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In a Chess Game with Putin, the Polish City of Gdansk Is Our Queen
Commentary
ladimir Putin is playing a vast chess game with NATO, and his next move is to invade the Baltic nations. When this happens, the United States will need to move armored forces ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for the Department of Defense?
Commentary
What happens to the Defense Department when the federal government shuts down? I can shed some light on this; in October 2013, I was a DoD civilian charged with helping to ens...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump’s New National-Security Strategy Projects Confidence
Commentary
President Trump today unveiled his new National Security Strategy (NSS), exceeding the expectations of the national-security community by producing a remarkably coherent NSS w...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Congress Mandates New DoD Study Central to Understanding TBI
Commentary
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the signature wound of today's conflicts, affecting more than 370,000 service members, and emerging evidence suggests troops may be exposed to ...
By Lauren Fish & Paul Scharre
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China Mistakenly Challenges Andrew Jackson to a Duel
Commentary
The United States Navy will be making a port call in Taiwan in the near future. The only questions that remain are where, when, and how many ships of what type will drop ancho...
By Jerry Hendrix
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How Many Battles Can the Pentagon Fight in Washington at Once?
Commentary
Agenda SecDef relaunched earlier this year with advice for then-new Secretary James Mattis, warning against the demands of unreasonable expectations in order to focus on five ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Lauren Fish
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Congress, cut the continuing resolutions so Defense can do its job
Commentary
As we once again find ourselves hurtling towards the expiration of yet another continuing resolution at the end of this week, with no long-term budget deal in sight, it seems ...
By Susanna V. Blume & Lauren Fish
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Evening in America?
Commentary
This past weekend marked the annual Reagan National Defense Forum, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. It was the first Forum since the ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Past Problems Can't Stop the U.S. Navy From Building a New Frigate
Commentary
The United States Navy should not take council from its fears when it comes to the design of its new frigate. While it is true that technical challenges and cost overruns asso...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Three new reports add clarity to Australia’s space sector, a ‘crowded and valuable high ground’
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Australia seems on the brink of embracing space in a coordinated manner, but how should we do it? This week, the Australian government released three reports to help chart the...
By Anthony Wicht
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Cyber and Space Weapons Are Making Nuclear Deterrence Trickier
Stability was an overriding concern at last week’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nuclear command authority, the first in four decades. Senators wondered aloud ...
By Richard Fontaine & James N. Miller, Jr.
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Eric Fanning and Susanna V. Blume talk NDAA, DoD Budget
Eric Fanning, former Secretary of the Army, and CNAS fellow Susanna Blume talk about the NDAA, DoD budget, and acquisition reform....
By Eric Fanning & Susanna V. Blume
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Is the U.S. ready for China’s ‘space militias’?
Economic interests in space continue to rise. In 2016 the global space economy represented $329 billion, and 76 percent of the total was produced through commercial efforts. W...
By Adam Routh
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All the Bombs in the World Won't Solve the North Korea Crisis (It Will Only Make It Worse)
Commentary
In comments recently delivered at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Herbert Raymond “H.R.” McMaster reaffirmed the ...
By Nicholas Blanchette & Benjamin Rimland
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The Sum of Their Fears: The MQ-25 Stingray
Commentary
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” sayeth the Bard in a line with ominous foreboding. Such potent can also be read into the decision that Northrop Grumman was drop...
By Jerry Hendrix
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In the Pentagon’s AT&L reorg, beware the Valley of Death
Commentary
The U.S. Department of Defense is in the process of reorganizing its acquisition enterprise, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Congress and the DoD i...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Prospects for a defense budget deal
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Susanna joins Government Matters TV to offer insight into negotiations over the National Defense Authorization Act. Watch the conversation here....
By Susanna V. Blume
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US Space Policy Should Aim to Preserve Advantage on the New Frontier
The administration of Donald Trump is the first of the 21st century to not be entirely preoccupied by issues of terrorism and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Such conditions pro...
By Adam Routh & Jerry Hendrix
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Why the United States Needs a 355-Ship Navy Now
Commentary
If we do not maintain global supremacy on the seas, nations hostile to our principles will fill the gaps. One of President Trump’s signature campaign promises to the American...
By Jerry Hendrix & Robert C. O'Brien
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CNAS Commentary: Prospects for a Defense Budget Deal
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Washington, October 6 – With Congress on the hook to pass a budget for the coming year and the prospect that budget instability could do real harm to U.S. national security, C...
By Susanna V. Blume
