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The NDAA Explained
Podcast
Lauren Fish, research associate with the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, explains the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Lauren Fish & Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Time for US to treat modern drones like aircraft, not missilesPresident Trump’s decision last month to sell MQ-9B Guardian drones to India represents a significant shift in U.S. drone export policy. International transfers of drones like...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Building a cyber ROTCIn the past week, crippling cyberattacks have been directed at Ukraine — targeting banks, the postal service, the airport in Kiev, and other major industries, disrupting the d...
By Michèle Flournoy & Amy Schafer
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Defense Problems as People Problems: Mattis's Human Capital Challenge
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis’s arrival in the Pentagon in late January was to launch an era of intra-Pentagon harmony — familiar face, familiar knife hands, well-known to b...
By Katherine Kidder & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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CNAS 2017: Strategic and Force Structure Considerations for the Future
Video
Experts in the key domains of land, air/sea and space discuss requirements for forging a successful future force....
By Jerry Hendrix
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An Open Letter on BRAC
Commentary
CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley signed a bipartisan open letter urging Congress to authorize a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. The u...
By Michèle Flournoy & Shawn Brimley
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To Keep Control of the Seas and the World, Trump Must Rebuild the Navy
It is time for the United States to respond strongly to aggressions upon the high seas and demonstrate its continued command of the oceans. American resolve will deter aggress...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The Future of War is Fast Approaching in the Pacific: Are the U.S. Military Services Ready?
Is the era of unparalleled U.S. conventional military superiority coming to an end? Many senior U.S. military leaders are worried. The ongoing general proliferation of precisi...
By Michael Horowitz
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CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy in The Washington Post
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a former Marine Corps general, said recently, “America has two fundamental powers, the power of intimidation and the power of inspiration.” We co...
By Michèle Flournoy
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This Time, Not for Prestige: The Space Race in the 21st Century
Why is everyone in such a rush to take giant leaps with space? NASA is examining the possibility of sending a crew on its first Space Launch System–Orion test flight. China an...
By Adam Routh
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NATO Must Strengthen Its Anti-Submarine Capabilities to Meet the Russian Threat
The Russian Bear has emerged from a long hibernation to threaten American and NATO interests with highly capable submarines in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. But neither the ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Getting the Pentagon’s Next National Defense Strategy Right
A small Pentagon team has started working on the next National Defense Strategy that, if properly scoped and staffed, will be an important tool for Secretary of Defense Jim Ma...
By Shawn Brimley
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Geography and the Coming US-China War at Sea
Soon, steel-hulled ships will clash in battle. Missiles belching fire will rise quickly from launch tubes, rapidly gathering speed and maneuverability before slamming into ene...
By Jerry Hendrix & Robert Bateman
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The President, the Pentagon, and the People
Carl von Clausewitz wrote, “Its dominant tendencies always make war a paradoxical trinity, composed of primordial violence, hatred, and enmity. . . .The first of these three a...
By Sean Liedman
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Killer Robot DebateAdvances in technology have transformed modern armies. But as robotics and artificial intelligence progress, so do the chances that militaries will be able to develop ‘killer...
By Paul Scharre
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Lessons from the QDDR for Secretary Tillerson’s Reorganization of the State Department
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week announced that he is launching a new initiative to reorganize the State Department. In launching this initiative, Tillerson is walki...
By Peter Harrell
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The Role of the Commander-in-Chief
I really just see the bigness of it all, but also the responsibility. And the human responsibility. You know, the human life that’s involved in some of the decisions.” — Presi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Janine Davidson
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Here’s How Trump’s ‘Axis of Adults’ Weathered the First 100 Days
Amongst the chaos and the tweets, some of the more reassuring steps of the first 100 days of the Donald Trump presidency were the appointments of Secretary of Defense James Ma...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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We Need Mutually Assured Destruction
The United States and Russia — and before it, the Soviet Union — have been in a nuclear standoff since 1949. This 68-year-old standoff has been very tense at times, such as du...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Alexander Velez Green Discusses Russia's Strategic Debate on Pre-emption
Podcast
Alexander Velez-Green, research associate with the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, discusses his report on Russia's strategic debate on a doctrine of pre-empt...
By Alexander Velez-Green & Neal Urwitz
