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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
America Must Promote Democracy, Despite Trump’s Disdain for ItA dysfunctional U.S. democracy at home makes it less credible to support liberalism abroad....
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
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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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Death and Rebirth of American InternationalismThe time has come for Americans to rethink their country’s role in the world and fashion an internationalism suited to today’s realities....
By Edward Fishman
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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Republicans Can Learn From Democrats’ Foreign Affairs Committee ContestRepublican legislators in both the House and the Senate have ample time to draw lessons from Engel’s loss and translate them into reform....
By Chris Estep
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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
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
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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Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
For House, Senate National Security Committees, Stopgaps for Term LimitsThe primary election season for the next Congress opens officially on March 3, as states from California to Arkansas begin counting votes for candidates vying for seats in the...
By Chris Estep
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Commentary
Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Dangers of Manipulated Media in the Midst of a CrisisIn the immediate aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the internet was flooded with purportedly real-time information about the circ...
By Megan Lamberth
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Podcast
Transatlantic Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Richard Fontaine Discusses U.S. Strategy, Iran, and John McCain's LegacyRichard Fontaine, CEO of CNAS, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss conditions for military intervention, the future of the Iran crisis, and what he learned...
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Podcast
Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Building the World’s Biggest BudgetWhat do the Pentagon's decisions about military spending say about our priorities as a nation? What goes into the DoD's $700 billion budget each year? Former Pentagon official...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Susanna V. Blume
