Articles & Multimedia
Showing 4961-4980 of 8871 Publications
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Transcript: CNAS Press Briefing: President Obama’s Upcoming Trip to AsiaOn Monday, October 27, the Center for a New American Security held a press briefing for reporters to lay out the major issues President Obama will face during his upcoming tri...
By Elbridge Colby, Ely Ratner & Patrick M. Cronin
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Cronin: The Rise of Tailered Coercion in the South China SeaAsia-Pacific Security Senior Director Patrick Cronin contributed a chapter on tailored coercion in the South China Sea. His contribution is part of a volume published by the C...
By Patrick M. Cronin
-
Rule #1 and the Cult of Invulnerability
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the USS Arizona, with 13.5 inches of armor at her waterline, 18 inches of armor on her turrets, and watertight compartments throughout her ...
By Jerry Hendrix
-
Defense / Technology & National Security
UN Side Meeting in New York on Autonomous WeaponsAs part of meetings held by the United Nations General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament & International Security, the Republic of Croatia sponsored a side event tit...
By Michael Horowitz
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Rapid Reaction on Wartime OPCONBy Patrick M. Cronin
-
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
In a field crowded with competitors it is a surprise to find a new prose version of Sophocles' three Oedipus plays. In the first paragraph of their preface the translators exp...
By Richard Fontaine
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Making BankLater this week, the Chinese government will convene a multilateral meeting in Beijing that is either an act of enlightened global leadership or a not-so-subtle effort to unde...
By Ely Ratner
-
Defense / Technology & National Security
To Save Money, Go UnmannedU.S. Defense Department leaders have called for a renewed effort to sustain America’s military technological dominance, but to do so they will have to fight an uphill battle a...
By Daniel Burg & Paul Scharre
-
Attack of the Drones: Responding to the Newest Type of Provocation
By Van Jackson
-
Don't Mistake Russia for Iran
With sanctions beginning to bite, Russia is starting to play a new economic game. To alleviate the pain of Western restrictions on its financial and energy sectors, Russia is ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
-
Defense / Technology & National Security
Technology strategy then and now – the Long Range Research and Development Planning ProgramDeputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has called for a new offset strategy to help maintain the United States’ military technical superiority. But is a third offset strategy th...
By Ben FitzGerald
-
Defense / Technology & National Security
The Coming Swarm: Robotics on the BattlefieldThe unfolding robotics revolution is transforming a range of industries, from manufacturing to transportation, warehouse management, household appliances, toys, elder care and...
By Paul Scharre
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Vietnam agreed to control the South China Sea conflict, the crisis is expected to lift?By Alexander Sullivan
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Preventing violence in a post-Kim NorthHow would Kim Jong Un’s removal from power affect the likelihood of North Korean violence against the United States or South Korea, and what might be done to prevent such viol...
By Van Jackson
-
Contain ISIS, Then Roll It Back
Nine days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress. Referring to thousands of terrorists active in more than 60 coun...
By Richard Fontaine
-
Breaking down how serious a threat ISIS is
...
By Nora Bensahel
-
Highlights: Book Launch: Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice
By John A. Nagl
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Does Kim Really Run North Korea? Find Out with Military DiplomacyRecent rumors of Kim Jong-un’s whereabouts and whether a coup had occurred put our ignorance about what goes on in North Korea on full display. Speculation is natural when it ...
By Van Jackson
-
Jordan: The Canary in the Coal Mine
After the United States initiated an airstrike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jordanannounced that it was one of five Arab states participat...
By Amanda Claypool
-
Technology & National Security
Offset Strategies & Warfighting RegimesToday’s headlines are reinforcing the alarms sounded by defense policymakers and analysts warning of the perils of cuts to the defense budget, the blind meat-axe of sequestrat...
By Shawn Brimley