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How Trump Can Stop the Four Famines

Richard Fontaine | August 25, 2017

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Phillip Carter on The Rachel Maddow Show Discusses President Trump's Afghanistan Speech

Philip Carter, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Military, Veterans, and Society Program, talks with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about why the lack of details in Donald Trump's...

CNAS Next Generation National Security Leaders Program Accepting Applications for 2018 Class

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that it is accepting applications for the 2018 class of the Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship....

Middle East Security

CNAS Press Note: Kushner’s Visit to the Middle East

White House Advisor Jared Kushner is currently in the Middle East, meeting with leaders from the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. As Kushner heads...

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