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Top priorities for Defense Secretary nominee Gen. James MattisKatherine Kidder, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the challenges facing defense secretary nominee Gen. James Mattis, and the pillars of his polic...
By Katherine Kidder
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Trump staffing failure leaves US vulnerable through transition
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Shawn Brimley, former White House director of strategic planning on the National Security Council, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's failure to staff up the Nation...
By Shawn Brimley
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Obama’s Foreign-Policy Legacy: The Limits of American Restraint
It was clear from the outset that Obama would preside over national retrenchment. George W. Bush had waged a global war on terror and campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, pursue...
By Richard Fontaine
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McCain’s Excellent White Paper: Smaller Carriers, High-Low Weapons Mix, Frigates, Cheap Fighters
The Senate Armed Services Committee new White Paper positions the committee as a leader in the Pentagon’s effort to rebuild and reform. The SASC offers a road map with key dec...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Trump’s Russia co-operation plan faces big obstacles
For all his shifting policy positions throughout the campaign, president-elect Donald Trump has been consistent on one issue: he would like better ties with Russia. Even befo...
By Richard Fontaine
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In China, North Korea, Trump admin drawing a dangerous 'red line'
In weeks that have been saturated by a presidential farewell address, cabinet confirmation hearings, a press conference from the presidential-elect, and new revelations of pos...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Technology & National Security
Why the United States Is Losing Its Technological EdgeEarlier this month, President-elect Donald Trump drew headlines for his criticism of two major defense programs, the Air Force One replacement and the Joint Strike Fighter (F-...
By Ben FitzGerald
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the wEnter Trump
I’ll admit it. I did not expect to be writing a piece with this title. Like so many on both sides of the Atlantic, I did not expect Donald Trump to win on November 8. But he d...
By Julianne Smith
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Why America’s Space Launch Must be Competitivead
The Sept. 1 pad explosion that resulted in SpaceX losing a Falcon 9 rocket and the associated commercial communications satellite may have been frustrating to those responsibl...
By Adam Routh
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Obama leaves complicated legacy in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria
President Obama came into office with a desire to wind down America’s wars overseas. Today the Middle East is a far more volatile place than it was. Chief foreign affairs corr...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Ties That Bind: Why Asian Alliances Will Survive Trump
On the campaign trail, President-elect Trump regularly denigrated America’s alliances, calling NATO obsolete and demanding that South Korea and Japan “pay up” or the United St...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Podcast: Asia Strategy in the Trump Administration
Center for a New American Security Asia experts Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper and Harry Krejsa discuss Congress' role in Asia policy during the Trump presidency. Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Krejsa & Neal Urwitz
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Nicholas Heras on New Report, "Combating Al-Qaeda in Syria"
By Nicholas Heras & JaRel Clay
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Podcast: The Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
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By Julianne Smith & Neal Urwitz
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Mosul is Pivotal in US Counterterrorism Strategy
A coordinated attempt by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Kurdish Peshmerga forces supported by US-led coalition air power to liberate Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, from c...
By Daniel Heesemann
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North Korea: ICBM can launch anytime and anywhere
North Korea says it could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile "at any time," even as Pyongyang appeared to offer President-elect Donald Trump an avenue for future tal...
By Patrick Cronin
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National Security Human Capital Program
Civilian Control – How Trump Can Reverse the Trend of Failures in Recent ConflictsOn the campaign trail, President-elect Donald J. Trump lambasted American generals for their failure to win wars. Now he has selected from their retired ranks to fill key cabi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Technology & National Security
CNN State of the Union: This Week in IntelligenceA panel including Michèle Flournoy, Mike Rogers, and Rep. Adam Schiff discusses the week's news in intelligence on CNN's State of the Union. Topics include the Fort Laude...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Why Trump Can’t Disengage America From the World
Debates about the extent to which the United States should use its power to lead and shape events in the world, and when and how it should intervene, are eternal in our histor...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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NATO’s Evolving Security Environment
Since the start of the Cold War, NATO has been the world’s preeminent military alliance. However, escalating hostilities between NATO and Russia are creating geopolitical chal...
By Rachel Rizzo
