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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: National Security in a Divided CongressFollowing the 2022 midterm elections, a new U.S. Congress was sworn in, resulting in a divided House and Senate with narrow margins. Key national security legislative items ar...
By Anna Pederson & Cameron Edinburgh
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Schedule F: An Unwelcome ResurgenceThe U.S. government is able to take on high-risk, high-cost ventures—nuclear security, pandemic response, environmental clean-up, food safety, and more—because civil servants ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Western Hemisphere Migration is a Long-Term ChallengeAddressing western hemisphere migration should be a national and international priority....
By Carrie Cordero & Cris Ramón
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Lawfare Podcast: Klein and Cordero on the Latest FISA NumbersTo discuss the latest in FISA transparency news, the data and what it all means, Benjamin Wittes sat down on Lawfare Live with Carrie Cordero of the Center for a New American ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Opportunity to Reform the Department of Homeland Security’s Biodefense Operations and GovernanceIf Russia were to engage in biological warfare against Ukraine, that act could embolden other countries to develop and use such weapons in other conflicts....
By Carrie Cordero & Asha M. George
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Sharper: 20202020 featured an ever-evolving series of national security challenges....
By Sam Dorshimer, Nathalie Grogan, Emily Jin, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump’s lame-duck pardons will all be legal, no matter how corrupt they lookThe prospect of more pardons in the next couple of months seems more likely than not....
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Make Good Choices! National Security Transitions and the Policy and Process DecisionsWho leads, how agencies implement policy, and the role of the National Security Council process draw less attention than strategy and policies, but they shape the impact of a ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Alex Tippett
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Intelligence officials are now warning about election interference in real timeTime is running out to get the right amount of accurate information out to the public to prevent a foreign adversary from influencing voters....
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congress Can Do Far More to Oversee America’s Foreign WarsCongressional attention to the use of force should today be at a premium....
By Richard Fontaine & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Successful 2020 Elections Will Require a Whole-of-Society ApproachEvery citizen, from Congress to the Intelligence Community to social media companies to the general public, has a role in supporting a successful 2020 election....
By Katie Galgano
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National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
If the Military Can't Handle Its Sexual Assault Problem, Congress Needs to Step InShould the DoD continue failing at comprehensively and effectively addressing sexual violence, Congress must intervene more robustly....
By Katie Galgano & Emma Moore
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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 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
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
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