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ISIL: A Well-Oiled Machine
The speed at which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has swept through and taken control of parts of Syria and Northern Iraq is both shocking and unexpected. Th...
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Why Failure Helps
"Man's real treasure is the treasure of his mistakes, piled up stone by stone through thousands of years," writes the great Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset in his 194...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Defense / National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Is the U.S. Air Force Set for a "Crash Landing"?In its recently-released thirty-year strategy document, the Air Force lays out a clear vision for its future. Unlike many government strategy documents, America’s Air Force: A...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital
Interview: Michèle Flournoy on PBS NewsHour on fighting the Islamic StateBy Michèle Flournoy
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My 9/11 Perspective: A Personal Account from the CNAS Air Force Fellow
On September 11, 2001 I was a Captain assigned to U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT) at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. I was the Aide to the Lieutenant General who commanded...
By Lt Col James C. Mock & USAF
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Testing North Korea’s IntentionsNorth Korean diplomatic offensives are usually short-lived and end in disappointment. Even so, it would be a mistake just to ignore Pyongyang’s recent signals that it would l...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Once Again Relevant, NATO Will Now Be Judged on Effectiveness
Last week’s NATO summit in Wales was a mixed bag, with the alliance marking strong progress on some fronts but proving less successful on others. Nevertheless, the fact that t...
By Richard Weitz
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National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
To Defeat ISIL, Empower Sunni Iraqis and SyriansThirteen years after 9/11, Islamic militants have seized a state-sized territory in the heart of the Middle East, and the United States is struggling to determine how to respo...
By Paul Scharre
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How the US should tackle ISIS
President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech tonight outlining his strategy for confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). As Obama told NBC’s Mee...
By Marc Lynch
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National Security Human Capital
Our Unrealist PresidentEven before his presidency began, Barack Obama articulated a foreign-policy course markedly different from that of his immediate predecessors. Not only did he present himself ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Interview: Shawn Brimley on CNN OutFront discussing ISIS
Read the full transcript of Mr. Brimley's interview here....
By Shawn Brimley
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Event: Ensuring a Strong U.S. Defense for the Future
CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy participated in a discussion hosted by The U.S. Institute of Peace of the report by the National Defense Panel, “Ensuring a Strong U.S. Defense for ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Send the U.S. Navy to AustraliaAustralian cooperation with America's ongoing military and humanitarian operations in Iraq is just the latest example of a deep alliance that has flourished for over six decad...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Managing Partnerships, not Enlargement, Is NATO’s Real Challenge
Despite the recent prominence given to the issue of NATO’s membership enlargement, the alliance seems destined for at least the next few years to focus on broadening and deepe...
By Richard Weitz
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Interview: Michèle Flournoy on NBC's "Meet the Press" on ISIS threat and Russia relations
Watch the full "Meet the Press" segment at NBC News....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
The Islamic State's Dangerous Influence in AsiaIn places across Indonesia, small collections of political Islamists have “openly pledged their allegiance” to the extremist terrorist group, the Islamic State (IS). One of th...
By Hannah Suh
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National Security Human Capital
Six Strategies Obama Could Use to Fight the Islamic StateAfter a summer in which Islamic State militants have rampaged through Iraq and Syria, declared an Islamic caliphate, recruited extremists from abroad and claimed credit for de...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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The New Arab Cold War
A bitter proxy war is being waged in the Middle East. It stretches from Iraq to Lebanon and reaches into North Africa, taking lives in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt's Western Des...
By Jacob Stokes
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Terrorism as Theater
The beheading of American journalist James Foley by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq was much more than an altogether gruesome and tragic affair: rather, it was a very soph...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Technology & National Security
Stopping a New Class of MilitantsTechnological improvements are changing the power relationships between non-state and state actors. At War on the Rocks, TX Hammes made this argument with an eye toward Israel...
By Jack Miller