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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
How the Defense Budget Could Actually Increase (Slightly)Once all is said and done, it is more likely that defense spending will end up growing rather than shrinking....
By Diem Salmon
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The President (Probably) Isn’t Going To Nuke Anything This Week
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The idea that presidents are able to use nuclear weapons in any way they personally desire is not correct....
By Tom Shugart
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Defense Priorities Under Biden
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Richard Fontaine and Robert O. Work join the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston to discuss the Biden Pentagon and the future of U.S. defense. Watch the full conversatio...
By Richard Fontaine & Robert O. Work
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A Joint Warfighting Concept for Systems Warfare
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Future combat between peer and near-peer adversaries will be characterized, dominated, and decided by the collision of opposing systems of systems....
By Robert O. Work
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Small, Distributed, and Secure: A New Basing Architecture for the Middle East
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A rethink of U.S. basing architecture is needed....
By Becca Wasser & Aaron Stein
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: 20202020 featured an ever-evolving series of national security challenges....
By Sam Dorshimer, Nathalie Grogan, Emily Jin, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Bad Idea: The “Use-It-Or-Lose-It” Law for DoD Spending
Congress can significantly improve the effectiveness of defense spending by changing this “use it or lose it” law....
By Robert F. Hale
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Finding Strength in Decline
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The United States must prepare for a new era of great-power competition....
By Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Jr.
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Like Your Brain Has Just Gone To the Gym (Wargaming Room)
A Better Peace welcomes Chris Dougherty and Becca Wasser from The Gaming Lab at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). Chris and Becca join host Ken Gilliam in our speci...
By Chris Dougherty & Becca Wasser
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Air Force Structure in the Next National Defense Strategy
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At present, the Air Force is both too small to meet current combatant command requirements and too large to remain ready and modernized under its current budget....
By General Mike Holmes, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
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Moving Beyond A2/AD
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The next National Defense Strategy should reconceptualize the military challenges China and Russia pose....
By Chris Dougherty
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Back to the Future: Transforming the U.S. Army for High-Intensity Warfare in the 21st Century
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The Army’s transformation remains a work in progress and potential pitfalls still lurk on the horizon....
By Billy Fabian
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Next Generation Defense Strategy: Missile Defense
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The next administration needs to more fully consider missile defense in the context of strategic deterrence....
By Sarah Mineiro
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Making Critical Choices for Better Posture Approaches
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The U.S. Department of Defense must make critical choices in the next NDS to better link strategic objectives with posture in support of U.S. interests....
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: The Next Four YearsAmerica will face a range of national security challenges over the next four years. From sustaining military deterrence to bolstering the nation's economic leadership and more...
By Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Retooling U.S. Security Sector Assistance
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One of America’s most important foreign policy tools is not fit for purpose....
By Stephen Tankel & Tommy Ross
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Conventional-Nuclear Integration in the Next National Defense Strategy
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The next NDS must build on the limited progress that has been made to integrate conventional and nuclear strategy, planning, doctrine, and capabilities....
By John K. Warden
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Defense / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Sharper: U.S. Strategy in the Middle EastCNAS experts are sharpening the conversation surrounding the future of U.S. strategy in the Middle East....
By Kaleigh Thomas, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Space Force should break the mold in recruiting and retaining talent
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We need a diverse talent pool that better reflects America in 2020....
By Eric Fanning
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Reshaping the U.S. Military with a New Force Planning Construct
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The nation is falling short, and the Department of Defense (DoD) can and must do more to help close the gap....
By James N. Miller
