition has limitation due to budget constraints"
By Becca Wasser
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The Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Budget and Future Options for the Pentagon
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Solving the Navy's Strategic Bankruptcy
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Indo-Pacific Futures – Critical technology
Elsa Kania joins the National Security Podcast to discuss the technologies that have become critical to national security and how they’re going to shape the region over the co...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Taliban Terror: How Can US Support Afghanistan?
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden opens new cyber fight with China
By Lisa Curtis
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Indo-Pacific Futures – Critical technology
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Pregnant Cadets, Midshipmen Must Give Up Their Child Or Their Career. Two Senators Want To Change That.
Two senators are teaming up to change an “unfair, antiquated” policy that requires students at military academies who get pregnant to choose between abandoning their military ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Budget and Future Options for the Pentagon
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Risky Business: Future Strategy and Force Options for the Defense Department
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser & Jennie Matuschak
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Pregnant Cadets, Midshipmen Must Give Up Their Child Or Their Career. Two Senators Want To Change That.
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Autocratization in Central Europe with Dan Kelemen and Freedom House’s Zselyke Csaky
What does the deepening crisis of autocratization in Hungary and elsewhere in Central Europe mean for the future of the European Union? Dan Kelemen and Zselyke Csaky join Andr...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche, Dan Kelemen & Zselyke Csaky
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Russia’s Got A New Stealth Fighter—What’s It For?
By Samuel Bendett
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US, Germany stand strong in fight to defend democracy
By Richard Fontaine
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Autocratization in Central Europe with Dan Kelemen and Freedom House’s Zselyke Csaky
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Former Jerusalem mayor lobbies against US opening consulate to Palestinians
An Israeli politician and former mayor of Jerusalem is urging the Biden administration to abandon its plans to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians, cal...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iran plans to keep video footage of nuclear sites from UN watchdog until a deal with US is reached
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iran Deal Return Increasingly Uncertain
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Former Jerusalem mayor lobbies against US opening consulate to Palestinians
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Better than Crypto? Why central banks are racing to launch digital currencies
Emily Jin discusses the race for governments to regulate and create their own digital currency. Watch the full conversation from Deutsche Welle....
By Emily Jin
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Analysts still expect US, Iran to reach deal to lift oil sanctions despite growing delay
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iranian Oil Executive Removed From U.S. Sanctions List Remains Active in Sector
By Jason Bartlett
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Better than Crypto? Why central banks are racing to launch digital currencies
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Artificial intelligence arms race does not exist
Paul Scharre, former special assistant to the under secretary of defense for policy, now vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, spok...
By Paul Scharre
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Indo-Pacific Futures – Critical technology
By Elsa B. Kania
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Algorithmic Warfare: Russia Expanding Fleet of AI-Enabled Weapons
By Jeffrey Edmonds & Samuel Bendett
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Artificial intelligence arms race does not exist
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Hearing on Securing the Homeland: Reforming DHS to Meet Today’s Threats
Submitted Written Testimony I. Introduction Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Katko, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today on...
By Carrie Cordero
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Homeland Security Watchdog Delayed Inquiry, Complaint Says
By Carrie Cordero
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U.S. House to vote on select committee to probe deadly Capitol attack
By Carrie Cordero
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Hearing on Securing the Homeland: Reforming DHS to Meet Today’s Threats
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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
