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Trump Wants Answers on the Pandemic’s Origins. Politicizing Intelligence Won’t Help.
Commentary
Where did the coronavirus come from? The Trump administration says it wants answers to this question—but conflicting statements from U.S. leaders are further undercutting the ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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A Strongman Brand Others Can Emulate
Commentary
For the past 20 years, Putin has been driven principally by his desire to maintain power. To this end, he has weakened the state, eliminated competition, and personalized Russ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Digital Threats to Democracy: The Online Brain
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What Is Digitally Impaired Cognition? A growing reliance on digital systems is gradually subverting human cognition by making it more difficult for individuals to maintain att...
By M. Nina Miller
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Online and Off-Kilter: Forecasting Digital Threats to Democracy
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New technologies come with unintended consequences. It is increasingly clear that the breakneck pace of technological development in the 21st century poses new digital threats...
By M. Nina Miller
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Emerging Trends in Coercive Economic Measures Used by the United States and China
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On April 24, the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program held a live discussion on trends in coercive economic measures in the U.S.-China relationship. This event c...
By Ashley Feng
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Veteran Benefits for Members of the National Guard and Reserves
Commentary
The reserve component of the armed forces is often overlooked in terms of federal benefits and recognition....
By Nathalie Grogan
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More women in government roles leads to greater national security
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The United States is facing an unprecedented economic and health crisis due to the coronavirus. Decisions made now will have repercussions that last for years. Recovery from t...
By Katie Galgano
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The World Order Is Dead. Here’s How to Build a New One for a Post-Coronavirus Era.
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International orders seldom change in noticeable ways. Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Pax Romana was not a passing phase: it persisted for centuries. The order that a...
By Edward Fishman
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Global Supply Chains, Economic Decoupling, and U.S.-China Relations, Part 2: The View from the People’s Republic of China
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Introduction: The World As Beijing Sees It U.S. economic policy is not the only force at play threatening to disrupt the deep economic ties between the People’s Republic of C...
By Sagatom Saha & Ashley Feng
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Sharper: Global Coronavirus Response
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As regions across the United States enforce states of emergency and a growing list of countries restrict travel, close schools, and quarantine citizens, the economic and human...
By Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Washington’s Anti-Huawei Tactics Need a Reboot In Europe
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A coronavirus-induced economic crisis could send Europe bargain-shopping for critical infrastructure—in ways that might be dangerous. Europe’s argument on moving forward with ...
By Carisa Nietsche & Martijn Rasser
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Now is the time for an economic stimulus in artificial intelligence — or the US could fall behind
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The COVID-19 virus has inflicted significant pain on the US economy as airlines have cancelled thousands of flights, restaurants and retailers have shut down, and sporting eve...
By Tony Samp
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A Nightmare for For China: What Would Beijing Do if Kim Jong-un Dies?
Commentary
A leadership transition in North Korea would present both tremendous risk and opportunity for all stakeholders in Northeast Asia, perhaps most acutely for China. Beijing has l...
By Kristine Lee
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Third order effects of coronavirus on military recruiting and retention
Commentary
The COVID-19 pandemic will have yet-to-be-seen effects on military recruitment and retention in the short- and long-term. Every month during which recruiting is paused or slow...
By Emma Moore
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Countering China’s Technonationalism
Commentary
The world’s technology-leading democracies must take a fresh approach to high-end tech exports and policy to prevail in the competition with China. The global semiconductor in...
By Martijn Rasser
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U.S. Sanctions and COVID-19
Commentary
On April 17, the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program held a live discussion on U.S. sanctions policy and the COVID-19 pandemic. EES Program Director and Senior ...
By Abigail Eineman
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Sharper: The 5G Future
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5th Generation (5G) telecommunications promises to be a foundational next-generation technology—and vital to enabling the next industrial revolution. The stakes in 5G are high...
By Megan Lamberth, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Into the unknown: Military families struggle with Family Care Plans
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There is an old saying around the military, “If the Army wanted you to have a family, they’d have issued you one,” implying families are extraneous to the needs of the organiz...
By COL Sarah Albrycht & Nathalie Grogan
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To Prepare for a Crisis, Read Fiction
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Fiction and policy too rarely mix. The learned policymaker reads reports and journal articles, books and research papers, all aimed at injecting the highest-quality thinking i...
By Richard Fontaine
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How the US can learn from Israel to counter Iran
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During the COVID-19 crisis, one would have thought the United States and Iran would find ways to reduce tensions. Instead the Trump administration refuses to relax sanctions i...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
