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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Interview: "Does America Have the Right Strategy to Take on ISIS?"By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
Some thoughts about how the Army could better tell its story to the American peopleThe United States Army is struggling to explain its relevance as it returns home from 13 years at war. The American people and their lawmakers are increasingly averse to large...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Cuts to defense spending are hurting our national securityThis summer’s dramatic global events — from the rise of the Islamic State, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, war between Hamas and Israel, violent confrontations and air strikes i...
By Amb. Eric S. Edelman & Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
A Conservative Defense Policy for 2014: Look to EisenhowerRecent discussions amongst Republicans regarding US Defense force structure have revealed an ongoing disagreement between two camps within the party. Military Hawks, citing t...
By Jerry Hendrix
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National Security Human Capital Program
Interview: US Responds to the Islamic StateBy David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Is the U.S. Air Force Set for a "Crash Landing"?In its recently-released thirty-year strategy document, the Air Force lays out a clear vision for its future. Unlike many government strategy documents, America’s Air Force: A...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital Program
Interview: Michèle Flournoy on PBS NewsHour on fighting the Islamic StateBy Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
To Defeat ISIL, Empower Sunni Iraqis and SyriansThirteen years after 9/11, Islamic militants have seized a state-sized territory in the heart of the Middle East, and the United States is struggling to determine how to respo...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital Program
Our Unrealist PresidentEven before his presidency began, Barack Obama articulated a foreign-policy course markedly different from that of his immediate predecessors. Not only did he present himself ...
By Elbridge Colby
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National Security Human Capital Program
Six Strategies Obama Could Use to Fight the Islamic StateAfter a summer in which Islamic State militants have rampaged through Iraq and Syria, declared an Islamic caliphate, recruited extremists from abroad and claimed credit for de...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
#ThinkDefense: CEO Michèle Flournoy and NPR's Tom Bowman's Twitter ChatCNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy (@micheleflournoy) and NPR Pentagon Reporter Tom Bowman (@TBowmanNPR) took to Twitter to chat about today's most pressing national security issues in...
By JaRel Clay
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Airpower’s Remarkable AccomplishmentThe Pentagon’s announcement on Monday that little more than a dozen airstrikes managed to blunt ISIL’s advances, along with media reports that the bombings enabled 20,000 trap...
By Charles Dunlap & USAF (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
With Shrinking Budgets, Pentagon Should Rely More on Guard, Reserve TroopsThe release of the 2014 National Defense Panel reportlanded with a quiet thud last week as most of Washington headed out for August vacations. Much delayed from its original c...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Shadow Wars of the 21st CenturyWar is morphing. Today’s headlines are dominated by the conflicts in Gaza, Iraq and Ukraine, which little resemble the large, conventional state versus state wars that dominat...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Beyond UCLASS: Preparing the Navy for Next Generation WarfareThe United States is the world’s leading military power in large part because it employs both the best military technologies in the world and the best-trained force to effecti...
By Michael Horowitz
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National Security Human Capital Program
Getting Unmanned Naval Aviation RightThe issue of when and how the U.S. Armed Forces fully integrate unmanned and increasingly autonomous surveillance and strike platforms into their inventory is one of the most ...
By Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
The Case for U.S. Arms Sales to VietnamWhen Beijing built a deep-sea drilling platform squarely in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone earlier this summer, it once again flouted widely accepted rules and sought to ex...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
A New U.S. Military Would Be an Army of AdvisersThe United States has an extraordinary ability to defeat any conventional armed force on the planet; our tanks, ships and planes will make short work of any enemy in frontal w...
By John A. Nagl
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Army’s next enemy? Peace.Retired Army Lt. Gen. David W. Barno is a senior fellow and co-director of the Responsible Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security. From 2003 to 2005, he ser...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
How worried should U.S. policymakers be about nuclear blackmail?In recent years, a new generation of scholars has increasingly turned to sophisticated statistical methods to tackle decades-old questions regarding the causes and consequence...
By Colin H. Kahl