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Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congress Is Gearing Up for a Bigger Fight With Trump Over Russia PolicyAfter a long delay, the Trump administration finally took the first steps in a legally mandated effort to punish Russia for its use of chemical weapons in the 2018 poisoning o...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Ilan Goldenberg on Iran, Europe, and the United StatesCNAS Senior Fellow and Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend for an in-depth look at the current situation in the ...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Don’t Peg Troop Withdrawals to the Political Calendar
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made news this week by suggesting that President Donald Trump has instructed him to pursue troop reductions in Afghanistan by Election Day 2020....
By Richard Fontaine
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Meeting the Challenge of Secondary Sanctions
The second episode of ECFR’s summer series on strategic sovereignty explores the critical challenge that secondary sanctions pose for Europe, due to the Trump administration’s...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White PaperOn July 24, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued its first new national defense white paper (NDWP) since 2015 (Xinhua). “China’s National Defense in a New Era” attempts...
By Elsa B. Kania & Peter Wood
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Can’t Stop Putin From Poaching U.S. AlliesOn July 17, the United States finally decided to suspend Turkey’s participation in the F-35 fighter jet program, a move made in retaliation for Turkey’s acceptance of the Russ...
By Mark Simakovsky & Edward Fishman
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National Security Human Capital Program
TAP for Reservists Needs to ChangeThe VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 was touted as a major accomplishment to help reduce unemployment among military veterans. It expanded educati...
By Annie Kleiman
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Women in National Security: Sina BeaghleySina Beaghley joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss security clearance reform. Sina is a senior international/defense polic...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Sina Beaghley
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Bombshell: The One With Mara JadeThis week on Bombshell Loren and Erin hold down the fort and ask the brilliant Elsa Kania to explain the new Chinese defense white paper. Britain has a new PM, Pakistan’s visi...
By Elsa B. Kania & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe set to replace Dan Coats as US spy chief
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coa...
By Carrie Cordero
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Technology & National Security
Will Silicon Valley Have to Choose Between End-to-End Crypto and Shutting Down Speech it Hates?Our guests this week are Paul Scharre from the Center for a New American Security and Greg Allen from the Defense Department’s newly formed Joint Artificial Intelligence Cente...
By Paul Scharre
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Reveal China’s Growing Role in Illicit Supply ChainsOn July 18, in the Trump administration’s first punitive measure since Iran announced earlier this month that it would exceed the levels of enriched uranium permitted under th...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The United States Must Compete to Innovate in 5G5G promises exciting possibilities and daunting challenges. This transformative technology will be critical to enabling the fourth industrial revolution, creating new industri...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Populism in America and Abroad with Dr. Sheri Berman
Populism expert Dr. Sheri Berman of Barnard College joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend for a discussion about the history, present, and future of populism in Europe ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Sheri Berman
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
America must invest in expertise and skills to compete with ChinaFor the United States, a smart and serious approach to competition with China requires improving our understanding of this key rival. American strategy must be informed by car...
By Elsa B. Kania
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As Talks Stall, North Korea Appears to Expand Its Nuclear Arsenal
Talks between the U.S. and North Korea raised hopes that Kim Jong Un will stop developing or even surrender his nuclear weapons. But security experts point to satellite images...
By Duyeon Kim
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Innovation in the New Era of Chinese Military PowerChina’s State Council Information Office has just released a new national defense white paper, which is the first since the launch of major military reforms in 2015. This docu...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
North Korea's economyNorth Korea has seized a Russian fishing boat within its territorial waters. The seizure says a lot about the richness of the fisheries off North Korea but also about their im...
By Neil Bhatiya
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CSR Podcast Episode 1: Elizabeth Threlkeld and Neil Bhatiya on Pakistan
What happens in Pakistan is critical to the security and stability of its people, its region, and the world. The inaugural episode of the Council on Strategic Risks Podcast Ne...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
He served in Afghanistan and gives Trump credit for thisJason Dempsey, who served multiple tours in Afghanistan, discusses President Trump's relationship with the South Asian country. Watch the full conversation on CNN....
By Dr. Jason Dempsey