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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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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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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
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Australia’s Ambivalence Makes It Vulnerable
With Washington’s rising focus on Asia, America’s close and longstanding alliance with Australia has taken on new significance. Australia today is boosting its military streng...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Beijing's Go Big or Go Home Moment in the South China SeaChina is preparing for its go or go home moment in the South China Sea and it appears they have chosen the right time to make a play for regional and, ultimately, global domin...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The nuclear mission must stay manned
A lot of things can and should be automated—but nuclear bombers are not one of them. Unfortunately, it’s not clear that Moscow agrees.Reports surfaced in July that Russia has ...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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National Security Human Capital
What’s Really Going On With Veteran Employment?After 15 years of war, there are big questions over how well the men and women who serve the country are faring after military service. The Center for a New American Security ...
By Amy Schafer & Andrew Swick
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
'Rocket attack' threat highlights terror risk faced by prosperous AsiaNews of a plot to launch a rocket from Indonesia's Batam towards Singapore's glitzy Marina Bay area offers insight into the evolving terrorism threat to Asia. Indonesian count...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Is Primacy Overrated?
Power can be both absolute and relative. A state's absolute power can increase while its relative power declines; or its absolute power can diminish while its relative power i...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Nuclear Weapons Aren’t Just For the Worst Case Scenario
Recent reports suggest that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insistently asked an anonymous foreign-policy expert why the United States should not u...
By Elbridge Colby
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Technology & National Security
What Europe Got Wrong About the NSAOver the last several years, as western Europe has been hit by Islamist terrorist attack after Islamist terrorist attack, Germany has largely avoided the violence. But the ref...
By Adam Klein & Michèle Flournoy
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Technology & National Security
Who’ll want artificially intelligent weapons? ISIS, democracies, or autocracies?One of the biggest fears about the nexus of artificial intelligence and the military is that machine learning—a type of artificial intelligence that allows computers to learn ...
By Michael Horowitz
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Poland, Not Brexit, Is the Real Threat to Europe's Unity
What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2015, Poland enjoyed more influence in Europe than at any point in its history. After reforming and growing its economy in the ...
By Adam Twardowski
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A Thaw in the US-New Zealand Nuclear Freeze
The visit of a U.S. Navy warship to New Zealand in November will mark the close of a 30 year period of security estrangement between two democratic nations. Announced during V...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Fact Sheet: A NATO Primer
Washington, July 27 – As NATO’s purpose and value continues to be debated throughout the U.S. election campaign, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Strategy and Statecr...
By Adam Twardowski & Julianne Smith
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Parting the South China SeaJuly 12, 2016, marked a turning point in the long-standing disputes over the South China Sea. After more than three years of proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration,...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Amidst Brexit concerns, increased NATO-EU cooperation
Just two weeks after the United Kingdom’s historic vote to the leave the European Union (EU), Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) co...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Rodrigo Duterte’s Turn in the South China SeaA tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) recently released its long-awaited judgment in the Philippines vs. China case. The case is the culmination of years of c...
By Harry Krejsa