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We Need Mutually Assured Destruction
The United States and Russia — and before it, the Soviet Union — have been in a nuclear standoff since 1949. This 68-year-old standoff has been very tense at times, such as du...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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The Tragic Sensibility
The great classicist Edith Hamilton, writing in 1930, explained that tragedy is the beauty of intolerable truths, and that real tragedy is not the triumph of evil over good bu...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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National Security Human Capital Program
America's Security in Trump's First 100 DaysIf the only measure of national security success during a president’s first 100 days were avoiding catastrophe, then, OK, President Trump has succeeded. No attacks on the U.S....
By Phillip Carter
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Alexander Velez Green Discusses Russia's Strategic Debate on Pre-emption
Podcast
Alexander Velez-Green, research associate with the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, discusses his report on Russia's strategic debate on a doctrine of pre-empt...
By Alexander Velez-Green & Neal Urwitz
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The Importance of the Civil Service
In a signature theme of its first 100 days, the Trump administration, encouraged by conservative media outlets, has launched an assault on civil servants the likes of which sh...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Whitney Kassel
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Trump's First 100 Days and the State of National Security
Podcast
As President Trump closes in on his first 100 days, CNAS President Richard Fontaine and Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley provide recommendations for what the administrat...
By Richard Fontaine, Shawn Brimley & Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
It's not just Europe: The DoD has a lot riding on the French elections, tooIt is not just Europe and the European Union that have something at stake in the outcome of the French elections. One of French President François Hollande’s legacies is the c...
By Jacqueline Ramos & Jim Townsend
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Deciphering the French Election Results and Trump’s 100 Days
On this week’s first episode of The E.R., David Rothkopf, Kori Schake, Susan Hennessey, and Julie Smith discuss the latest in foreign-policy headlines. With the...
By Julianne Smith
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How will Afghan, US leaders respond to deadly Taliban attack?
The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the 209thAfghan Army Corps base near the historic city of Mazar-i-Sharif that has killed at least 140 Afghan s...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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The Next French President and Implications on NATO, EU
Podcast
With round one of the French election completed, Transatlantic Security expert Rachel Rizzo discusses the outcome of the election results and what a victory for Emmanuel Macro...
By Rachel Rizzo & Neal Urwitz
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Mike Pence and rebooting the Australia-US alliance
When Vice President Mike Pence lands in Australia, the last stop on his Asia-Pacific tour, he'll witness a country debating its close ties with the United States. Worries abou...
By Richard Fontaine
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Below Glideslope: The MQ-25 Stingray Appears to be Heading for a Ramp Strike
Even as reports surface of American supercarriers and their embarked air-wings hurriedly steaming towards the Korean peninsula, the saga of the Navy’s carrier based unmanned a...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Patrick Cronin and Anthony Cho Discuss a Strategy for the Trump Administration in Southeast Asia
CNAS Asia experts Dr. Patrick Cronin and Anthony Cho discuss a new report, "Averting Disengagement: A Geoeconomic Strategy for the Trump Administration in Southeast Asia." Hos...
By Patrick M. Cronin, Anthony Cho & Neal Urwitz
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
The Mysterious Case of the Wayward Aircraft CarrierThere is a sobering reality beyond this week’s strange “Where’s Waldo?” story of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group: For a period of time, significant confusion existed ...
By Phillip Carter
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Keeping Up Civ-Mil Relations
James Mattis was sworn in as secretary of defense in what is arguably one of the more fraught periods in civil-military relations in decades. While civilian control in the Uni...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Mara Karlin
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Defense / Middle East Security
Don't Celebrate Dropping The 'MOAB' In Afghanistan - It's Just More Of The SameLast week's utilization of a 21,000 pound bomb to destroy an ISIS cave complex in Afghanistan was oddly met with jubilation. But as the dust settles, both literally and metaph...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What America Can Learn from China’s People’s Liberation ArmyPresident Trump recently called for a $54 billion increase in military spending to “send a message to the world… of American strength, security, and resolve.” The U.S. defense...
By Annie Kowalewski
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Cyber Espionage in Pacific, Strait of Taiwan
The Center for a New American Security’s Hannah Suh, program manager at its Asia-Pacific Security Program, and Harry Krejsa, a research associate with the program, discuss the...
By Harry Krejsa & Hannah Suh
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U.S. Navy works to increase number of ships in fleet
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Capt. Jerry Hendrix (USN, Ret.), senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discussed the challenges the U.S. Navy faces in increasing their fleet to 350 ships o...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Can Trump Handle The Challenge Of Russia's Intermediate Range Nuclear Weapons?Russia has shown willingness to test the United States’ resolve on many fronts. Though the daily news coverage has highlighted many of these issues, it has failed to adequatel...
By Jacqueline Ramos
