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The President Doesn’t Need a Trump Doctrine
Foreign policy doctrine season has come to the nation’s capital. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s forcible response to Bashar Assad’s gas attack in Syria, observers are...
By Richard Fontaine
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NATO Funding Frustration Could Cause Friction in Europe
A former candidate for UK Prime Minister suggests that the United Kingdom could use its military to counteract Spanish attempts to influence the status of a British outpost. A...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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Isolationist who? Americans are more globalist than you might think.
It is old news that, as a candidate, President Trump’s foreign policy rhetoric departed sharply — dangerously, many would say — from decades-old precepts about the role of the...
By Kate Bateman
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Can Trump continue to engage in acts of war without congressional approval? And how far can he go?
Last week, a chemical weapons attack in a Syrian town killed more than 70 men, women, and children. As a result, the Trump administration took action against Syria, launching ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Here’s How Trump Could Forge a Coherent Russia Strategy
On his 77th day in office, President Donald Trump changed his Russia policy. He may not have realized it as he gave the order that sent Tomahawk cruise missiles toward a Syria...
By Julianne Smith & Jacqueline Ramos
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
Trump hails military after it drops "Mother of All Bombs" on AfghanistanPresident Trump hailed the U.S. military after it dropped the "mother of all bombs," America's largest non-nuclear weapon, in Afghanistan on Thursday.But just like last week's...
By Adam Routh
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NATO's Back on the Table: Reflections from the Secretary General
Podcast
After a successful meeting in Washington with President Trump, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sits down with CNAS' Transatlantic Security team. Hosted by Jim Townsend...
By Jens Stoltenberg, Jim Townsend & Rachel Rizzo
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Why a Limited Strike on North Korea Could Escalate
As North Korea warns foreigners to evacuate Seoul, the Trump administration is threatening to hit North Korea the way it hit Syria earlier this month. While the United States ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper before the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission
Vice Chairman Shea, Senator Goodwin, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this distinguished commission on “Hotspots in China’s Maritime Periphery.” In the coming m...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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How Trump Can Build a 350-Ship Navy
When President Donald Trump wanted to send a message to North Korea, he did it the old-fashioned way: by sending the USS Carl Vinson—a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier that holds...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
Military keeps American people and business safeIt appears that President Trump's proposed budget will not survive first contact on the Hill. The large cuts to some agencies, such as the State Department, and cultural inves...
By Lauren Fish
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Is Europe in Crisis or on Track? Nordic Pearls of Wisdom from Carl Bildt
Podcast
Transatlantic Security experts Julie Smith and Jim Townsend sit down with Former PM of Sweden Carl Bildt to talk about the future of Europe and why every country in the transa...
By Carl Bildt, Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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Video
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Honeymoon between Trump administration and Putin fading rapidlyBeverley O'Connor speaks to the Centre for a New American Security's Richard Fontaine about two big issues dominating US foreign policy — Syria and North Korea. Watch t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
H.R. McMaster and James Mattis are steering the Trump administration away from “America First.”President Donald Trump swept into office with no government experience, few policy positions, and a team of iconoclastic outsiders who echoed his desire to put America first i...
By Phillip Carter
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North Korea nuclear threat hits home
It was overshadowed by US missile strikes on the Syrian Air Force, but there was another crisis brewing during President Donald Trump meeting last week with China's Xi Jinping...
By Richard Fontaine
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Maritime Power and U.S. Strategic Influence in Asia
Three decades ago, Gen. Liu Huaqing, the military commander who modernized China’s navy declared, “Without an aircraft carrier, I will die with my eyelids open.” When he passe...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The U.S. Military Role in Libya: Where are we now?
Nicholas Heras, Bacevich Fellow at CNAS, discusses the U.S. military role in Libya and local partner forces in the fight against ISIS. Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Nicholas Heras & Neal Urwitz
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We Are Now Part of This War
In March 2003, during the invasion of Iraq, then–Maj. Gen. David Petraeus turned to embedded reporter Linda Robinson and famously asked: “Tell me how this ends.” That question...
By Phillip Carter
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US airstrike in Syria not meant to do much damage
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The U.S. has yet to reach a consensus on its approach to the Syrian crisis, says Richard Fontaine from the Center for a New American Security. Watch the interview at CNBC....
By Richard Fontaine
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Phishing in Troubled Waters: Harry Krejsa and Hannah Suh on China's Cyber Espionage
By Harry Krejsa & Hannah Suh
