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Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis
Loren DeJonge Schulman | May 15, 2019
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Great Power Rivalry Is Also a War For Talent
China’s military is working harder to find and keep good people. The U.S. must step up its own efforts....
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ISIS suicide attack targets SDF demining convoy
In The News
Islamic State sleeper cells on Monday targeted a demining convoy of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria, deep behind the Kurdish-led forces’ lin...
By Nicholas Heras
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
In The News
On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national security
In The News
The United States for years relied on economic interdependence with China as a stabilizing force in relations with Beijing, with business between the two nations forming what ...
By Ely Ratner
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Trump Aims to Prevent Chinese Companies From Building 5G Network in U.S.
In The News
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that could prevent Chinese companies from building 5G networks in the US.“The president has made it clear that...
By Peter Harrell
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Democrats and Republicans are freaked out by Chinese 5G technology — but are they just being paranoid?
In The News
Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything, but this week, the parties united to condemn one common enemy: China. The views of President Trump and lawmakers on both si...
By Peter Harrell
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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The Pentagon Is Finally Getting a New Defense Secretary
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The Pacific push: New rotation, thousands more soldiers heading to the region as the Army readies for a new kind of fight
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national security
By Ely Ratner
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Great Power Rivalry Is Also a War For Talent
By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
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Great Power Rivalry Is Also a War For Talent
China’s military is working harder to find and keep good people. The U.S. must step up its own efforts....
By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore
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Helping Special Needs Families and Improving Military Readiness
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Veterans shouldn't have to shoulder VA errors: VA debt collection must be improved
By Kayla M. Williams
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Great Power Rivalry Is Also a War For Talent
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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Cooperation and Fragmentation: Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks on Transatlantic Relations
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Rachel Rizzo & Artis Pabriks
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Expert Opposition to Turkey Acquiring S-400
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?
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ISIS suicide attack targets SDF demining convoy
Islamic State sleeper cells on Monday targeted a demining convoy of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria, deep behind the Kurdish-led forces’ lin...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iran missile photos grant US new picture of threat in Arabian Gulf
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Softens Escalating Iran War Rhetoric
By Richard Fontaine
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ISIS suicide attack targets SDF demining convoy
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As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national security
The United States for years relied on economic interdependence with China as a stabilizing force in relations with Beijing, with business between the two nations forming what ...
By Ely Ratner
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Trump Aims to Prevent Chinese Companies From Building 5G Network in U.S.
By Peter Harrell
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Democrats and Republicans are freaked out by Chinese 5G technology — but are they just being paranoid?
By Peter Harrell
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As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national security
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Democrats and Republicans are freaked out by Chinese 5G technology — but are they just being paranoid?
Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything, but this week, the parties united to condemn one common enemy: China. The views of President Trump and lawmakers on both si...
By Peter Harrell
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Workforce
By Megan Lamberth
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Trump Vs. Huawei: The World Is Watching
By Elsa B. Kania
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Democrats and Republicans are freaked out by Chinese 5G technology — but are they just being paranoid?
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How swarming drones will change warfare
In February, the defence secretary said "swarm squadrons" will be deployed by the British armed forces in the coming years. The US has also been testing interconnected, co-ope...
By Paul Scharre
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on Drones
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How swarming drones will change warfare
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Trump’s Preference for Acting Officials Puts National Security at Risk
President Trump recently announced that his intended nominee for secretary of defense will be Patrick Shanahan, who became—way back in March—America’s longest-serving acting s...
By Carrie Cordero & Joshua A. Geltzer
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Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Implementing the National Defense Strategy Demands Operational Concepts for Defeating Chinese and Russian Aggression
By Chris Dougherty
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Trump’s Preference for Acting Officials Puts National Security at Risk
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Don’t Count on DHS to Resist Trump’s Worst Impulses
Trump is in the midst of a purge at the Department of Homeland Security, evidently aimed at implementing more severe immigration and border security policies. Last week he ous...
By Carrie Cordero & Garrett M. Graff
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WOTR Podcast: Fresh Voices on Grand Strategy
By Emma Ashford, Kate Kizer, Rebecca Friedman Lissner, Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson & Ryan Evans
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New Voices in Grand Strategy
By Richard Fontaine, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Emma Ashford, Hal Brands, Jasen J. Castillo, Kate Kizer, Rebecca Friedman Lissner, Jeremy Shapiro & Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson
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Don’t Count on DHS to Resist Trump’s Worst Impulses
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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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Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis
The federal national security workforce is entering a perfect storm shaped by workforce demographic trends, short-sighted leadership, slow adaptation to modern challenges, and...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Bombshells and Smart Women Talk Security
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How Jeanne Shaheen Fills a Void in Trump’s Foreign Policy
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis
