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Stories from the Backchannel is a new CNAS podcast program that examines the stories behind some of America's most important national security moments. Hosted by CNAS Middle E...
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Rhetoric aside, NATO's strategic logic remains sound
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The Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
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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...
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The military’s biggest challenge? Trump.
Jenn sits down with returning guest Alex Ward and special guestLoren DeJonge Schulman, a defense expert at the Center for a New American Security, to talk about why the hell t...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Why does the Pentagon keep getting surprised by Trump?
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
- CNAS Welcomes Elbridge Colby as Director of the Defense Program
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The military’s biggest challenge? Trump.
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Minding the Gap in US-ROK Public Opinion
The United States’ post-Singapore summit engagement with North Korea is in large measure being dictated by President Donald Trump’s perception of what Kim Jong Un agreed to be...
By Kristine Lee & Melodie Ha
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Congress Moves to Force Trump to Come Clean on North Korea Talks
By Abigail Grace
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What’s Missing From Kim Jong Un’s ‘Very Nice Note’ to Trump
By Duyeon Kim
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Minding the Gap in US-ROK Public Opinion
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CNAS Welcomes Kayla Williams as Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program
Washington, DC July 12, 2018 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce today that Kayla M. Williams is joining CNAS as the new Director of the Mil...
By Madeline Christian
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Pentagon Questioned Over Blackout On War Zone Troop Numbers
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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The Marine Corps Is Not Lowering Fitness and Training Standards
By Emma Moore
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CNAS Welcomes Kayla Williams as Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program
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As Russians describe ‘verbal agreements’ at summit, U.S. officials scramble for clarity
Two days after President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials offered a string of assertions about what the two leaders had achieved. “Impo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Higher NATO Defense Spending May Not Help U.S. Contractors
By Rachel Rizzo
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After being called ‘aggressive’ by Trump, Montenegro insists it’s a friend to America
By Rachel Rizzo
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As Russians describe ‘verbal agreements’ at summit, U.S. officials scramble for clarity
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Syrian army raises flag above city considered as birthplace of uprising against Assad
Syrian government forces hoisted their red, black and white flag as they took control of the southern city of Daraa on Thursday, quashing a rebellion that began there in 2011 ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Stories from the Backchannel
By Ilan Goldenberg & Victoria Nuland
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The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Syrian army raises flag above city considered as birthplace of uprising against Assad
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The Energy 202: Trump slammed Merkel over a pipeline from Russia. But with Putin, he demurred.
President Trump said a number of things at his press conference Monday alongside Russian leader Vladimir Putin that few thought a U.S. commander in chief would ever say. Trump...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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Testimony before the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Committee on Financial Services
By Sue E. Eckert
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The Energy 202: Trump slammed Merkel over a pipeline from Russia. But with Putin, he demurred.
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Trump's comments on meddling put cybersecurity back in spotlight
As President Donald Trump stood next to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and called the Russian president's denials of Russian meddling "extremely strong," he snapped back into focu...
By Dr. Michael Sulmeyer
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Leading AI researchers vow to not develop autonomous weapons
By Paul Scharre
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Spooky Action: Sorting Hype from Reality in China’s Quantum-Tech Quest
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump's comments on meddling put cybersecurity back in spotlight
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Why Drones Are Still the Future of War
In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald argue, based on their research interviewing U.S. ground troops, that troops prefer close air suppo...
By Paul Scharre
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U.S. alliances need to reflect needs of modern warfare, experts say
By Paul Scharre
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Military Not Ready for the Next Larger War, Experts Say
By Paul Scharre
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Why Drones Are Still the Future of War
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Bloomberg Surveillance: Beyond the Trade War
Ian Bremmer and CNAS's Robert Kaplan discuss with Tom Keene the causes and implications of the U.S./China trade war and the concepts around their respective new books, Us...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Robert D. Kaplan Says Trump Is 'Rhetorically Dismantling' U.S. Alliances
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Surveillance: A Story of Fading Tax Stimulus with Zentner
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Bloomberg Surveillance: Beyond the Trade War
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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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The (Mostly) Good News on Women in Combat
Three years ago this month, 19 women from across the Army made history by reporting to Fort Benning, Georgia, to become the first women to attend U.S. Army Ranger School. As t...
By Andrew Swick & Emma Moore
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Women In National Security: Morgan Ortagus and Samantha Vinograd
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Samantha Vinograd & Morgan Ortagus
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Women in National Security: Jennifer Griffin
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Jennifer Griffin
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The (Mostly) Good News on Women in Combat
