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Lessons from the Cold War: Why Man’s First Trip to Mars is a Matter of National Security
In a National Interest op-ed, research associate Adam Routh uses examples from the Cold War to explain why spaced-based national security investments are vital to improving na...
By Adam Routh
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American Strategy and the Six Phases of Grief
In War on the Rocks, senior fellow Paul Scharre writes an op-ed discussing the military's phasing strategy and why it's no longer effective for today's challenges....
By Paul Scharre
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Don't Shoot Iran's Naval Provocateurs
In recent weeks, Iranian ships have harassed a number of American vessels in the crowded waters of the Persian Gulf. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has responded...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
Decryption Mandates and Global Internet Freedom: Toward a Pragmatic ApproachSenior fellow Adam Klein covers some key points discussed in his latest essay on the possibility of a U.S. decryption mandate in Lawfare....
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
Decryption Mandates And Global Internet FreedomSenior fellow Adam Klein writes an essay proposing key questions about the potentials of a U.S. decryption mandate at the Hoover Institution....
By Adam Klein
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Will Kim Jong-un Exploit U.S. and South Korean Elections?
In a National Interest op-ed, senior fellow Patrick Cronin analyzes the strategies needed to uphold American influence and deter any North Korean electoral exploitation in the...
By Patrick Cronin
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National Security Human Capital Program
Support Military Families, Don't Abandon ThemIn a National Interest op-ed, research assistant Amy Schafer explains why advancing veterans and their families is something both parties should support....
By Amy Schafer
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Broke Down and Tied to the Pier – the U.S. Naval Fleet Is in Dire Need of Reinforcement
At this moment the nation’s newest and most expensive aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, which cost $13 billion, has two of its four main turbine generators out of comm...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Technology & National Security
The Ethics & Morality of Robotic Warfare: Assessing the Debate over Autonomous WeaponsThere is growing concern in some quarters that the drones used by the United States and others represent precursors to the further automation of military force through the use...
By Michael Horowitz
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Why NATO Isn't a Threat to Russia
Russia’s apologists blame the United States for the recent deterioration of U.S.-Russia relations by arguing that if Washington had shown greater respect for Russia’s interest...
By Adam Twardowski
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National Security Human Capital Program
The GOP’s stance on the train tracks of history against women in the militaryAmidst the drama of the Republican convention, the nation missed the passage of a historically conservative platform, which included a call to roll back the Barack Obama admin...
By Andrew Swick
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China's Artificial Islands Are Bigger (And a Bigger Deal) Than You Think
Surely you have heard the news — China has been dredging up coral reefs and creating artificial islands in the South China Sea with the purpose of enforcing their claims...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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The Real War of Ideas
In A Provincial’s Story, published in 1896, Chekhov has a particularly devastating portrait of the muzhiks, the Russian peasants, that in its own way demonstrates all the intr...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Leaving the “Gray Zone”: The U.S. Need to Fight Aggression Below Conventional War
The Commander-in-Chief Forum featuring Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s thoughts on national security missed an opportunity to engage the candidates on the gray zo...
By Lauren Fish
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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 Patrick M. Cronin & Anthony Cho
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Time to update our view of National Guard
Fifteen years ago today, on September 11, 2001, members of the Air National Guard leapt into action -- scrambling F-16s, putting their lives at risk, and serving as the vangua...
By Wendy R. Anderson
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Preventing Nuclear War with North Korea
Few anticipated that 2016 would see such unprecedented missile and nuclear testing in North Korea, most recently its fifth and largest ever test, reportedly coming in at 10 ki...
By Van Jackson
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Fragile States and the Next President
The combination of proliferating global challenges and constrained domestic appetite and resources to address them will pose a fundamental dilemma for the next administration....
By Michèle Flournoy
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How to increase the pressure on the Syrian government
Five years into Syria’s bloody civil war, it is clear that there is no appetite in Washington or European capitals for a more muscular military intervention to stop the Assad ...
By Peter Harrell
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Al Qaeda Is Gaining Strength in Syria
The struggle for Aleppo poses an awful threat for the United States. The ongoing battle for what was once Syria’s second-largest city has united two of the most prominent oppo...
By Nicholas Heras