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CNAS Insights | The 2025 National Security Strategy
Commentary
The White House recently released its long-awaited National Security Strategy (NSS), a document mandated by U.S. law since the mid-1980s. The NSS of the second Trump term prom...
By Richard Fontaine, Paul Scharre, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Emily Kilcrease, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Vivek Chilukuri, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Better Positioning the National Guard for 21st-Century Engagements
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Carrie F. Cordero is the Robert M. Gates senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) where she leads the Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative. The National Gu...
By Carrie Cordero
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Coordinate the Interagency to Counter Malign Foreign Influence
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The Trump administration should designate a senior member of the National Security Council staff as a coordinator of federal government efforts to counter malign foreign influ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Countering Election Falsehoods: Lessons from the Hurricanes
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Give people the information they need to make an informed decision, and give it to them straight....
By Carrie Cordero
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National Security Human Capital Program / National Security Law Program
Countering Domestic Violent Extremism in the Ranks: Barriers to Recruitment ScreeningLawful interaction with the technology sector, including social media platforms, is essential to effectively address national security threats, foreign and domestic....
By Carrie Cordero & Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Commentary
Middle East Security / National Security Law Program
The Lessons of 9/11 Can Help the U.S. Dismantle HamasHamas's savage attack on Israel on October 7 has pulled the world’s attention back to the menace of international terrorism. Although it did not disappear in the twenty-two ye...
By Carrie Cordero
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Middle East Security / National Security Law Program
The U.S. Needs to Make Sure Hamas Isn’t a Threat to the HomelandCongress should renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Without congressional action, this provision will expire at the end of the year....
By Carrie Cordero
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National Security Human Capital Program / National Security Law Program
Getting to Ground Truth on the Reach of Domestic Violent Extremist Groups into the Military, Veteran, and Law Enforcement CommunitiesOn Jan. 17, three active-duty Marines, Cpl. Micah Coomer, Sgt. Joshua Abate, and Sgt. Dodge Dale Hellonen, were each charged with four misdemeanors in connection with the Jan....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski, Carrie Cordero & Arona Baigal
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Carrie Cordero Keynote Speech: "Protecting the Protectors: Preventing and Mitigating Domestic Violent Extremism in the Military, Veterans and Law Enforcement Communities"
Drawing from the forthcoming Center for a New American Security (CNAS) report, "Protecting the Protectors: Preventing and Mitigating Domestic Violent Extremism in the Military...
By Carrie Cordero
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Perceptions of Safety
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As part of our Safe@Home forum and Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative, we partnered with the non-profit organization More in Common to gain a better understanding on what Amer...
By Carrie Cordero
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Western Hemisphere Migration is a Long-Term Challenge
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Addressing western hemisphere migration should be a national and international priority....
By Carrie Cordero & Cris Ramón
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Opportunity to Reform the Department of Homeland Security’s Biodefense Operations and Governance
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If 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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How Cybersecurity Saved U.S. Democracy
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In 2020, the threats compounded as compared to 2016....
By Carrie Cordero
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Was the US Gamble on Releasing Ukraine Intelligence Worth it?
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Indeed, the world's eyes have been opened to a despot's perverse plot to crush a sovereign nation every step of the muddied way....
By Carrie Cordero
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Will Biden’s ‘Severe Costs’ on Russia Include Cyber Attacks?
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The lack of openness about how nations are operating in the cyber domain may be limiting the world’s understanding of what activities may be going on behind the scenes....
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy
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Not only do Americans need to feel safer at home; they also need to be safer at home in their communities....
By Carrie Cordero
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20 Years After 9/11
If national security is fundamentally about protecting the continuation of our constitutional democracy, then the national security community should be focusing on threats her...
By Carrie Cordero
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Republican lies have thrust America into its third revolution. We are a nation in crisis.
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We are witness to a political revolution that will define American society and governance for decades to come...
By Carrie Cordero & Edward Lawson
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Enemies Foreign and Domestic
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In early April, the leaders of the U.S. intelligence community outlined the most pressing national security threats facing the nation during testimony to the Senate and House ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Modernizing the Department of Homeland Security
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There is a fresh opportunity to conceive of a forward-looking Department of Homeland Security....
By Carrie Cordero & Katrina Mulligan
