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Dispelling the Myth of Women in Special Operations
Nicole Alexander, Lyla Kohistany | March 19, 2019
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Contested Spaces
As the competition between the United States and China to shape the course of the 21st century intensifies, Southeast Asia has become a contested space....
Asia-Pacific Security
The Autocrat’s New Tool Kit
Chinese authorities are now using the tools of big data to detect departures from “normal” behavior among Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang region—and then to identify each su...
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Bolstering Congressional Support for NATO
In January, The New York Times reported that President Trump suggested to senior advisors several times over the course of the previous year that he might withdraw the United ...
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US reacts to Chinese and Russian Arctic Activity, Pompeo to attend Arctic Council Meeting
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Just weeks after the US Coast Guard secured funding for a new and long-awaited icebreaker and the US Navy announced that it plans to sail multiple vessels through the Arctic O...
By Jim Townsend
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German Defense Spending Is Falling Even Shorter. The U.S. Isn’t Happy.
In The News
Germany, which had already announced that it will fall significantly short of NATO’s defense spending goals, annoying the United States, risks provoking Washington further by ...
By Julianne Smith
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U.S. Campaign to Ban Huawei Overseas Stumbles as Allies Resist
In The News
The Trump administration’s aggressive campaignto prevent countries from using Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications equipment in their next-generation wireless networks ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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China and the US are locked in a crucial battle for space domination
In The News
Fifty years after the first moon landing, an American triumph that gripped the world, China marked the start of 2019 with its own lunar achievement. Chang’e-4, a Chinese probe...
By Elsa B. Kania
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How swarming drones will change warfare
In The News
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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WOTR Podcast: Civil-Military Relations Gone Wild?
Debates over civil-military relations have reached a fever pitch since the 2016 presidential campaign and the beginning of the Trump administration. Many have focused on the t...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Steven Foster, Alice Hunt Friend & Ryan Evans
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Sayers and Colby at The Heritage Foundation: The Indo-Pacific after INF
By Elbridge Colby, Eric Sayers & Jeff M. Smith
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CNAS’ Dougherty on New American Way of War Project
By Chris Dougherty
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WOTR Podcast: Civil-Military Relations Gone Wild?
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US needs to do more to win in the competition with China in South-east Asia: American think tank
South-east Asia has emerged as a key arena of competition between China and the United States, but the Trump administration has fallen short in engaging with the region, said ...
By Daniel Kliman
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A Rising China Is Driving the U.S. Army’s New Game Plan in the Pacific
By Ely Ratner
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Contested Spaces
By Patrick M. Cronin, Abigail Grace, Daniel Kliman & Kristine Lee
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US needs to do more to win in the competition with China in South-east Asia: American think tank
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The Necessary Impact of Captain Marvel on the Military
"Captain Marvel" is behind the times for the military and for superheroes; and it is the movie we deserve. It tells us what we already knew: that women serve (admirably, succe...
By Emma Moore
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Dispelling the Myth of Women in Special Operations
By Nicole Alexander & Lyla Kohistany
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WOTR Podcast: Civil-Military Relations Gone Wild?
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Steven Foster, Alice Hunt Friend & Ryan Evans
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The Necessary Impact of Captain Marvel on the Military
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Josef Janning on the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship
Josef Janning, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of ECFR Berlin, joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of the transatlantic relationship, U.S.-Ger...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Josef Janning
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Bolstering Congressional Support for NATO
By Rachel Rizzo & Carrie Cordero
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US reacts to Chinese and Russian Arctic Activity, Pompeo to attend Arctic Council Meeting
By Jim Townsend
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Josef Janning on the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship
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No One Wants to Help Bashar al-Assad Rebuild Syria
When the Syrian conflict began, in March 2011, Bashar al-Assad seemed likely to be ousted, like other strongmen swept away by the Arab Spring. Eight years later, Assad is stil...
By Nicholas Heras
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Eight years on, Assad clings on but beleaguered
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S.-Backed Forces Are Holding 2,000 Suspected ISIS Fighters in Syria
By Nicholas Heras
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No One Wants to Help Bashar al-Assad Rebuild Syria
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Russian oligarch and Putin ally sues Treasury, demands lifting of U.S. sanctions
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska sued the Treasury Department and Secretary Steven Mnuchin in U.S. federal court to demand the lifting of remaining U.S. sanctions against hi...
By Peter Harrell
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Cuba: The Next Rift in the Transatlantic Relationship?
By John Hughes
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Trump officials warn more Iran sanctions are coming
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Russian oligarch and Putin ally sues Treasury, demands lifting of U.S. sanctions
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Kara Frederick on Fox & Friends: What happens when next generation tech falls into the wrong hands?
Kara Frederick, associate fellow in the CNAS Technology and National Security program, joins Fox News' Fox & Friends to discuss her Wall Street Journal essay, "The Authori...
By Kara Frederick
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China and the US are locked in a crucial battle for space domination
By Elsa B. Kania
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How swarming drones will change warfare
By Paul Scharre
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Kara Frederick on Fox & Friends: What happens when next generation tech falls into the wrong hands?
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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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Far-Right Extremism and the Christchurch Massacre: Adapting to New Threats
Within 24 hours of the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand—in which an Australian assailant murdered 50 people attending worship services at two mosques—the public reaction ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Post-CHAOS Homework on Civil-Military Relations
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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‘America First’ or America alone? In debut on world stage, acting Pentagon chief must answer for Trump.
By Richard Fontaine & Elbridge Colby
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Far-Right Extremism and the Christchurch Massacre: Adapting to New Threats
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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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How Jeanne Shaheen Fills a Void in Trump’s Foreign Policy
It’s not easy being one of the few women to play a senior role in the making of American foreign policy. Twenty-five months into his presidency, Donald Trump’s national securi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Nancy Pelosi and Theresa May are Leading on Borrowed Time
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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How Jeanne Shaheen Fills a Void in Trump’s Foreign Policy
