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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
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American Strategy and the Six Phases of Grief
In War on the Rocks, senior fellow Paul Scharre writes an op-ed discussing the military's phasing strategy and why it's no longer effective for today's challenges....
By Paul Scharre
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Broke Down and Tied to the Pier – the U.S. Naval Fleet Is in Dire Need of Reinforcement
At this moment the nation’s newest and most expensive aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, which cost $13 billion, has two of its four main turbine generators out of comm...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Leaving the “Gray Zone”: The U.S. Need to Fight Aggression Below Conventional War
The Commander-in-Chief Forum featuring Secretary Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s thoughts on national security missed an opportunity to engage the candidates on the gray zo...
By Lauren Fish
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Defense / Middle East Security
Video: Defeating the Islamic State: A Bottom Up ApproachBy Ilan Goldenberg & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Beijing's Go Big or Go Home Moment in the South China SeaChina is preparing for its go or go home moment in the South China Sea and it appears they have chosen the right time to make a play for regional and, ultimately, global domin...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The nuclear mission must stay manned
A lot of things can and should be automated—but nuclear bombers are not one of them. Unfortunately, it’s not clear that Moscow agrees.Reports surfaced in July that Russia has ...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
'Rocket attack' threat highlights terror risk faced by prosperous AsiaNews of a plot to launch a rocket from Indonesia's Batam towards Singapore's glitzy Marina Bay area offers insight into the evolving terrorism threat to Asia. Indonesian count...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Nuclear Weapons Aren’t Just For the Worst Case Scenario
Recent reports suggest that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insistently asked an anonymous foreign-policy expert why the United States should not use nuclear weap...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Parting the South China SeaJuly 12, 2016, marked a turning point in the long-standing disputes over the South China Sea. After more than three years of proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration,...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Rodrigo Duterte’s Turn in the South China SeaA tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) recently released its long-awaited judgment in the Philippines vs. China case. The case is the culmination of years of c...
By Harry Krejsa
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Choose your own adventure: The Next President's Voyage in the South China SeaTwo days ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague issued a truly stunning and long-anticipated ruling in the Philippines vs. China case over the South China ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Forging a Consensus on China’s BullyingThe Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has handed the United States a unique opportunity to rally opposition to China’s designs in the South China Sea and to preserve...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Will China React to the Gavel Coming Down in the South China Sea?Rising tensions in the South China Sea have cast a pall over many actors and issues, but not international law. Indeed, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN...
By Harry Krejsa & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: North Korea: New missiles can hit AmericaBy Patrick M. Cronin
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Foreign Policy Inheritance
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
Au Revoir QDRWhatever version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) emerges from the House-Senate conference process later this year, it seems likely that the 20-year old Quadre...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Shawn Brimley