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National Security Human Capital
Brimley: Slow But Steady in Afghanistan and BeyondPresident Obama made the right call in deciding to maintain 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan – a number close to that recommended by U.S. military commanders. Augmented by coa...
By Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital
Bensahel: A Slower Zero OptionPresident Obama’s decision to keep U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan through the end of 2016 is good news for U.S. military commanders and others who argued against the...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital
Barno: President's Announcement is mixed news at bestThe President’s announcement of a residual force in Afghanistan of 9, 800 U.S. troops after the end of this year is mixed news at best. While the number is just adequate to st...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital
Smith: 3 Questions for NATO on Pres. Obama's Plan for AfghanistanThe President’s announcement today that the United States will maintain 9800 troops in Afghanistan throughout 2015 has ended months of speculation about the U.S. post-2014 tro...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Video: Ben FitzGerald on VOA News Discussing Spying Charges Against ChinaWASHINGTON — The U.S. indictment of Chinese army officers on charges that they spied on American industries reveals a basic disagreement about what the two nations consider as...
By Ben FitzGerald
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National Security Human Capital
Eric Shinseki is still the right person to lead Veterans AffairsAfter Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki appeared before a Senate committee last week, one television commentator indicated that when Shinseki said he was “mad as ...
By Thomas Davis
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National Security Human Capital
Video: Under scrutiny before, VA delay allegations strike a chordBy Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital / Energy, Economics & Security
2014 QDR maintains focus on climate change and operational energyThe Department of Defense released its 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) this week. The QDR is mandated by Congress to provide information on the current state of the U.S....
By Edward Delman
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
The Ghosts of Armies PastThe U.S. Army, like the nation as a whole, is facing difficult new strategic challenges. Thirteen years of constant warfare will end in 2014, when the last U.S. combat troops ...
By Kelley Sayler, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense / National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Reflections on the Chatham House Autonomy ConferenceChatham House recently held a conference on autonomous military technologies, the focus of which was really the current debate regarding autonomous weapon systems. Kudos to Ch...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital
It Should Be ToughLone Survivor is a hard movie to sit through, and that’s a good thing. Bringing to life former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s book by the same name, the movie recounts the story ...
By Jackson Keith
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National Security Human Capital
A Delicate Dance: The Need to Respond to Chinese Assertiveness in the Western PacificRecent Chinese assertiveness, manifested in the establishment of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and the harassment of the USS Cowpens in the South China Sea, couple...
By Stuart Montgomery
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National Security Human Capital
Thanks, Congress. Really.The ink on yesterday’s budget agreement had scarcely dried before analysts and media outlets began speculating about the next big congressional “battle.” (Lest you be tempted ...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
The Budget Deal: Good, But Not Great, News for DODYesterday’s budget deal is good news for the Department of Defense (DOD). Yet DOD will still feel the sharp pain of the sequester for the rest of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and for...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital
The Quest for CamoIn the latest installment of the ongoing military camouflage saga, the U.S. Army is said to have abandoned its $10 million investigation into replacing the Universal Camouflag...
By Kelley Sayler
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National Security Human Capital
Finishing the Nation’s Longest WarThe headlines earlier this week on Afghanistan mark a rare front page story for a war that has largely gone forgotten in the United States. Negotiations between Secretary of S...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital
School House Rock for Flag Officers: Developing Military Leaders in Austerity“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” –Benjamin Franklin As defense spending continues to decline and the international security environment becomes increasingl...
By Stuart Montgomery
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National Security Human Capital
The End of Overkill? Reassessing U.S. Nuclear Weapons PolicyRobert M. Gates Fellow Elbridge Colby and several experts argue for getting rid of the triad by basing U.S. nuclear weapons exclusively on submarines....
By Elbridge Colby
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National Security Human Capital
CNAS CEO Robert O. Work Senate Budget Committee TestimonyCNAS Chief Executive Officer Robert O. Work testified on July 23 before the Senate Budget Committee about the impact of sequestration on defense spending....
By Robert O. Work
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National Security Human Capital
Transcript: A Conversation with the Honorable Leon PanettaThe Center for a New American Security hosted "A Conversation with the Honorable Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense" on November 20, 2012. Secretary Panetta discussed U.S...