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To Strengthen Trump’s National Security Approach, Promote Human Rights
Commentary
In a series of tweets on New Year’s Eve, President Donald Trump expressed strong support for Iranians protesting against their autocratic regime. He added that the United Stat...
By Richard Fontaine & John Bellinger
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Breaking the Iran Deal and Imposing New Sanctions Would Hurt Iranian Protesters Most
The popular demonstrations that erupted in Iran in late December, the largest since the Green Movement protests in 2009, have created a pretext for the Trump administration to...
By Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle
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Bitcoin can help terrorists secretly fund their deadly attacks
One of the latest tools terrorists are using isn’t a new kind of bomb, gun, suicide vest or other device that can kill and maim. The tool is bitcoin, the virtual currency crea...
By Edoardo Saravalle & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Congressional Testimony
Technology & National Security
Testimony before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and CapabilitiesSubmitted Written Testimony...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump and His Strategy of Ambiguity
Commentary
President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has shocked the diplomatic world. His size-of-nuclear-button tweets, his observation that China had been caught “red-handed” giving illegal a...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Bringing the national security debate beyond Washington
Washingtonians who work on national security often pride themselves on how much they know about the world. Many of the nation’s top security experts speak foreign languages an...
By Julianne Smith
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Dr. Patrick Cronin on Fox: Is a new Cold War with China brewing?
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China continues to build up its military force in response to the administration's America First policy. What does this mean for the future of the U.S.-China relationship? Dr...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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David Asher on CNN: US military drills postponed - a win for Kim?
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The US and South Korea won't hold military drills during the Winter Olympics. Is North Korea's Kim Jong Un getting exactly what he wants, with nothing in return? CNAS' David ...
By David Asher
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Review: ‘The Road Not Taken’ in Vietnam
Commentary
Edward Lansdale (1908-87) was one of America’s most important military thinkers and practitioners, and yet he is barely known to the wider world. In “The Road Not Taken,” Max ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Podcast
National Security Human Capital / National Security Law
Women in National Security: Nicole PilkusNicole Pilkus, Deputy Director of the Maritime Safety Office National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, talks with CNAS expert Julie Smith about her career in the defense indust...
By Julianne Smith & Nicole Pilkus
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The Iran Protests: What Do We Know?
CNAS expert Ilan Goldenberg breaks down the past week of protest in Iran and its global implications, with a focus on its impact on the future of the Iran nuclear deal. Hosted...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Countering Entropy in the New Year
Commentary
In a year-end summary, one of our nation’s major weekly news publications recently tweeted that one of its most-read articles featured former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbache...
By Jerry Hendrix
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From 'flags and footprints' to having a routine presence in space
Commentary
President Trump’s signing of Space Policy Directive 1 once again gives NASA a mission adjustment and beneficial goals. The directive recommits NASA to: “Lead an innovative and...
By Adam Routh
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US Alliances and Trump’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Policy
Commentary
Any single year’s events can mask the true direction of longer-term trends. Time will tell, but I believe this is the case with respect to US policy toward the Asia-Pacific re...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The Pentagon is using AI to fight ISIS but it's not quite the 'Terminator'Conversations about the military use of artificial intelligence usually bring to mind the "Terminator" movies, where a super-intelligent AI turns evil and tries to destroy hum...
By Gregory C. Allen
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The Oil and Gas Sector Is Changing — and So Is Geopolitics
WINDFALLHow the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens American PowerBy Meghan L. O’Sullivan479 pp. Simon & Schuster. $29. Geopolitics is power played...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Expanding US-India Geoeconomic Cooperation Amid China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The United States and India have an opportunity to co-define and co-implement a geoeconomic vision for the Indo-Pacific, based on shared values of freedom and transparency. Ho...
By Daniel Kliman & Manpreet Singh Anand
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Trump's NSS takes a harder line on China
If translated into sustained action, the Trump administration's National Security Strategy will mark a departure from decades of U.S. policy, reframing China as a great power ...
By Daniel Kliman
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Why You Shouldn't Fear 'Slaughterbots'Killer drones in the hands of terrorists massacring innocents. Robotic weapons of mass destruction breeding chaos and fear. A video created by advocates of a ban on autonomous...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Project Maven brings AI to the fight against ISISMaven is designed to be that pilot project, that pathfinder, that spark that kindles the flame front of artificial intelligence across the rest of the [Defense] Department. - ...
By Gregory C. Allen
