Articles & Multimedia
Showing 361-380 of 968 Publications
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Implications of China Developing a World-Class Military: First and Foremost a Regional ChallengeSubmitted Written Testimony Chairmen Lewis and McDevitt, Distinguished Members of the Commission, it is an honor to testify to the Commission. Thank you for the invitation to ...
By Elbridge Colby
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Addressing America's Operational Shortfall in the PacificThe Trump administration has made a number of strong statements about the need for the United States to do more to prepare for great power competition with China. Officials ha...
By Mark Montgomery & Eric Sayers
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Living on the Edge: Strengthening American CompetitivenessRichard Fontaine highlights the range of national security challenges facing the United States....
By Richard Fontaine
-
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Challenges to Force Development in A New American Way of WarWhat can the U.S. military can do to maintain a quality force in a changing landscape of warfare and competition?...
By Lt Col Brad Orgeron, Emma Moore, Chris Dougherty, Alex Horton, Laura Junor & Peter Levine
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
A Deadly Game: Taiwan Strait Crisis 2025What could a crisis in the Taiwan Strait look like in the year 2025?...
By Elbridge Colby, Susanna V. Blume & Chris Dougherty
-
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
Renewing the National Security Consensus in CongressLoren DeJonge Schulman discusses bipartisan solutions to complex foreign policy challenges with Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Chris Murphy (D-CT)....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Senator Josh Hawley & Senator Chris Murphy
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
National Security Lightning Talks and RoundtablesCNAS experts pitch their solutions to top national security challenges....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, David Zikusoka, Cristina Killingsworth, Neil Bhatiya, Kristine Lee, Nicole Alexander, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth & Elsa B. Kania
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. eyes Southeast Asia ties to check China ambitionsFor the United States, competing with China must now be our national priority, as indicated in multiple US high-level documents. But the US is not competing for its own sake. ...
By Elbridge Colby
-
CNAS Report: “Why America Needs a New Way of War”
Chris Dougherty, senior fellow at CNAS, discusses a new report on why the U.S. needs to change up its strategies, and why we can’t assume ‘sanctuary’ in domains now. View the...
By Chris Dougherty
-
Proceedings Podcast Episode 86 - Solve the Littorals Problem with Corvette Carriers
Lt.Col. Colin Smith talks about using corvette carriers to solve the U.S. Navy's capability gap in the littorals with the renewal of great power competition. Listen to the fu...
By LtCol Colin Smith
-
Key takeaways from House Armed Services’ NDAA draft
The House Armed Services Committee’s initial draft for the National Defense Authorization Act is out. While the bill currently includes some high-profile programs, it has some...
By Susanna V. Blume
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Corvette Carriers: A New Littoral Warfare StrategyThe U.S. Navy has long identified threats in the littorals and the need to fight within these close waters, but it still struggles with creating a capable fighting force that ...
By LtCol Colin Smith
-
Fireside Chat with The Honorable David L. Norquist
On May 30, the Center welcomed The Honorable David L. Norquist for a conversation on the 2020 Defense Budget Request with Susanna V. Blume. Their discussion focused on whether...
By Susanna V. Blume & David L. Norquist
-
F-15EX and F-35A: The Future of American Air Superiority
When the Air Force chief of staff and secretary confirmed that the service’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2020 would include money for F-15EX aircraft, they kicked off a mas...
By Lt Col Brad Orgeron
-
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
What Congress Should Do with the 2020 Defense BudgetSummary There are many things that the administration’s 2020 defense budget request gets right. However, the proposal remains too focused on both the size of the joint force a...
By Susanna V. Blume
-
America's New Defense Strategy
On May 17, 2019, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and Foreign Policy (FP) welcomed visitors for an on-the-record discussion between CNAS Defense Program Director ...
By Elbridge Colby & Evan Thomas
-
How to Win America's Next War
The era of untrammeled U.S. military superiority is over. If the United States delays implementing a new approach, it risks losing a war to China or Russia—or backing down in ...
By Elbridge Colby
-
US helps those who help themselves
The threat to Taiwan from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is increasing — sharply. Beijing is putting the nation under tremendous political pressure, but the military thr...
By Elbridge Colby
-
Defense / Transatlantic Security
What Does German History Actually Say About German Defense Spending?Few aspects are more sensitive in Germany’s fraught relationship with history than the role and status of its military. Indeed, many Germans seem to think that, given its past...
By Elbridge Colby
-
Measures of Power
Andrew Walter Marshall, a former strategist at the RAND Corporation who served as head of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment from its founding in 1973 until his retiremen...
By Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Jr.