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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
#Protect2020Over the last four years, there has been an unprecedented all-of-nation effort to ensure that the 2020 election is as secure as any in U.S. history....
By Christopher C. Krebs
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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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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: The Next CongressWhen the 117th Congress is sworn in next January, legislators have the opportunity to exert substantial influence on the future of America's role in the world....
By Katie Galgano, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Partnerships to Protect Democracy: States vs. Nation-StatesThere is a growing and gathering danger shadowing American democracy and our system of elections. It is that malicious foreign actors have demonstrated the motivation and capa...
By Scott Bates
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
America Needs a ‘We Need You’ Message to Counter Foreign Election InterferenceWe need a better understanding of why Americans are not more deeply engaged on the issue of foreign election interference....
By Dan Vallone
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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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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Protecting Election Integrity by Prohibiting Deception and DisenfranchisementImplementing dual prohibitions on disenfranchisement and deception would go a long way toward protecting the integrity of elections....
By Chimène Keitner
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
European Lessons for Tackling Election InterferenceThe European experience with tackling election interference in the form of disinformation and cyberattacks can provide useful lessons for the United States....
By Erik Brattberg
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Growing Threat of Domestic Disinformation in PolandPoland has a clear-eyed view of the threat of foreign interference, particularly from the Russian Federation. But the PiS government has embraced the disinformation playbook....
By Nina Jankowicz
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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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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Death and Rebirth of American InternationalismThe time has come for Americans to rethink their country’s role in the world and fashion an internationalism suited to today’s realities....
By Edward Fishman
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Republicans Can Learn From Democrats’ Foreign Affairs Committee ContestRepublican legislators in both the House and the Senate have ample time to draw lessons from Engel’s loss and translate them into reform....
By Chris Estep
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Next Coronavirus Relief Bill Must Address Massive Oversight IssuesAs Congress considers another coronavirus relief bill, it must not only build an effective and competent oversight mechanism, but also protect that oversight from interference...
By Katie Galgano
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Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
China Has Squandered Its First Great OpportunityAmerica has been lucky that Beijing hasn’t acted with more deftness this time around....
By Richard Fontaine
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congress must use its tools to influence the decisions of warWith its informal toolkit, Congress can question existing military and political strategies and test assessments about how the fight is going....
By Richard Fontaine & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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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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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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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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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
A Message to the CNAS CommunityDear Members of the CNAS Community, The protests that have swept across all 50 states call for change that is both modest and monumental. Modest, by condemning the killing of ...
By Richard Fontaine
