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A Deadly Game: East China Sea Crisis 2030
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On July 22, 2020, audience members played along as the CNAS Defense team and leading experts conducted a virtual wargame in the year 2030, exploring command and information co...
By Richard Fontaine, Susanna V. Blume, Shai Korman, Chris Dougherty, Becca Wasser, Dr. ED McGrady, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, Bryan Walsh, LTG Anthony R. "Tony" Ierardi, USA (Ret.), Sarah Mineiro & Eric Heginbotham
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Updates on defense appropriations for 2021
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Susanna Blume, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at CNAS, provides updates on the House Appropriation Committee’s Defense spending bill for fiscal 2021 and its...
By Susanna V. Blume
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The Bottom Line
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Although lawmakers and the public frequently debate the size of the U.S. defense budget, a fundamental question usually receives less attention: What does U.S. military spendi...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump, Racism, and the Military
Commentary
Throughout his administration, President Trump has misused the US military to advance his racist and discriminatory political priorities. He has used the Department of Defense...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Remote work at the Defense Department after the virus
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Susanna Blume, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), discusses the future of telework at the Defense Department a...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Let Them Work From Home
Commentary
Earlier this week Defense One reported that senior military service branch representatives requested a one-month delay in the submission of their annual budgets, arguing that ...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Army trade-offs within FY21 budget
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Susanna Blume, senior fellow and director of the Defense Program at CNAS, discusses the Army leadership’s approach to the FY21 budget. Watch the full conversation in Governme...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Transcript from CNAS Fireside Chat with Ryan D. McCarthy and General James C. McConville
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On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, Ryan D. McCarthy, 24th Secretary of the Army, and General James C. McConville, 40th Chief of Staff of the Army, joined CNAS Defense Program Di...
By Susanna V. Blume, Ryan D. McCarthy & General James C. McConville
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The Overseas Basing Debate, Part 2
Host Kathleen Hicks continues a discussion with Susanna Blume, Zack Cooper, and Dave Ochmanek on the major debates surrounding U.S. overseas military forces. Listen to the fu...
By Susanna V. Blume
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The Overseas Basing Debate, Part 1
Host Kathleen Hicks moderates a discussion on the major debates surrounding U.S. overseas military forces with CNAS Defense program director, Susanna Blume, as well as&nb...
By Susanna V. Blume
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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
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Transcript from CNAS Fireside Chat with General David L. Goldfein
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On January 27, 2020, CNAS hosted the 21st Chief of Staff of the Air Force General David L. Goldfein for a conversation with Susanna V. Blume, Director of the CNAS Defense Prog...
By Susanna V. Blume & General David L. Goldfein
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Armed services continuously make procurement reforms
Podcast
There has been years of continuous procurement reform for the Defense Department. Tinkering by Congress has rendered procurement into a sort of laboratory. And each of the arm...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Interservice rivalries: A force for good
It’s no secret that the military services fight hard to protect their shares of the defense budget. Just last week, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday made his case...
By Susanna V. Blume & Molly Parrish
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Podcast
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Stories from the Backchannel: Season Two TrailerNow more than ever, Americans are interested in the people working behind the scenes on consequential national security decisions. In Season Two of Stories from the Backchanne...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Richard Fontaine, Susanna V. Blume, Kayla M. Williams, Price B. Floyd, Kurt Campbell & Kara Frederick
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Experimenting with different approaches to acquisitions
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Susanna Blume, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at the CNAS Defense Program, details how military branches are taking different approaches to procurement, and how each one is...
By Susanna V. Blume
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The state of acquisition is in need of better coordination
Commentary
The U.S. defense enterprise has been in a near-constant state of acquisition reform since the 1980s. Although it has been a top Pentagon priority, expected competition with Ch...
By Susanna V. Blume & Mikhail Grinberg
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Video
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS: Bold Ideas for National SecurityThis year, CNAS experts brought bold ideas and bipartisan cooperation to the national security conversation. In 2020, the CNAS team will continue tackling the biggest security...
By Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Kayla M. Williams, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Richard Fontaine, Kristine Lee, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Ely Ratner, Paul Scharre, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Carrie Cordero
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
A Deadly Game: Taiwan Strait Crisis 2025What could a crisis in the Taiwan Strait look like in the year 2025?...
By Elbridge Colby, Susanna V. Blume & Chris Dougherty
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Key takeaways from House Armed Services’ NDAA draft
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The House Armed Services Committee’s initial draft for the National Defense Authorization Act is out. While the bill currently includes some high-profile programs, it has some...
By Susanna V. Blume
