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Defense / National Security Law
What Congress Should Do with the 2020 Defense BudgetSummary There are many things that the administration’s 2020 defense budget request gets right. However, the proposal remains too focused on both the size of the joint force a...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Counterintelligence Responsibilities and the 2020 Election: What Are the Rules of the Road?
The attorney general has now directed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to examine how the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election bega...
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump’s Preference for Acting Officials Puts National Security at Risk
President Trump recently announced that his intended nominee for secretary of defense will be Patrick Shanahan, who became—way back in March—America’s longest-serving acting s...
By Carrie Cordero & Joshua A. Geltzer
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Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis
The federal national security workforce is entering a perfect storm shaped by workforce demographic trends, short-sighted leadership, slow adaptation to modern challenges, and...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Bombshells and Smart Women Talk Security
RAND’s Radha Iyengar Plumb, CNAS’s Loren DeJonge Schulman (two of the Bombshell podcast hosts), and CSIS’s Alice Hunt Friend discuss mentoring young women (and men) and what i...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Transatlantic Security / National Security Law
Nancy Pelosi and Theresa May are Leading on Borrowed TimePrime 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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Defense / National Security Law
Bombshell: Come What MayErin, Radha, and Loren invited Dr. Lindsay Cohn of the U.S. Naval War College to join their posse and explain America’s history of employing the military for domestic purposes...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Lindsay Cohn, Radha Iyengar & Erin Simpson
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The Messy Reality Inside the Pentagon, Captured in Fiction
“Thank you for your service” is one of the most frequently uttered phrases to those toiling in Americans’ most trusted, but least understood, institution: the United States mi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Women In National Security: Morgan Ortagus and Samantha Vinograd
Samantha Vinograd and Morgan Ortagus join the CNAS Women in National Security podcast to discuss their careers in national security, the private sector, and media, their evolv...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Samantha Vinograd & Morgan Ortagus
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Women in National Security: Jennifer Griffin
Launching the second chapter in the Women in National Security podcast series, Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin talks with CNAS Senior Fellow Loren De...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Jennifer Griffin
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Nicole PilkusNicole Pilkus, Deputy Director of the Maritime Safety Office National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, talks with CNAS expert Julie Smith about her career in the defense indust...
By Julianne Smith & Nicole Pilkus
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Amanda SloatAmanda Sloat of the Brookings Institution shares what it's like working as a woman in national security....
By Dr. Amanda Sloat
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Women in National Security: Laura Rosenberger
Laura Rosenburger, former foreign policy advisor for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign, discusses the misconceptions women have about working in national security....
By Laura Rosenberger
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Emma AshfordEmma Ashford, a Cato Institute research fellow with expertise in international security and the politics of energy, shares her experiences working as a woman in national secur...
By Emma Ashford
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Mara KarlinMara Karlin, a nonresident senior fellow in the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, discusses the roadblocks that kee...
By Mara Karlin & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Alina PolyakovaAlina Polyakova, the David Rubenstein Fellow for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, discusses the options available to women who want to work in national security....
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Julie Smith, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kate KidderCNAS experts Kate Kidder, Julie Smith, and Loren DeJonge Schulman discuss why they launched the women in national security project, what they've learned, and their personal st...
By Julianne Smith, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Katherine Kidder
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Alice Hunt FriendCNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Alice Friend Hunt speaks on the importance of self-confidence and the ways in which men can help women succeed in national security....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Alice Hunt Friend
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Kate BatemanKate Bateman is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. Bateman was the lead author...
By Kate Bateman & Rachel Rizzo
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National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Yasmin FarukiFormer CNAS Executive Intern Yasmin Faruki shares her thoughts on beginning a career in national security as a woman of color and the importance of seeking out challenges....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Yasmin Faruki