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Watch: CNAS 2018 Annual Conference: Strategic Competition
This year’s annual conference will spurred debate on U.S. foreign policy in an increasingly competitive world. From the United States’ response to China’s power plays, to shap...
Asia-Pacific Security
A Precarious Accord
Executive Summary Throughout 2017, diplomacy remained almost dormant as North Korea blazed through a record set of nuclear-related activities and demonstrated its ability to l...
Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence
Preface by Robert O. Work We are in the midst of an ever accelerating and expanding global revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, with enormous impli...
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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 Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, Dr. 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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#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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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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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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CNAS Welcomes Elbridge Colby as Director of the Defense Program
Washington, D.C. June 20, 2018 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce today that Elbridge (Bridge) Colby will join CNAS as the new Director of ...
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What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army’s Newest Force Concept
By Lauren Fish
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Congress Should Oversee America’s Wars, Not Just Authorize Them
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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CNAS Welcomes Elbridge Colby as Director of the Defense Program
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A Precarious Accord
Executive Summary Throughout 2017, diplomacy remained almost dormant as North Korea blazed through a record set of nuclear-related activities and demonstrated its ability to l...
By Patrick Cronin & Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
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The North Korean summit is over. Now for the hard part.
By Richard Fontaine
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The Singapore summit’s three big takeaways
By Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper
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A Precarious Accord
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Tell voters in real time if adversaries like Russia try to hack and manipulate elections
This month’s primaries mark the official kickoff of an election cycle that will carry major consequences for America and the world. Yet questions loom over whether voters can ...
By Shawn Turner
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Combat High
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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The Pentagon’s Wars: Winning at Home While Losing Overseas
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Tell voters in real time if adversaries like Russia try to hack and manipulate elections
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More Than Burden Sharing
Executive Summary In early-July, NATO will host the first full-length summit at its new headquarters in Brussels. It will also be the first NATO summit for President Donald Tr...
By Mark Newton, Rachel Rizzo, Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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The Dish | June 12, 2018
By Jim Townsend & Julianne Smith
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Trump Shakes Up World Stage in Break With U.S. Allies
By Julianne Smith
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More Than Burden Sharing
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The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart
In a May 21 speech on U.S. strategy following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo struck a tough tone, pro...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Trump Has No Idea How Diplomatic Deals Work
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The One Place in Syria That Works
By Nicholas Heras & Shadi Martini
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The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart
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How to Increase Pressure if Diplomacy with North Korea Fails
The uncertain results of President Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and history of unmet expectations from past efforts, brings home the fact tha...
By Daleep Singh & Peter Harrell
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North Korea Must Come Clean About Its Dirty Money
By Neil Bhatiya & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Breakout Briefer: Stability at Stake: Addressing Critical Regions Facing Complex Climate, Security, and Nuclear Risks
By Neil Bhatiya
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How to Increase Pressure if Diplomacy with North Korea Fails
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Artificial Intelligence
Preface by Robert O. Work We are in the midst of an ever accelerating and expanding global revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, with enormous impli...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz
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New Frontiers of Chinese Defense Innovation: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies
By Elsa B. Kania
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“Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War” featuring Paul Scharre
By Kara Frederick & Paul Scharre
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Artificial Intelligence
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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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Surveillance: A Story of Fading Tax Stimulus with Zentner
Robert D. Kaplan, Author of "The Return of Marco Polo’s World" & Center for a New American Security Senior Fellow, says a trade war is merely an aspect of a world at amoral ge...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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The Asia Group's Tea Leaves Podcast: Robert Kaplan
By Robert D. Kaplan
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The new world disorder: is war inevitable in the Asian century?
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Surveillance: A Story of Fading Tax Stimulus with Zentner
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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
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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
