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National Security Human Capital Program
INFOGRAPHIC: Military Compensation and Retirement ModernizationBy Katherine Kidder & Phillip Carter
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The Postmodern Autocrat's Handbook
The concept of dictatorship is badly in need of revision. The old model of remote tyrants inflicting arbitrary, often eccentric, edicts on their cowed or indoctrinated subject...
By Dafna Rand & Robert D. Kaplan
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Military Compensation Commission Report
By Katherine Kidder
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Video: The Third U.S. Offset Strategy and its Implications for Partners and Allies
CNAS and the NATO Allied Command Transformation hosted Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense, who presented his view for how the new U.S. Offset Strategy will impact U.S. a...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Technology & National Security
What to Look For in the DoD BudgetNext week, the Department of Defense (DoD) will release its annual budget, which is where wonky strategy-speak gets translated into real hard dollars. Even though DoD just com...
By Paul Scharre
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Video: Is it time to open the door to better relations with Iran?
By Robert D. Kaplan
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New Delhi and Washington’s China Convergence
Just a few years ago, Pakistan would have dominated any conversation between an Indian prime minister and an American president. During President Obama’s visit to India this w...
By Richard Fontaine
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President Obama Goes to New Delhi
President Obama’s trip to India this month marks the first time an American has been “Chief Guest” at the country’s Republic Day ceremonies, and Obama becomes the first U.S. p...
By Richard Fontaine
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U.S. Efforts Against Global Terrorism
CEO Michele Flournoy discusses a piece she wrote for the Washington Post addressing the need for bipartisan support for national security issues. She also talked about the dec...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Violent Political Decay in Yemen: An Iranian Challenge of Saudi Regional Superiority
Facilitating the passage of 11% of the world’s petroleum annually, the juncture of the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea manifests compelling geopolitical and strategic value for g...
By William Allen
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The Real U.S.-Iran Dilemma: What Happens After a Nuclear Deal?
There is a fierce debate in both the United States and Iran about the possible implications of a nuclear agreement for broader relations between the two states after thirty-fi...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Jacob Stokes & Nicholas Heras
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RHETORIC AND REALITY IN THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
You would not know from last night’s State of the Union that the world is an increasingly uncertain, unstable, and, yes, likely more dangerous place for the United States. In ...
By Elbridge Colby
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THE STATE OF THE UNION: THE PRESIDENT STRUCK THE RIGHT TONE
I thought the president’s State of the Union address was well done. It was less a list of specific proposals than the SOTU often is (although there were some), and more an art...
By Shawn Brimley
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The mysterious absence of women from Middle East policy debates
Last year, six leading Washington think tanks presented more than 150 events on the Middle East that included not a single woman speaker. Fewer than one-quarter of all the spe...
By Marc Lynch
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Besting Boko Haram
Will anything stop Boko Haram? As Western media became consumed with the wave of terrorism in Paris, the Nigerian terrorist group slaughtered hundreds, perhaps thousands, of p...
By Alice Hunt Friend
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Technology & National Security
Amy Chang on VOA discussing cybersecurity legislationNorman R. Augustine Research Associate Amy Chang discusses the prospects of President Obama’s recently announced series of cybersecurity legislation, as well as opportunitie...
By Amy Chang
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SOTU: Zachary Goldman on Sanctions
In 2015, the President should devote substantial attention to working with Congress to adjust current sanctions programs--in the context of Cuba, and potentially Iran if there...
By Zachary K. Goldman
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National Security Human Capital Program
SOTU: Katherine Kidder on Veteran's IssuesWith two years left in his administration, the President must use his State of the Union address to highlight how he will follow through on the veterans initiatives set forth ...
By Katherine Kidder
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SOTU: Jacob Stokes on the National Security Strategy
The national security portions of the State of the Union should preview a new National Security Strategy, the first since 2010. Both should directly address the world we live ...
By Jacob Stokes
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SOTU: Nicholas Heras on Syria
President Obama should take this opportunity to present a vision for the framework of a post-Assad Syria, and not simply limit his remarks to an update on the U.S.-led Coaliti...
By Nicholas Heras