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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Modernizing the Department of Homeland SecurityThere is a fresh opportunity to conceive of a forward-looking Department of Homeland Security....
By Carrie Cordero & Katrina Mulligan
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump’s lame-duck pardons will all be legal, no matter how corrupt they lookThe prospect of more pardons in the next couple of months seems more likely than not....
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Intelligence officials are now warning about election interference in real timeTime is running out to get the right amount of accurate information out to the public to prevent a foreign adversary from influencing voters....
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The 9/11 Commission Report, the Pandemic and the Future of Homeland SecurityThe report was specific in its remit, but its lessons withstand the passage of time....
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Department of Homeland Security is broken. Here’s what it needs in a boss.The span of responsibility for DHS may well be the broadest of any single Cabinet department....
By Paul Rosenzweig & Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
There’s Still Time to Protect American Democracy Against Threats to the 2020 ElectionsThe importance of protecting the integrity of the vote—the very foundation of democratic governance—could not be clearer....
By Carrie Cordero & Claire Finkelstein
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
A Window to Rein in DHSOversight and accountability of this massive department have lagged far behind....
By Carrie Cordero & Elizabeth Goitein
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Lawfare Podcast: The Expanded Intelligence Activities of the Department of Homeland SecurityYesterday, Lawfare published an article revealing and analyzing a document from the Department of Homeland Security that offers legal guidance to analysts ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
How the Portland Secret Police HappenedThe rule of law matters most in times of crisis....
By Carrie Cordero
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Video
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Closing the Deal: National Security and Investment ScrutinyThe United States and other major economies are enhancing investment screening and export controls in areas sensitive to national security....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Peter Harrell, Carrie Cordero, David Cohen, Elbridge Colby, Wally Adeyemo, Deborah Lehr, Aimen Mir & Uzra Zeya
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Video
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Pitch: A Competition of New IdeasOn June 17, 2020, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted its premier event to elevate emerging and diverse voices in national security. Sixteen applicants made t...
By Richard Fontaine, Michèle Flournoy, Michael J. Zak, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Shai Korman, Carrie Cordero, Kristine Lee, David Zikusoka & Cole Stevens
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Department of Homeland Security Law Enforcement Agencies Require Expanded OversightHundreds of Department of Homeland Security officers have been called up to serve along with other federal law enforcement officers and the National Guard to provide security ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Health Surveillance Is Here to StayWashington’s post-9/11 debate about how much surveillance a free society should allow has suddenly become about much more than counterterrorism and national security. Amid tod...
By Carrie Cordero & Richard Fontaine
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Transcript
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Transcript from Engagement and Competition: China, Technology, and Global Supply Chains with the Cyberspace Solarium CommissionOn March 26, 2020, the CNAS Technology and National Security Program and the Cyberspace Solarium Commission hosted a virtual panel discussion on "Engagement and Competition: C...
By Rep. Mike Gallagher, Samantha Ravich, John C. Inglis, Carrie Cordero & Martijn Rasser
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Commentary
Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s Mandate to Fix Congressional OversightThe report of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission is finally out—and it provides a fresh look at congressional oversight on cybersecurity. Congress established the commission a...
By Carrie Cordero & David Thaw
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
We learned resilience after 9/11. But it’s the wrong kind for combatting a virus.Ever since the attacks of 9/11 shocked the nation, Americans have been urged by political leaders to learn resilience in the face of terrorism. That’s been critical to improvi...
By Joshua A. Geltzer & Carrie Cordero
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Podcast
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congressional regulation of federal cybersecurity offers only a mixed-bag of solutionsCybersecurity is a big challenge for the federal government because of the way it encompasses technology, foreign policy, national security and crime. Carrie Cordero argues th...
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congress has to figure out whether Trump's four embassy claim is realThe targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, carried with it significant potential to serve as a catalyst for a br...
By Carrie Cordero
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Video
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS: Bold Ideas for National SecurityThis year, CNAS experts brought bold ideas and bipartisan cooperation to the national security conversation. In 2020, the CNAS team will continue tackling the biggest security...
By Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Kayla M. Williams, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Richard Fontaine, Kristine Lee, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Ely Ratner, Paul Scharre, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Holding DHS Accountable for a Child’s Death in the Custody of Border PatrolProPublica published an extensive investigative report last week detailing the circumstances surrounding the death of 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez. The teenag...
By Carrie Cordero, Heidi Li Feldman & Chimène Keitner
