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Trump's National Security Strategy Is Dead on Arrival
Commentary
If a national security strategy is developed by well-meaning, capable advisers, who have little control over an undisciplined and unpredictable president, is it worth the pape...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s New National-Security Strategy Projects Confidence
Commentary
President Trump today unveiled his new National Security Strategy (NSS), exceeding the expectations of the national-security community by producing a remarkably coherent NSS w...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Commentary
Defense / Technology & National Security
Congress Mandates New DoD Study Central to Understanding TBITraumatic brain injury (TBI) is the signature wound of today's conflicts, affecting more than 370,000 service members, and emerging evidence suggests troops may be exposed to ...
By Lauren Fish & Paul Scharre
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Give Bad Faith a Chance in North Korea
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this week that the U.S. was “ready to talk” to North Korea. The White House and State Department walked back that statement, but Mr. Till...
By Peter Harrell
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China Mistakenly Challenges Andrew Jackson to a Duel
Commentary
The United States Navy will be making a port call in Taiwan in the near future. The only questions that remain are where, when, and how many ships of what type will drop ancho...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
A Rorschach Test for Civil-Military RelationsEarlier this week, I wrote in Slate about how America’s military leaders have seemingly improvised a new norm of civil-military relations in response to President Donald Trump...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump must stop Venezuela from sliding toward total dictatorship
The Trump administration’s sanctions on Venezuela have succeeded in creating a cash crunch in Caracas. But with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro getting close to defaulting...
By Peter Harrell
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The Human Factor in the “Unmanned” Systems of the People's Liberation ArmyEven as the character of conflict is transformed by the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on the battlefield, the human factor is no less important in this m...
By Elsa B. Kania
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How Many Battles Can the Pentagon Fight in Washington at Once?
Commentary
Agenda SecDef relaunched earlier this year with advice for then-new Secretary James Mattis, warning against the demands of unreasonable expectations in order to focus on five ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Lauren Fish
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Military Chiefs’ Reluctance to MarchIn a dizzying series of tweets and news stories on Monday, the Pentagon appeared to simultaneously embrace transgender recruits while the Trump administration was losing its b...
By Phillip Carter
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CNAS Commentary: “The New York Bombing: What We Know and How Not to Curb the Threat”
Washington, December 12 – In the wake of a terrorist attack near the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Adjunct Senior Fellow Step...
By Stephen Tankel
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Technology & National Security
China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match ItChina has made no secret of its ambitions to lead the world in artificial intelligence, nor of the military and geopolitical advantage it hopes to gain from this rapidly advan...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Here’s How Both Obama and Trump Stoked the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry
Commentary
From the surprise resignation (then un-resignation) of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to the intra-Gulf crisis with Qatar to the battle for influence in post-Islamic Stat...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
Foreign National Recruitment Must Stay True to Its Roots Under Trump AdministrationLast December, the U.S. Department of Defense suspended the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest Program, which responsible for recruiting foreign nationals livi...
By Jennie Kim & Jeesue Lee
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The Selfish Motive Behind Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
Commentary
Trump’s decision was all about placating his base. There is no other strategic rationale for taking this step now....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence and Chinese PowerThe United States’ technological sophistication has long supported its military predominance. In the 1990s, the U.S. military started to hold an uncontested advantage over its...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Moving the American Embassy: What You Need to Know
On Wednesday, the president may recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and possibly announce the movement of the American embassy to Jerusalem. While this may seem like ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Congress, cut the continuing resolutions so Defense can do its job
Commentary
As we once again find ourselves hurtling towards the expiration of yet another continuing resolution at the end of this week, with no long-term budget deal in sight, it seems ...
By Susanna V. Blume & Lauren Fish
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Evening in America?
Commentary
This past weekend marked the annual Reagan National Defense Forum, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. It was the first Forum since the ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Technology & National Security
China’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy Poses a Credible Threat to U.S. Tech LeadershipLast month, Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet, delivered a wake-up call: the unchallenged technological supremacy that the United States has enjoy...
By Gregory C. Allen
