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Watch: "Army of None" Book Launch Event
Paul Scharre | April 09, 2018
Technology & National Security
Soldier Protection Today
Introduction The Super Soldiers series examines opportunities to improve dismounted soldier survivability in the near-, mid-, and far-term through changes to policies, improve...
Energy, Economics, & Security
U.S. Geopolitical Challenges and Opportunities in the Era of Lower Oil Prices
Executive Summary Since late 2014, new oil supply and Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decisions have pushed global prices down and ushered in a new er...
CNAS Welcomes Ely Ratner as Vice President and Director of Studies and Shawn Turner as Director of Communication
Washington, D.C. April 26 2018 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce today that Ely Ratner has joined the Center as the new Vice President and...
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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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Danish Minister of Finance Talks Transatlantic Trade, Danish Defense, and Nord Stream 2
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Ambassador Gérard Araud on President Macron’s Upcoming Visit to Washington
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Norwegian Deputy Minister of Defense on Russia and NATO’s Evolving Maritime Posture
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Women In National Security: Morgan Ortagus and Samantha Vinograd
Our Research Programs
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CNAS’ Hendrix, Routh on ‘Building the Future Force’ Report, Future-Force Planning
Jerry Hendrix, PhD, Defense Program director and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Adam Routh, a research associate with the program, discuss CNAS’&...
By Jerry Hendrix & Adam Routh
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Will our next war be fought among the stars?
By Robert O. Work
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Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work With the Pentagon
By Robert O. Work & Elsa B. Kania
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CNAS’ Hendrix, Routh on ‘Building the Future Force’ Report, Future-Force Planning
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An Unpredictable Trump and a Risk-Prone Kim Mean High Stakes and Mismatched Expectations
When Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear historian who has studied crises and breakthroughs dating to the earliest Cold War arms races, tried to imagine the possible outcomes of Presi...
By Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Will China’s New Trade/Debt Diplomacy Strategy Reshape The World?
By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
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Transcript: Discussion on Growing Gray Zone Challenges in the East China Sea
By Cara Abercrombie, Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, Jonathan W. Greenert, Dr. Daniel Kliman & Yuki Tatsumi
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An Unpredictable Trump and a Risk-Prone Kim Mean High Stakes and Mismatched Expectations
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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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Lack of leadership in DoD’s personnel and readiness office could be detrimental, analysts say
By Andrew Swick
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The Navy's Secret Wish: Bring Back the Old F-14 Tomcat from the Dead?
By Robert O. Work
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The (Mostly) Good News on Women in Combat
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Danish Minister of Finance Talks Transatlantic Trade, Danish Defense, and Nord Stream 2
Danish Minister of Finance Kristian Jensen discusses the uncertain future of TTIP, the Danish decision to increase defense spending, the challenge of Nord Stream 2 to European...
By Julianne Smith, Jim Townsend & Kristian Jensen
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Can Obama’s National Security Braintrust Get Elected in the Age of Trump?
By Julianne Smith
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The Dish | April 24, 2018
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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Danish Minister of Finance Talks Transatlantic Trade, Danish Defense, and Nord Stream 2
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Can Macron Keep Trump From Shredding the Iran Deal?
As if the upcoming nuclear summit with North Korea, the latest U.S. intervention in Syria, and President Trump’s controversial new national security team weren’t generating en...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Bolton dealing to build an Arab military force in Syria
By Nicholas Heras
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Syria: US in talks over Arab force to replace American troops
By Nicholas Heras
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Can Macron Keep Trump From Shredding the Iran Deal?
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Congress should kickstart the response to virtual currencies
Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are no longer just a technological novelty or a speculative bubble. They are affecting U.S. national security. To face their potential thr...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Edoardo Saravalle
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U.S. Geopolitical Challenges and Opportunities in the Era of Lower Oil Prices
By Dr. David Gordon, Divya Reddy, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle
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Don't Let Up on North Korea Now
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Congress should kickstart the response to virtual currencies
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The future of war will be fought by machines, but will humans still be in charge?
Drone swarms. Self-driving tanks. Autonomous sentry guns. Sometimes it seems like the future of warfare arrived on our doorstep overnight, and we’ve all been caught unprepared...
By Paul Scharre
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The first drone warship just joined the Navy and now nearly every element of it is classified
By Paul Scharre
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Why are Militants Using Drones? UAV Weapons have Spread Far Beyond Nation States
By Paul Scharre
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The future of war will be fought by machines, but will humans still be in charge?
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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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How will the global effort to expel diplomats affect Russia?
Sixty Russian diplomats are being kicked out of the U.S. in a bid to punish the Kremlin for an attack on a former Russian spy in the UK. Is that the right response? Nick Schif...
By Victoria Nuland
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American Strategy for a New International Order
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Rebecca Friedman Lissner & Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper
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John Bolton thinks he can be tough. Can he also be fair?
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How will the global effort to expel diplomats affect Russia?
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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
