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A Realistic Path for Progress on Iran
Eric Brewer, Elisa Catalano Ewers, Ilan Goldenberg, Peter Harrell, Nicholas Heras, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ariane Tabatabai | January 29, 2019
Renewing the National Security Consensus in Congress
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has announced a major new initiative, Renewing the National Security Consensus in Congress. The project will promote bipartisan c...
Technology & National Security
Understanding China's AI Strategy
Introduction In the second half of 2018, I traveled to China on four separate trips to attend major diplomatic, military, and private-sector conferences focusing on Artificial...
Asia-Pacific Security
Negotiating With North Korea
Executive Summary After a year of historic summits and negotiations, North Korea’s future remains mired in uncertainty. Kim Jong Un, in the lead-up his second summit with Pres...
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Jihadist defeat, US Syria pullout on table at coalition talks
In The News
Defence ministers from the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group meet on Friday in Munich to discuss how to reorganise in Syria after the defeat of the last pocket...
By Nicholas Heras
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The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
In The News
A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead — highlighting one of the central problems of President Donald...
By Eric Brewer
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India's emergence as world's largest, most vibrant democracy is exceptional: Indian envoy
In The News
The emergence of India as the world's largest democracy and perhaps the most vibrant one post the World War-II is indeed exceptional, a top Indian diplomat has said. Part of I...
By Richard Fontaine
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US House approves full American withdrawal from Yemen
In The News
In an unprecedented move, the US House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a resolution halting the US role in Yemen and directly challenging President Donald Trump’s mil...
By Nicholas Heras
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Which Country Owns Data? Increasingly, It's China
In The News
To understand how rapidly the global datasphere – the amount of data around the world that is created, captured, and replicated online – is growing, consider one word: zettaby...
By Paul Scharre
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Democrats could stymie nuclear arms race after US leaves pact
Congress can do little to halt the U.S. withdrawal from a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, if President Donald Trump is determined to do so. But Democrats could have o...
By Elbridge Colby
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Testimony on “Investing in America’s Economic and National Security”
By Steven Kosiak
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Democrats could stymie nuclear arms race after US leaves pact
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India's emergence as world's largest, most vibrant democracy is exceptional: Indian envoy
The emergence of India as the world's largest democracy and perhaps the most vibrant one post the World War-II is indeed exceptional, a top Indian diplomat has said. Part of I...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Global Battle Over 5G: Trump And Huawei
By Gregory C. Allen
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Negotiating With North Korea
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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India's emergence as world's largest, most vibrant democracy is exceptional: Indian envoy
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
Gen. Joe Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has finished his new edition of the National Military strategy — but currently has no plans to roll out a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Congress Should Vigorously Oversee Implementation of the Mission Act
By Kayla M. Williams
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Recruiting soldiers
By Emma Moore
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
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Dr. John Manza on NATO Readiness, NATO’s Iraq Mission, and Challenges Facing NATO Today
Dr. John Manza, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Operations, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of NATO readiness, NATO’s training mi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Dr. John Manza
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In Mattis’s Shadow, Acting Pentagon Chief Tries to Reassure NATO Allies
By Rachel Rizzo & Jim Townsend
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In NATO debut, acting Pentagon chief promises unity to skeptical Europe
By Jim Townsend
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Dr. John Manza on NATO Readiness, NATO’s Iraq Mission, and Challenges Facing NATO Today
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Jihadist defeat, US Syria pullout on table at coalition talks
Defence ministers from the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group meet on Friday in Munich to discuss how to reorganise in Syria after the defeat of the last pocket...
By Nicholas Heras
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The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
By Eric Brewer
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US House approves full American withdrawal from Yemen
By Nicholas Heras
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Jihadist defeat, US Syria pullout on table at coalition talks
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There could be a 'real legal mess' in Venezuela: Analyst
Rachel Ziemba of Ziemba Insights says there is "quite a wide range" of scenarios that could materialize in Venezuela, but what's clear to her is that oil output from the count...
By Rachel Ziemba
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We Can’t Tell if Chinese Firms Work for the Party
By Ashley Feng
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North Korea and America’s Second Summit: Here’s What Ashley Feng Thinks Will Happen
By Ashley Feng
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There could be a 'real legal mess' in Venezuela: Analyst
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Which Country Owns Data? Increasingly, It's China
To understand how rapidly the global datasphere – the amount of data around the world that is created, captured, and replicated online – is growing, consider one word: zettaby...
By Paul Scharre
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The Global Battle Over 5G: Trump And Huawei
By Gregory C. Allen
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White House AI Executive Order and DoD AI Strategy
By Robert O. Work, Paul Scharre, Gregory C. Allen, Kara Frederick, Michael Horowitz & Elsa B. Kania
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Which Country Owns Data? Increasingly, It's China
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
How will emerging technologies shape the conduct and consequences of war? And how will they impact civilian security? Today on Displaced, Loren DeJonge Schulman and Erin Simps...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on Drones
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Resisting Magical Thinking: Drones and National Security
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
Gen. Joe Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has finished his new edition of the National Military strategy — but currently has no plans to roll out a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Even some Republicans balk as Trump targets US spy chiefs
By Carrie Cordero
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
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The Pentagon’s National Military Strategy is done, and it’s unclear if the public will ever see it
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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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Nancy Pelosi and Theresa May are Leading on Borrowed Time
Prime Minister Theresa May and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, two female politicians on either side of the Atlantic, each managed to stave off challenges to their leadersh...
By Livia Godaert & Chris Estep
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Bombshell: Come What May
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Lindsay Cohn, Radha Iyengar & Erin Simpson
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With Haley’s departure, senior Trump ranks feature even fewer women and minorities
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Nancy Pelosi and Theresa May are Leading on Borrowed Time
