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The True Cost of Trump’s National Defense Strategy
Commentary
On January 20, the U.S. Department of Defense released the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy, followed nearly a month later by the president’s budget request fo...
By Susanna V. Blume
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At the Munich Security Conference, the United States Lacked Bravery and Leadership
Commentary
“I’m counting on you to be brave.” That was U.S. Sen. John McCain’s message to the hundreds of participants at this month’s Munich Security Conference. The Arizona Republican,...
By Julianne Smith
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Deepening the US-Indonesian Strategic Partnership
Commentary
Indonesia is a huge archipelago, the most populous predominantly Muslim country in the world, and the most consequential nation in Southeast Asia. Indonesia may have a relativ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Achieving a 355-Ship Navy ‘Before This Decade Is Out’
The Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan falls short of the strategic imperative. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation with a great goal: “I believe that this n...
By Jerry Hendrix
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National Security Human Capital
Mass Shootings Are a National Security ThreatSeventeen dead would have been a bad day in Iraq or Afghanistan at the height of our wars there. To see the same death toll Wednesday at a U.S. high school suggests American s...
By Phillip Carter
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Want to really hit Russia’s oligarchs? Shine a light on their money
Commentary
On Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community testified to the Senate that Russia would continue to try to interfere in U.S. elections. The testimony once again drew attention to...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Technology & National Security
Why Drones Are Still the Future of WarIn a recent Foreign Affairs article, Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald argue, based on their research interviewing U.S. ground troops, that troops prefer close air suppo...
By Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
What's Next for Artificial Intelligence?Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security interviews Andrew Moore, Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University on the...
By Paul Scharre
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On Parades and Politics
Last year President Donald Trump traveled to Paris to attend the Bastille Day parade as a guest of President Macron. He was very impressed with what he saw. In January, report...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defending America Means Defending Democracy
Commentary
In its new strategy documents, the Trump administration identifies America’s central security challenge as the re-emergence of great power competition. China and Russia seek t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Congressional Testimony
Technology & National Security
CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Dr. Michael Sulmeyer Testifies for the Senate Armed Services Committee - Subcommittee on CybersecurityChairman Rounds, Ranking Member Nelson, and distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to be with you today. The need to protect the foundations of our democratic ...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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The new defense budget: what you need to know
Commentary
The budget agreement finally reached by Congress last Friday provides around $700 billion for national defense in fiscal years 2018 and 2019, an allocation in line with Presid...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Spanish Ambassador to the US talks Spain-U.S. Relations
Podcast
In the latest episode of Brussels Sprouts, CNAS expert Jim Townsend asks Spanish Ambassador to the US, Pedro Morenés Eulate, how Spain and the United States can tap into their...
By Jim Townsend & Rachel Rizzo
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Don’t Retire Our Stealth Bombers
Commentary
When a local community government has trouble getting its books to balance or it simply desires additional tax revenue to expand local government, but it does not have support...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
China’s AI Agenda AdvancesAre China’s ambitions to “lead the world” in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 credible? China’s rapid emergence as an AI powerhouse is often hyped and sensationalized, var...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Congressional Testimony
Technology & National Security
CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Robert J. Butler Testifies for the Senate Armed Services Committee - Subcommittee on CybersecurityMr. Chairman, Ranking Member Nelson, and distinguished members of the Cyber Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to speak on the topic of countering Russian influence in th...
By Bob Butler
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Energy Is America’s New Power
Commentary
When the Donald Trump administration released its National Security Strategy in December 2017, it celebrated the arrival of the United States as an energy-dominant world power...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump must send Russia powerful message through tougher actions
The Trump administration took several actions last week to implement U.S. sanctions on Russia that Congress passed last year. However, while the Trump administration’s actions...
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
Survival at All CostsOn its face, the so-called Nunes memo regarding government surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 does little to undermine the case against President Trump an...
By Phillip Carter
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Technology & National Security
Strategic Innovation and Great Power CompetitionAt this time of disruptive transitions, the new U.S. National Defense Strategy rightly recognizes that the character of warfare is changing due to the advent of a range of dis...
By Elsa B. Kania
