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CEO Michèle Flournoy before SASC on National Security Threats
CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy with Eric Edelman testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on national security threats facing the United States. They answered questions...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Leadership Insights from Michèle Flournoy
By Michèle Flournoy
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Leadership in International Affairs: Lessons Learned
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
Can We Finally Get an AUMF Right?On Wednesday the White House sent legislative text to the Senate and House of Representatives that would authorize military force against the self-declared Islamic State, init...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Asia’s Rise Is Rooted in Confucian ValuesOne of the striking elements of “The Governance of China,” a book published this past fall in several languages (including English) by Chinese President Xi Jinping , was his r...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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National Security Human Capital
Obama's Defense-Spending CharadeThe president is trying to lure conservatives into a mousetrap with an offer of a topline increase in defense spending in return for removing the spending caps put in place by...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Obama's National Security Strategy: A Policy of ‘Sustainment’
Commentary
Perhaps the most important function of any National Security Strategy (NSS) comes in articulating an administration’s worldview, rather than detailing a specific to-do list. T...
By Jacob Stokes
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CNAS Experts on the National Security Strategy
This week, CNAS experts discuss the National Security Strategy (NSS) and its value as the nation navigates some of the most challenging security challenges of the decade. The ...
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What Use is the National Security Strategy?
Rarely does the release of a bureaucratic document have geopolitical impact. The National Security Strategy, which the Obama administration will release on Friday, is a stark ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Don’t Expect Too Much From Obama’s National Security Strategy
If there’s one notion that unites the national security community these days, it’s that the United States needs strategy. It needs a strategy for defeating the Islamic State, ...
By Richard Fontaine & Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital
The Lowdown on Obama's New National Security StrategyA little less than a year ago, my colleague Jacob Stokes and I wrote a piece for Politico Magazine highlighting some of the challenges facing those drafting the next National ...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital
Ash Carter Has One Shot To Keep the Pentagon’s Technology EdgeIf confirmed as defense secretary, Ashton Carter will need all his abundant experience to tackle the major challenges the Pentagon faces in trying to maintain America’s milita...
By Elbridge Colby & Shawn Brimley
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
How Should Military Leadership Respond To Calls For Compensation Reform?The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released its long-awaited final report on Thursday, offering a number of findings and recommendations for imp...
By Katherine Kidder
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National Security Human Capital
INFOGRAPHIC: Military Compensation and Retirement ModernizationBy Katherine Kidder & Phillip Carter
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The Postmodern Autocrat's Handbook
The concept of dictatorship is badly in need of revision. The old model of remote tyrants inflicting arbitrary, often eccentric, edicts on their cowed or indoctrinated subject...
By Dafna Rand & Robert D. Kaplan
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Military Compensation Commission Report
By Katherine Kidder
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Video: The Third U.S. Offset Strategy and its Implications for Partners and Allies
CNAS and the NATO Allied Command Transformation hosted Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense, who presented his view for how the new U.S. Offset Strategy will impact U.S. a...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Technology & National Security
What to Look For in the DoD BudgetNext week, the Department of Defense (DoD) will release its annual budget, which is where wonky strategy-speak gets translated into real hard dollars. Even though DoD just com...
By Paul Scharre
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Video: Is it time to open the door to better relations with Iran?
By Robert D. Kaplan
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New Delhi and Washington’s China Convergence
Just a few years ago, Pakistan would have dominated any conversation between an Indian prime minister and an American president. During President Obama’s visit to India this w...
By Richard Fontaine
