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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
In Japan’s defense change, context is everythingWASHINGTON/HONOLULU – The announcement by Japan’s government that it will reinterpret the country’s constitution and permit a greater range of military activity has evoked rea...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
The Case for U.S. Arms Sales to VietnamWhen Beijing built a deep-sea drilling platform squarely in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone earlier this summer, it once again flouted widely accepted rules and sought to ex...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Video: Eighth Annual Conference: Closing Remarks
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
Rebuilding Bipartisan Consensus on National SecurityPolitics, despite the saying, has never really stopped at the water’s edge. But these days, it seems, policymakers cannot even get to the beach before the sniping begins. The ...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
Fontaine: Afghanistan Announcement is One Step Forward, Two Steps BackThe President’s decision to retain an initial residual force in Afghanistan of 9,800 troops represents a step forward in America’s efforts to succeed in that country. But his ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: Evolving Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific RegionBy Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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U.S. Should Resist, Reinforce and Reassure in Face of Ukraine Crisis
In invading Crimea and pushing Russia and Ukraine to the brink of war, President Vladimir Putin has issued a profound challenge to the vision of a Europe whole, free and at pe...
By Richard Fontaine
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Three Foreign Policy Opportunities in 2014
A glance at any newspaper will reveal the daunting list of foreign policy challenges facing American leaders at the outset of a new year. The war in Syria rages on, with over ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Squaring Human Rights and National Security
Human rights have earned a bit of prominence in Washington’s foreign policy debates over the past couple of weeks. First, National Security Advisor Susan Rice addressed the an...
By Richard Fontaine
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Note on the Passing of Ambassador Richard Williamson
Today, all of us at CNAS mourn the passing of Ambassador Richard Williamson, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center and one of the country’s top foreign policy leaders. Rich w...
By Richard Fontaine & Richard Williamson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Asians Hedge Against ChinaBeijing's announcement of a new "air defense identification zone" that overlaps with existing Japanese and Korean airspace sent reverberations across the Indo-Pacific region. ...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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The Reality of National Security Strategies
News that President Obama will issue his second National Security Strategy in early 2014 occasions some thinking about these lofty documents that seek to articulate an America...
By Richard Fontaine
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To Secure America, Repair Political Fractures at Home
As the government shut down and the nation spiraled toward a near-default on its debt obligations in October, much of the world's attention focused on the economic consequence...
By Richard Fontaine & Robert O. Work
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From Romance to Realism in U.S.-India Ties
Blink and you might have missed the U.S.-India summit earlier this month. Sitting in the Oval Office, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh watched as U.S. President Barack Oba...
By Richard Fontaine
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Singh and Obama must look ahead
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit toWashington comes at a time of doubt. Someanalysts point to India’s stalled economic reforms and slowing growth and question the country...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
CNAS Commentaries: The Way Forward in SyriaNine experts at the Center for a New American Security offer analysis and commentary on the range of issues relating to the U.S. response to the alleged use of chemical weapon...
By Gordon Miller, Katherine Kidder, Nora Bensahel, Patrick M. Cronin, Phillip Carter, Richard Fontaine, Richard Williamson & David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)
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The President Is Right to Intervene, But Then What?
President Obama is right to take action in response to the Asad regime’s chemical attack on Syrian civilians. Yet in the absence of a strategy that aims at ending the broader ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Despite Drift in Ties, U.S. and India Share Strategic Logic
Joe Biden’s recent visit to New Delhi and Mumbai—the first trip by an American vice president to India in 30 years—occasioned no shortage of handwringing over the state of the...
By Richard Fontaine
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An Asian Power Web Emerges
When President Obama met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California last week, it is doubtful that either leader focused on the growing ties among countries like Singapo...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Video: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Closing Remarks
CNAS President Richard Fontaine closes the CNAS 2013 Annual Conference by thanking speakers and attendees....
By Richard Fontaine