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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’
Commentary
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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Defense / Technology & National Security
Cyber and Space Weapons Are Making Nuclear Deterrence TrickierStability 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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
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
Commentary
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
Commentary
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
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Worries about Trump’s Generals Are Overblown
It seems that President Trump’s reliance upon retired and active-duty generals in staffing the upper echelons of his administration has raised concerns among a large number of...
By Adam Routh & Jerry Hendrix
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Commentary
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
5 Ways America Can Defend Itself from 'Nonphysical' AttacksEarlier this month it was revealed that Russian-linked Facebook accounts purchased more than $100,000 in divisive political advertisements on the social network during the 201...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Harry Krejsa
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Building a 355-Ship Navy: It’s Not Just the Number, It’s the Mix
There is a debate ongoing within national security circles regarding the size of the United States Navy. How many ships does the nation require to uphold its interests on the ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Podcast
Defense / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
National Competition in Artificial IntelligenceVladimir Putin recently said that whoever leads in artificial intelligence "will be ruler of the world." Elon Musk has warned that national competition in AI is the "most like...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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CNAS Event: A Conversation with HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA)
Podcast
HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) sits down with CNAS President Richard Fontaine for a conversation on Russia, the modern threat environment, and how the U.S. military sho...
By Richard Fontaine
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David Norquist and Bob Hale discuss the Defense Budget
Podcast
By David Norquist, Robert F. Hale & Susanna V. Blume
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Congress must reassert itself on use of military force
Last Wednesday the Senate quietly rejected a proposal by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul to rescind the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which wou...
By Andrew Swick & Amy Schafer
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Here's How Private Contractors Can Help Win the Afghan WarThe president has declared a “path forward” for Afghanistan. Given that the United States is at a nexus for strategic change, might there be an increased role for private cont...
By CDR Daniel G. Straub, USN
