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A New Push for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
Podcast
Susanna Blume, fellow with the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, discusses the new push for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Neal Urwitz & Susanna V. Blume
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Sixteen years after 9/11, are we any better at fighting terrorism?
In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks — 16 years ago on Monday — President George W. Bush declared a war on terrorism that he pledged would not end until every terrorist group o...
By Stephen Tankel
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Course Correction: The Navy Needs to Invest in People, Not Just PlatformsOn a moonlit early morning with calm seas on June 17, the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald was conducting routine operations within sight of land, near Japan’...
By CDR Daniel G. Straub, USN & Patrick M. Cronin
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Getting to Ground Truth on the Elevation of U.S. Cyber Command
One of my biggest frustrations during my time in the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s cyber policy office was the way elevating U.S. Cyber Command became overhyped. Cyber ...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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Our navy is broken, and that is a bad thing
The recent string of ship collisions in the western Pacific is a clarion call to the American nation that its Navy is on the brink of combat ineffectiveness. This dismal condi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The Threat of Small-Dollar Terrorism
The recent ISIS terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils likely cost no more than a few thousand dollars—little more than the cost of renting vehicles and housing and feedi...
By Peter Harrell
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How to Improve Return on Investment for Security Assistance
Security assistance is an expensive tool of statecraft, even if it is just one component of a total foreign aid allotment that represents only about one percent of the total U...
By Stephen Tankel
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Podcast
Defense / Technology & National Security
Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial DronesBy Jeremy Hsu, Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Imagining a War With North Korea—It's Not UnthinkableThis week marks the beginning of the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercise, an annual wargame conducted by the U.S.-South Korean alliance. The exercise comes on the heels of North K...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Cut the budget caps: The US needs to properly fund our military
Amidst the return of the Maverick and late-night health care votes in the Senate, it is easy to lose sight of the other major development to happen on the Hill last couple wee...
By Lauren Fish
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The Trump Administration Needs to Consider These Factors When Reviewing National Defense
Last month, President Trump ordered a review of the national defense industrial base. The topic often gets interest on the Hill, and occasionally from secretaries of defense, ...
By Lauren Fish
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Make Globalization Work Again
Commentary
President Donald J. Trump has sought to make the concerns of American workers the centerpiece of his administration – especially those who feel left behind by the significant ...
By Harry Krejsa
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Dr. Jerry Hendrix on the Defense Industrial Base
Podcast
Dr. Jerry Hendrix, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, discusses Trump's executive order on the Defense Industrial Base. Hosted ...
By Jerry Hendrix & Neal Urwitz
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The US Air Force Needs More Bombers Than It’s Asking For
In a future combat zone dominated by advanced 3-D air search radars, directed-energy weapons, electromagnetic railguns, and hypersonic missiles, there is still room — indeed, ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Lauren Fish on the NDAA and Defense Policy
Podcast
Lauren Fish, research associate with the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, discusses new challenges and opportunities with the National Defense Authorization Ac...
By Lauren Fish & Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign PolicyIn June, the United States shot down two Iranian-made armed drones used by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The fact that the shoot down (and the existence of the armed dron...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump Acts To Revitalize America’s Defense Industrial Base
President Donald Trump has identified a fact few of his recent predecessors have understood: the Defense Industrial Base of the United States (DIB) is a critical component of ...
By Jerry Hendrix & Robert C. O'Brien
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Dr. Jerry Hendrix before the Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower
Congressional Testimony
Chairman Wicker, Senator Hirono, and distinguished members of the Seapower Subcommittee, thank you for extending the honor of addressing the topic of how the Navy might reach ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Future of Military Robotics Looks Like a Nature DocumentaryBBC has followed up 2006’s Planet Earth, perhaps the greatest nature documentary of all time, with an even greater sequel. This past week, Planet Earth II received 10 Emmy Awa...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Podcast
Defense / Technology & National Security
Drones Podcast Series: U.S. Policy and ExportsOn this episode, Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, and Alexandra Sander join Paul Scharre to discuss U.S. policy changes on unmanned aircraft exports in recent years....
By Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
