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The fear driving Trump's success is tying America's hands in war on terror
Donald Trump is riding a wave of fear to electoral victory across the country. One of the greatest fears driving supporters to Trump is that of the global jihad, led today by ...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Podcast: Kelley Sayler on the Growing Threat to U.S. Aircraft Carriers
By Kelley Sayler
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China is Cruising for a Bruising
China is attempting to create a situation wherein the United States, to uphold international law, will either have to accede to their territorial claims in the South China Sea...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons in the NewsNew CNAS Research on Autonomous Weapons CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Michael C. Horowitz released two papers this week on issues surrounding autonomous weapons. Public opinion a...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Prospects for Korean Reunification | Great Decisions Lecture SeriesAs part of the Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Lecture Series, Asia-Pacific Security Program Director Dr. Patrick Cronin joins a panel to discuss the prospects of...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Dr. Michael Horowitz before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Power Projection Forces
Dr. Michael Horowitz, CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow, testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Power Projection Forces....
By Michael Horowitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
CNAS Commentary: High Stakes at the Sunnylands SummitThe transformation of U.S.–Southeast Asian relations is the least heralded and yet most forward-looking element of President Barack Obama’s rebalance to Asia. At the upcoming ...
By Derwin Pereira & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
North Korea: U.S. intelligence warningsBy Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Confronting China in the South China SeaOn January 29, the USS Curtis Wilbur, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, a Chinese-held islet in the South China Sea that is also cl...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
North Korea Ignites a Predictable Chain ReactionNorth Korea’s fourth nuclear test set in motion a predictable chain reaction. I refer not to the precision of nuclear physics, but to the same old policy responses from all re...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Stop the Navy's carrier plan
When there is a crisis anywhere in the world, the president’s first question often is, “Where are the aircraft carriers?” The modern supercarrier lies at the very center of Am...
By Jerry Hendrix
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America's Naval Presence Problem
One month ago, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter sent a stinging letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus entitled “Program Balance.” The memo offered a stark reminder that Bud...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: Mapping Asia's Trajectory: An Australia PerspectiveBy Michèle Flournoy & Patrick M. Cronin
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Iran’s Arrest of U.S. Sailors Reflects Obama’s Foreign-Policy Weakness
Two thousand years ago, a Roman could wander the known world confident that he would be unmolested by local unruly elements, protected only by the statement “Civis romanus sum...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Taiwan’s Great RecalibrationThe winds of change that swept Taiwan on Saturday, Jan. 16, propelling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Dr. Tsai Ing-wen to a landslide victory — with nearly doubl...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Phoebe Benich
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Russia's Evolving Nuclear Doctrine and Its Implications
In this report, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby provides a baseline of Russian thinking on how Moscow sees its options for nuclear employment. Mr. Colby argues th...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Kim Jong Un's motives: North Korea nuclear testOn CNN, Patrick Cronin, Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, discusses Kim Jong Un's possible motives for conducting a nuclear test, which North Korea claims ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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If China's Goliath Threatens Asia, Then Arm David
There is a Goliath menacing the western Pacific. China’s construction of three huge artificial islands with obvious military capacity in the South China Sea has already destab...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Podcast: Shawn Brimley on America's Military Edge
in his latest podcast, CNAS Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley argues that the U.S. military edge – particularly in regards to technology – is rapidly eroding. Mr. Brimley...
By Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Mind Games Behind Obama Arming TaiwanAmerican presidents like to announce major arms sales to Taiwan when they are leaving office. George Herbert Walker Bush announced the sale of nearly $8 billion in hardware, i...
By Harry Krejsa & Patrick M. Cronin