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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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Video
Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Ashley Feng Discusses Latest Developments in Hong KongAshley Feng joins Paris Huang on Voice of America Chinese to discuss the latest developments surrounding Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong and the U.S. response. Watch th...
By Ashley Feng
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The United States Can’t Afford to Turn Away Chinese TalentIntellectual property theft is a real concern, and China has been the world’s foremost infringer. But a blanket exclusion of Chinese students from U.S. academic and scien...
By Elsa B. Kania & Lindsay Gorman
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
How to use the next stimulus to counter China“Build back better” was the mantra New Orleans adopted after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. It should be our country’s motto as we work to recover from the economic and...
By Stephen J. Hadley & Anja Manuel
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump Wants Answers on the Pandemic’s Origins. Politicizing Intelligence Won’t Help.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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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
More women in government roles leads to greater national securityThe 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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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
To Prepare for a Crisis, Read FictionFiction 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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Podcast
Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Richard Fontaine Appears on Technology by DesignRichard Fontaine is the CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He came to Durham back in February and took some time to sit down with us to discuss the differen...
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: America's National Security WorkforceThe greatest source of strength in American national security is the people who lead and serve within its institutions. The ongoing U.S. response to the global coronavirus out...
By Emma Moore, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Now’s Not the Time for IsolationismThe coronavirus is a public health tragedy. If the United States isn’t careful, it could turn into a geopolitical one, too. How the U.S. manages—or mismanages—the coronavirus...
By Michèle Flournoy & Lisa Monaco
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Women in Combat: Five-Year Status UpdateIt has been five years since the ban on women in combat was lifted in 2015 and women began integrating previously closed combat arms billets in January 2016. Five years is the...
By Emma Moore
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
VA must improve access to high-quality care for transgender veteransNearly two years ago, I argued that then-incoming VA Secretary Robert Wilkie should expand care to transgender veterans, removing the exclusion of gender confirmation surgery ...
By Kayla M. Williams
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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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Commentary
Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Right Way to Reform the U.S. President’s International Emergency PowersThere is growing discussion in Washington about potential reforms to presidential emergency powers, a debate that will only intensify as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. ...
By Peter Harrell
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
9/11 swallowed U.S. foreign policy. Don’t let the coronavirus do the same thing.For two decades, American foreign policy has been shaped by the 9/11 attacks. The catastrophic wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, our failure to see the full threat posed by Russia...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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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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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
How the US military's coronavirus response may screw over the reservesThe endless pursuit of lethality combined with perverse incentives for commanders means the U.S. military’s reserve component risks being left in the lurch by the government’s...
By Emma Moore
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Clawing Back Constitutional War PowersWashington is in the early innings of what has the potential to become the most significant congressional claw-back of constitutional war powers authority since Vietnam. Follo...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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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
