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• Podcast
  • September 13, 2019
  Friday Roundtable Podcast: Sep. 13, 2019

  On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, our guests include Bob Hale, former Pentagon comptroller and senior fellow at the Center for a New Americ...

  By Robert F. Hale

• Video
  • September 11, 2019
  Trump's cancelled peace talks with the Taliban

  Christopher D. Kolenda is a retired US army colonel, and a veteran of the Afghan war. He also played a key role in facilitating peace talks with the Taliban. He tells Deutsche...

  By Christopher D. Kolenda

• Commentary
  • Defense One
  • September 9, 2019
  Two Cheers for Esper’s Plan to Reassert Civilian Control of the Pentagon

  The longest-ever gap in civilian leadership atop the Department of Defense came to an end on July 23, when Mark Esper was sworn in as secretary of defense. His presence in the...

  By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Alice Hunt Friend & Mara Karlin

• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • August 25, 2019
  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

• Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • August 9, 2019
  Strategy or Straitjacket? Three Reasons Why People Are Still Arguing About the National Defense Strategy

  “It feels so weird to not intervene in the Middle East. I know we’re trying to avoid getting sucked in, but it’s hard to say no.” These were the words my colleague uttered dur...

  By Chris Dougherty

• Podcast
  • July 30, 2019
  Bombshell: The One With Mara Jade

  This week on Bombshell Loren and Erin hold down the fort and ask the brilliant Elsa Kania to explain the new Chinese defense white paper. Britain has a new PM, Pakistan’s visi...

  By Elsa B. Kania & Loren DeJonge Schulman

• Podcast
  • July 29, 2019
  Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe set to replace Dan Coats as US spy chief

  President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coa...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • Defense One
  • July 21, 2019
  The US Is Unprepared to Mobilize for Great Power Conflict

  The “fully mobilized Joint Force,” the National Defense Strategy tells us, will be capable of “defeating aggression by a major power; deterring opportunistic aggression elsewh...

  By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore

• Commentary
  • July 18, 2019
  The Second Battle of Midway

  The year is 2025 and a Chinese amphibious action group has set out for Taiwan. The United States will intervene to stop this effort, but there isn’t a U.S. ship within 4,000 m...

  By David Zikusoka

• Podcast
  • July 18, 2019
  France to add a space force to its military

  France has announced plans for a space force. But what can it do? Why does anyone need a space force? Host Marco Werman speaks with Chris Dougherty, a former leading strategis...

  By Chris Dougherty

• Video
  • July 17, 2019
  Perspectives on the Mark Esper nomination hearing

  Rick 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

• Commentary
  • Just Security
  • July 2, 2019
  Acting or Not, the Play’s The Thing

  The 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

• Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • July 1, 2019
  An Acting Secretary of Defense Isn’t Enough

  The 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

• Commentary
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • June 30, 2019
  INF Treaty Defenders Raise the Risk of Nuclear War

  President Trump last year announced the U.S. would withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. That made sense because Russia was violating the pact and C...

  By Elbridge Colby & Rep. Mike Gallagher

• Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • June 26, 2019
  Democrats Face a Defense Spending Conundrum

  On Wednesday and Thursday, 20 of the two dozen contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination will converge on stage in Miami to make their case to the American people....

  By Loren DeJonge Schulman

• Video
  • June 23, 2019
  One-on-one with former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work

  The Chinese government is developing tactics to combat those of the United States. A new report from the Center for a New American Security says that the country is exploring ...

  By Robert O. Work

• Podcast
  • June 21, 2019
  Let’s call the whole thing off

  Tensions with Iran escalated this week and then, Thursday evening, President Trump apparently signed off on airstrikes in Iran only to cancel them. According to reports and an...

  By Chris Dougherty

• Congressional Testimony
  • June 20, 2019
  The Implications of China Developing a World-Class Military: First and Foremost a Regional Challenge

  Submitted Written Testimony Chairmen Lewis and McDevitt, Distinguished Members of the Commission, it is an honor to testify to the Commission. Thank you for the invitation to ...

  By Elbridge Colby

• Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • June 18, 2019
  Addressing America's Operational Shortfall in the Pacific

  The Trump administration has made a number of strong statements about the need for the United States to do more to prepare for great power competition with China. Officials ha...

  By Mark Montgomery & Eric Sayers

• Commentary
  • June 14, 2019
  Living on the Edge: Strengthening American Competitiveness

  Richard Fontaine highlights the range of national security challenges facing the United States....

  By Richard Fontaine