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An independent assessment for Congress as mandated by the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act....
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Strengthening the Economic Arsenal
Foreword By David S. Cohen Sanctions occupy a strange place in U.S. national security. For many years, they were derided as mostly ineffective. The received wisdom was that sa...
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Total Competition
China’s coercive attempts to wield hegemonic control over the South China Sea threaten the sovereignty of Southeast Asian states and international freedom of the seas, both of...
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CNAS Releases Congressionally Mandated Study on U.S. Strategy Toward China
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Washington, January 28, 2020—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today released a major independent assessment, “Rising to the China Challenge: Renewing American Com...
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White House Seeks to Establish More ROTC Programs at HBCUs
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The decision of Jared Kushner to cancel the peace team's visit to Israel, citing weather conditions and delayed flight, left experts in Washington and Jerusalem confused. It i...
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Vital Signs 2020: Industrial Base Could Struggle to Surge Production in Wartime
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White House Seeks to Establish More ROTC Programs at HBCUs
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Ilan Goldenberg Recaps the Iran Crisis
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Ilan Goldenberg Recaps the Iran Crisis
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Syria revives Soviet-inspired laws to slow economic meltdown, save currency
Lebanon’s financial collapse is having repercussions beyond its borders, as Syrian President Bashar Assad revives Soviet-inspired laws to halt the meltdown of the Syrian econo...
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Stories from the Backchannel: Season Two Trailer
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Syria revives Soviet-inspired laws to slow economic meltdown, save currency
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Rising to the China Challenge
An independent assessment for Congress as mandated by the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act....
By Ely Ratner, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Rush Doshi, Chris Dougherty, Richard Fontaine, Peter Harrell, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Eric Sayers, Daleep Singh, Paul Scharre, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya, Ashley Feng, Joshua Fitt, Megan Lamberth, Kristine Lee & Ainikki Riikonen
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Prospective buyers for Russian S-400s proliferate as U.S. fails to sanction Turkey
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US Treasury imposes sanctions on N. Korean company and China-based lodging facility
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Rising to the China Challenge
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Rising to the China Challenge
An independent assessment for Congress as mandated by the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act....
By Ely Ratner, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Rush Doshi, Chris Dougherty, Richard Fontaine, Peter Harrell, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Eric Sayers, Daleep Singh, Paul Scharre, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya, Ashley Feng, Joshua Fitt, Megan Lamberth, Kristine Lee & Ainikki Riikonen
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Stories from the Backchannel: Season Two Trailer
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today launched “America Competes 2020,” a Center-wide initiative to renew American competitiveness at home and abroad. Amid incre...
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Executive Order Highlights Electromagnetic Pulse Threat
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How swarming drones will change warfare
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”
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Building the World’s Biggest Budget
What do the Pentagon's decisions about military spending say about our priorities as a nation? What goes into the DoD's $700 billion budget each year? Former Pentagon official...
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Working National Security on John McCain’s Presidential Campaign
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Building the World’s Biggest Budget
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today launched “America Competes 2020,” a Center-wide initiative to renew American competitiveness at home and abroad. Amid incre...
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Mike Pompeo Is Bigger Than the Pentagon — For Now
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”
