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Why the United States Needs a 355-Ship Navy Now
Jerry Hendrix, Robert C. O'Brien | October 18, 2017
Press Release: CNAS and 21st Century Fox Launch National Security Film & Television Series
Washington, October 18 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and 21st Century Fox (21CF) are pleased to announce the launch of the CNAS-21CF Film Series. The series ...
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'Across the Pond, In the Field': bringing U.S. foreign policy out of the Washington bubble
Like many folks in the nation’s capital, I’m not originally from Washington. I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and return home to the Midwest at least a couple times every y...
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A Space Policy for the Trump Administration
The administration of Donald Trump finds itself in an exciting and challenging position with regard to space. It is the first administration of the 21st century not to have it...
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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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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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#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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CNAS Commentary: Can the U.S.-Philippine Alliance Endure Duterte?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is continuing his anti-American campaign with two latest bombshell statements, first calling for the fewer than 200 American Special Opera...
By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin & Anthony Cho
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A Space Policy for the Trump Administration
The administration of Donald Trump finds itself in an exciting and challenging position with regard to space. It is the first administration of the 21st century not to have it...
By Jerry Hendrix & Adam Routh
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Why the United States Needs a 355-Ship Navy Now
By Jerry Hendrix & Robert C. O'Brien
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CNAS Commentary: Prospects for a Defense Budget Deal
By Susanna V. Blume
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A Space Policy for the Trump Administration
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Trump's Nov visit can be his defining moment in Asia
United States President Donald Trump's first official visit to East Asia next month is historic in its combination of low expectations and high potential impact. The President...
By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
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What the World Can Learn from Taiwan's China Experience
By Dr. Daniel Kliman & Harry Krejsa
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Uncle Sam is here to stay
By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump's Nov visit can be his defining moment in Asia
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“If You’ve Never Been in Combat, You Can’t Even Imagine”
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly gave a remarkable performance at Thursday’s White House press briefing, deploying his record of service and sacrifice to defend President Trump’...
By Phillip Carter
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Questionable Calls
By Phillip Carter
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Women in National Security: Dr. Nora Bensahel
By Julianne Smith
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“If You’ve Never Been in Combat, You Can’t Even Imagine”
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'Across the Pond, In the Field': bringing U.S. foreign policy out of the Washington bubble
Like many folks in the nation’s capital, I’m not originally from Washington. I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and return home to the Midwest at least a couple times every y...
By Julianne Smith
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National Competition in Artificial Intelligence
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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Report: Russia Continues to Use Nuclear Threats to Intimidate Neighbors
By Richard Fontaine
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'Across the Pond, In the Field': bringing U.S. foreign policy out of the Washington bubble
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Iraqi Forces Clash With Kurdish Fighters Near Kirkuk
Iraqi forces clashed with fighters from the Kurdish semiautonomous region in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk early Monday, Iraqi and Kurdish officials said, in a standoff over...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump, U.S. allies disagree on Iran nuclear deal
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump de-certifies Iran nuclear deal, announces more sanctions against Iran
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iraqi Forces Clash With Kurdish Fighters Near Kirkuk
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Trump, U.S. allies disagree on Iran nuclear deal
Ilan Goldenberg joins CBSN to explain what President Trump's decision to not recertify the Iran nuclear deal means for U.S. foreign relations, as key allies France, Germany an...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Kicks Iran Deal to Congress
By Ilan Goldenberg
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PODCAST: Trump decertifies Iran nuclear deal: What happens now?
By Ilan Goldenberg, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Julianne Smith
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Trump, U.S. allies disagree on Iran nuclear deal
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The Policy Dimension of Leading in AI
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is creating new challenges for law, policy, and governance at domestic and international levels. Although advances in AI could caus...
By Elsa B. Kania
- CNAS Event: A Conversation with Sir Adrian Fulford, UK Investigatory Powers Commissioner
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Army Prepares for Complex, Lethal Battlefields of the Future
By Paul Scharre
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The Policy Dimension of Leading in AI
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UAS are everywhere, and it takes all types of technology to defeat them
The drone buzzed over U.S. ground troops in southern Syria. It was big, about the size of a Predator, and it was armed. Without warning, it fired. The munition “hit dirt,” a P...
By Paul Scharre
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The Collapsing Battlespace: NATO–Russian Nuclear Stability in an Era of Technological Upheaval
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial Drones
By Jeremy Hsu, Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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UAS are everywhere, and it takes all types of technology to defeat them
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The Necessity of Questioning the Military
On Thursday morning, I planned to write a pointed screed decrying President Trump’s propensity to view the military community as a problem he can buy off with a check. Then, o...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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A Tale of Two Speeches
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Can't Just Walk Away From the Iran Deal. It's Not an Atlantic City Casino.
By Susanna V. Blume
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The Necessity of Questioning the Military
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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
- National Security Forum: Civilian-Military Relations
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Press Release: Three CNAS Next Generation National Security Alumni Among 2017–2018 White House Fellows Class
