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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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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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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
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Choose your own adventure: The Next President's Voyage in the South China SeaTwo days ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague issued a truly stunning and long-anticipated ruling in the Philippines vs. China case over the South China ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Forging a Consensus on China’s BullyingThe Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has handed the United States a unique opportunity to rally opposition to China’s designs in the South China Sea and to preserve...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
Game of Drones: What Happens When Everyone Has Killer Robots?At the end of June, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released a report counting U.S. counterterrorism drone strikes outside areas of active hostilities and resultin...
By Alexandra Sander
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Not Your Average NATO Summit
Often to the dismay of the policymakers that spend months of their lives preparing for them, NATO summits rarely garner much attention on either side of the Atlantic. To the e...
By Julianne Smith
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Opinion: A four-point strategy for defeating the Islamic State
There are two theaters in the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and they are not defined by international borders. The first is “ISIS-stan” in western Iraq an...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Michèle Flournoy
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How to Crash Putin’s Brexit Party
For decades, NATO and the European Union have silently worked in unison. The former required a foundation of European unity, and the EU to a significant extent provided that, ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Don't Scrap America's Alliances. Fix Them.
Does the United States benefit from having allies? In recent months, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has voiced skepticism about the value of co...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Will China React to the Gavel Coming Down in the South China Sea?Rising tensions in the South China Sea have cast a pall over many actors and issues, but not international law. Indeed, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN...
By Harry Krejsa & Patrick M. Cronin
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How Brexit Will Change the World
The results of the Brexit referendum are in, and it is chaos. The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron is stepping down. The Dow Jones ha...
By Julianne Smith
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Technology & National Security
Adam Klein Discusses the Security Implications of BrexitThe British referendum to leave the European Union is a massive shock to the European political order. But what are its implications for U.S. foreign policy? Conventional w...
By Adam Klein
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
Au Revoir QDRWhatever version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) emerges from the House-Senate conference process later this year, it seems likely that the 20-year old Quadre...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Put the X-47B Back to Work — As a TankerSalty Dog 501 and 502 sit silent in their hangars, their expected contributions to naval aviation unfulfilled. Before the Navy spends time and money ginning up another expensi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Commentary: What happens if pope rejects 'just war' theory?
Recent events in Rome indicate that some influential figures in the Vatican want Pope Francis to use his next encyclical to jettison the "just war" theory as the way the churc...
By Elbridge Colby
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National Security Human Capital / Transatlantic Security
It’s Time to Declare Our Independence from Russian RocketsLast week, the Pentagon sent a letter to Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., an influential legislator when it comes to American space policy. Within the letter, Deputy Defense Secretar...
By Jerry Hendrix