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• Refugees and Regional Security Interests

  Asad’s decision to use chemical weapons on his own civilian population evokes a strong sense of humanitarian outrage – and rightfully so. Yet the toll of conflict on the civil...

  By Katherine Kidder

  • Commentary
  • August 28, 2013
• How Does This End?

  President Obama is poised to launch a military strike designed to “deter and degrade” Syrian President Bashar-al-Asad’s ability to deliver chemical weapons against his own peo...

  By David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)

  • Commentary
  • August 28, 2013
• Despite Drift in Ties, U.S. and India Share Strategic Logic

  Joe Biden’s recent visit to New Delhi and Mumbai—the first trip by an American vice president to India in 30 years—occasioned no shortage of handwringing over the state of the...

  By Richard Fontaine

  • Commentary
  • World Politics Review
  • August 7, 2013
• Decisions Deferred: Balancing Risks for Today and Tomorrow

  Senior Fellow LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) and Deputy Director of Studies Dr. Nora Bensahel argue that the Pentagon's strategic review fails to address strategic choices abo...

  By David W. Barno, USA (Ret.)

  • Commentary
  • August 5, 2013
• The Internet Yalta

  In his commentary The Internet Yalta, Alexander Klimburg, Fellow and Senior Adviser at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, argues that the December 2012 meeting ...

  By Alexander Klimburg

  • Commentary
  • August 5, 2013
• Appearance by Dr. Patrick Cronin before the HASC on the "strategic rebalance" toward Asia.

  CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin testified on July 24 before the House Armed Services on achieving strategic re-...

  By Patrick M. Cronin

  • Congressional Testimony
  • July 24, 2013

• National Security Human Capital Program

  CNAS CEO Robert O. Work Senate Budget Committee Testimony

  CNAS 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

  • Congressional Testimony
  • July 23, 2013
• Hard Choices for the New Middle East

  The Obama administration may want to “pivot” away from the Middle East toward Asia, but events are not cooperating. Millions take to the streets in Egypt, leading to a militar...

  By Colin H. Kahl

  • Commentary
  • Defense One
  • July 15, 2013
• An Indian Summer of SOF

  Thanks to Mark Safranski, I read Indian LTG Prakosh Katosh's essay "Optimizing the Potential of Special Forces." It is, Mark implies, a tour-de-horizon of a defense policy tha...

  • Blog
  • July 15, 2013
• The Smart-Shopping Way to Cut Defense Spending

  With more than a decade of war coming to a close and the U.S. government facing daunting fiscal challenges, the defense budget is on the chopping block. Without a budget deal ...

  By Michèle Flournoy

  • Commentary
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • July 8, 2013
• Has Foggy Bottom Forgotten Asia?

  For an illustration of Secretary of State John Kerry's commitment to Asia -- or lack thereof -- look no further than his travel schedule. On July 1, he arrived in the tiny nat...

  • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • July 2, 2013
• If Skills Sold: Failed States Edition

  A new Guardian op-ed declares that failed states are a "myth" that was "invented" in order to support Western interventions in the global South. While it is plausible that som...

  • Blog
  • June 30, 2013
• The Willie Suttons of the Cyberage

  Criminal mastermind Willie Sutton famously quipped that he robbed banks because “that’s where the money is.” Modern-day cyber-Suttons follow the same basic logic; the problem ...

  By Michèle Flournoy

  • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • June 27, 2013
• Before Piling on New Sanctions, Give Rouhani a Chance

  There is widespread agreement in Washington that Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons is unacceptable and that all options should remain on the table to prevent this outcome...

  By Colin H. Kahl

  • Commentary
  • Al-Monitor
  • June 27, 2013
• Reboot

  On Tuesday, the Army announced its plans to hit the reset button on its force structure, cutting its headcount by 80,000 soldiers from 570,000 to 490,000, effectively taking t...

  By Nora Bensahel & Phillip Carter

  • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • June 26, 2013
• The Road to Nowhere Good

  The decision by the Obama administration to arm select Syrian rebel groups marks a tipping point in the U.S. involvement in the country's 27-month long civil war. Partly in re...

  By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)

  • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • June 18, 2013
• Some thoughts on blowback

  In the aftermath of two men brutally slaughtering Lee Rigby in Woolwih, Jonathan Freedland wrote this column on responding to the motives of murderers: ... It seems we're read...

  • Blog
  • June 17, 2013
• The Next QDR Is the Last Chance for Sanity

  The next nine months will be the most important period for United States defense strategy since the end of the Cold War. The highly anticiapted Quadrennial Defense Review and,...

  By Shawn Brimley

  • Commentary
  • Defense One
  • June 16, 2013
• An Asian Power Web Emerges

  When President Obama met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California last week, it is doubtful that either leader focused on the growing ties among countries like Singapo...

  By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine

  • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • June 14, 2013
• Transcript: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Defense Priorities in an Era of Constrained Budgets

  Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter spoke at the CNAS annual conference on June 12, 2013. Review the official Defense Department transcript here....

  • Transcript
  • June 12, 2013