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Why Trump Needs to Make Strategic Investments in the U.S. Military
The seemingly shocking numbers are grabbing attention: a defense spending increase near 10 percent. But the reality is, increased spending is overdue. The global role of the U...
By Lauren Fish
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CVE Was Doomed to Fail. Under Trump, It Will Get Worse
Federal countering violent extremism (CVE) programming is more likely to harm than help build trust in American communities. Though well-intentioned, the Obama administration’...
By Yasmin Faruki
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Video: Experts on a New Way Forward in Afghanistan
CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy, Adjunct Senior Fellow Christopher Kolenda, and Ambassador Ronald Neumann discuss a new way forward in Afghanistan. Kolenda is the author of the CNAS...
By Christopher D. Kolenda, Michèle Flournoy & Ambassador Ronald Neumann
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Chris Kolenda discusses New Report on Way Forward in Afghanistan
CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Christopher Kolenda discusses his new report, "Focused Engagement: How the United States Should Modify Its Strategy Afghanistan." Hosted by Neal Urw...
By Christopher D. Kolenda & Neal Urwitz
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The First 100 Days: Change is Coming to the DOD
In their fourth episode, national political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns talks with Jamie Harrison and Ray Buckley, two of the candidates for Democratic National Comm...
By Shawn Brimley & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald and Dan Gettinger on The Drone Database
CNAS senior fellows Ben FitzGerald and Paul Scharre were joined by Dan Gettinger, founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College, to discuss ...
By Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald & Neal Urwitz
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Paul Scharre on Automation in the U.S. Military
Paul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Future of Warfare Initiative, discusses automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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McCain’s Excellent White Paper: Smaller Carriers, High-Low Weapons Mix, Frigates, Cheap Fighters
The Senate Armed Services Committee new White Paper positions the committee as a leader in the Pentagon’s effort to rebuild and reform. The SASC offers a road map with key dec...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Why America’s Space Launch Must be Competitivead
The Sept. 1 pad explosion that resulted in SpaceX losing a Falcon 9 rocket and the associated commercial communications satellite may have been frustrating to those responsibl...
By Adam Routh
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The United States and Russia Are Already at War
The United States and Russia are already at war. At least, that’s what many in Moscow seem to think. This war is not fought like past conflicts. It’s prosecuted today primaril...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Why the Trump Administration Should Adopt a Mission-Oriented Combatant Command Structure
It’s often said that to determine someone’s priorities, take a look at how they spend their time and their money. Organizations are no different. Glancing at an organizational...
By Lauren Fish
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Painting by Numbers: A History of the U.S. Military's Phasing Construct
Ask any budding student of security or member of the military where the focus of conflict is, and you’ll hear an emphatic “phase III operations.” The period in which decisive ...
By Lauren Fish
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Rebuilding America's Military
President-elect Trump’s book The Art of the Deal applies the principles of negotiation to business, but they are universal to human nature. A century ago, a previous president...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Rebuilding America's Military: A Defense Transition Brief
Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director of the Future of Warfare Initiative, provides three recommendations for rebuilding America's military: Increase funding with a stable...
By Paul Scharre
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Phases of War and the Iraq Experience
The difficulties of applying the U.S. military’s phasing construct to the realities of conflict are rarely more evident than when examining the American experience in Iraq. Th...
By Kevin Shi & Paul Scharre
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Pentagon investing billions to develop autonomous weapons
By Paul Scharre
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The Growing Competition in the Ocean of Space: Classic Maritime Strategy Applied to the Final Frontier
The United States needs a new lexicon that explains the space environment in clear terms. Whether Americans like it or not, space has morphed from ouraspirational “final front...
By Jerry Hendrix & Michelle Shevin-Coetzee
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Audio: Even With Failures, North Korea's Nuclear Program Races Ahead
On NPR's All Things Considered, senior fellow Elbridge Colby discusses the dangers of a North Korean nuclear weapons program, even when many of their tests are failures....
By Elbridge Colby
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A Ready, Modern Force: Ready for Today, Prepared for Tomorrow
Experts from the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program participated in a panel discussion on defense spending. Senior Fellows Jerry Hendrix, Paul Scharre, and Elbrid...
By Elbridge Colby, Paul Scharre & Jerry Hendrix
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Lessons from the Cold War: Why Man’s First Trip to Mars is a Matter of National Security
In a National Interest op-ed, research associate Adam Routh uses examples from the Cold War to explain why spaced-based national security investments are vital to improving na...
By Adam Routh