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Commentary
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
What would John McCain do?A year ago, the world lost Sen. John McCain. The global response to his passing — largely grief and appreciation from allies and democratic activists, mostly silence from adve...
By Richard Fontaine
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Podcast
Transatlantic Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
A Conversation with Maggie Feldman-Piltch and #NatSecGirlSquad#NatSecGirlSquad founder and Unicorn Strategies managing director Maggie Feldman-Piltch joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the importance of competent div...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Maggie Feldman-Piltch
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Podcast
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Women in National Security: Maggie Feldman-PiltchMaggie Feldman-Piltch joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss the gaps she sees in launching and advancing careers in nationa...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Maggie Feldman-Piltch
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Commentary
Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congress Is Gearing Up for a Bigger Fight With Trump Over Russia PolicyAfter a long delay, the Trump administration finally took the first steps in a legally mandated effort to punish Russia for its use of chemical weapons in the 2018 poisoning o...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Podcast
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Women in National Security: Sina BeaghleySina Beaghley joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss security clearance reform. Sina is a senior international/defense polic...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Sina Beaghley
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Video
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Perspectives on the Mark Esper nomination hearingRick Berger, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Loren DeJonge Schulman, deputy director of studies at CNAS, discuss Mark Esper’s confirmation hearing to...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Women in National Security: Laura JunorDr. Laura Junor joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss how the government must change its personnel systems to bring in the ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Laura Junor
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Why Ivanka Trump didn’t belong anywhere near the DMZ or the G-20 summitSince President Trump took office, the White House has been pushing the boundaries of what the American public will tolerate in terms of family involvement in presidential dec...
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Acting or Not, the Play’s The ThingThe musical chairs of “acting” officials at the Defense Department has taken on a dizzying pace. Army Secretary Mark Esper became the acting defense secretary after Patrick Sh...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
An Acting Secretary of Defense Isn’t EnoughThe U.S. public is rightfully anxious about U.S. policy on Iran and whether the Trump administration is leading the country toward war in the Persian Gulf. The White House has...
By Jim Townsend
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Commentary
Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for PolicymakersIntroduction President Trump’s late-May threat to impose tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico in response to illegal immigration, and ongoing threat of tariffs against U.S. aut...
By Peter Harrell
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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
Renewing the National Security Consensus in CongressLoren DeJonge Schulman discusses bipartisan solutions to complex foreign policy challenges with Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Chris Murphy (D-CT)....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Senator Josh Hawley & Senator Chris Murphy
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Video
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Fostering Bipartisanship in Intelligence OversightExperts and policymakers discuss setting intelligence oversight priorities, the importance of bipartisanship in intelligence oversight, and whether the intelligence committees...
By Carrie Cordero, Ellen Nakashima, Representative C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger & The Honorable Mike Rogers
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Commentary
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
What Congress Should Do with the 2020 Defense BudgetSummary There are many things that the administration’s 2020 defense budget request gets right. However, the proposal remains too focused on both the size of the joint force a...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Counterintelligence Responsibilities and the 2020 Election: What Are the Rules of the Road?The attorney general has now directed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to examine how the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election bega...
By Carrie Cordero
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump’s Preference for Acting Officials Puts National Security at RiskPresident Trump recently announced that his intended nominee for secretary of defense will be Patrick Shanahan, who became—way back in March—America’s longest-serving acting s...
By Carrie Cordero & Joshua A. Geltzer
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Managing the National Security Workforce CrisisThe federal national security workforce is entering a perfect storm shaped by workforce demographic trends, short-sighted leadership, slow adaptation to modern challenges, and...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Bombshells and Smart Women Talk SecurityRAND’s Radha Iyengar Plumb, CNAS’s Loren DeJonge Schulman (two of the Bombshell podcast hosts), and CSIS’s Alice Hunt Friend discuss mentoring young women (and men) and what i...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Commentary
Transatlantic Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Nancy Pelosi and Theresa May are Leading on Borrowed TimePrime Minister Theresa May and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, two female politicians on either side of the Atlantic, each managed to stave off challenges to their leadersh...
By Livia Godaert & Chris Estep
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Podcast
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Bombshell: Come What MayErin, Radha, and Loren invited Dr. Lindsay Cohn of the U.S. Naval War College to join their posse and explain America’s history of employing the military for domestic purposes...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Lindsay Cohn, Radha Iyengar & Erin Simpson
