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Defense Bill Signals Changes to Military Justice System, Shift of Focus to Pacific Threats
Sending the $768 billion defense authorization bill to the Senate for a vote later this week, House lawmakers have voted in a budget that is notable both for its long-awaited ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CNAS Launches Future of Government Service in National Security Project
Washington, December 8, 2021—Nearly 1.4 million civilians serve in national security-related departments and agencies across the federal government, but efforts to better unde...
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CNAS Launches New Set of Research Projects on U.S. and Allied Economic and Technological Competition with China
Washington, December 7, 2021—The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the launch of three new U.S.-government supported research projects on U.S. and alli...
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Afghanistan, Politics Lead to Decline in Public Trust of Military
Americans’ trust and confidence in the U.S. military has declined precipitously in 2021, according to the results of a survey. Experts lay the blame on increasing political po...
By Nathalie Grogan
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What Sanctions Could the US Hit Russia With if it Invades Ukraine?
Joe Biden goes into Tuesday’s virtual summit with Vladimir Putin, after days of close consultation with European allies on a joint response to an invasion of Ukraine, armed wi...
By Edward Fishman
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Biden-Putin Call: Analysts Say US President May Still Have a Chance to Derail Ukraine Invasion
With a massive build of Russian troops near Ukraine’s border, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is indicating a willingness to risk a military conflict, but analysts say while the threa...
By Jim Townsend
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Who's in and Who's Out? Biden's 'Democracy Summit' Snubs Attract Criticism
The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy from critics and allies who argue the administration is unduly judging other nations without addressing...
By Carisa Nietsche
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The National Guard Is Stuck in the Middle of Political Infighting, and It’s Getting Worse
The governor of Oklahoma versus the Biden administration. The governor of Texas versus the Biden administration. The governor of South Dakota versus the Biden administration. ...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Data Dominance: In Cyprus, A Chinese Outpost Inside the EU
In October 2015, two years after a banking crisis left Cyprus in desperate need of new financing, President Nicos Anastasiades visited China on a charm offensive, touting the ...
By Carisa Nietsche
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After Decades of Surveillance, Muslims Struggle with How Much to Share Online
Thirteen years ago, Mosaab Sadeia accompanied his father to a mosque in Staten Island. He remembers it was during the winter, after the last Isha prayer when his father went t...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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New CNAS report sets a strategic framework for U.S. coercive economic statecraft toward Beijing.
Washington, December 7, 2021—The United States and its allies are increasingly forced to respond to coercive economic statecraft—i.e., restrictions on trade, investment, and f...
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Satellite Images Show the Buildup of Russian Forces Near Ukraine That Have the US and NATO Worried About an Invasion
New satellite photos show the buildup of Russian armed forces at strategic locations in western Russia near the Ukrainian border and at one spot in Crimea amid concerns that R...
By Jeffrey Edmonds, Michael Kofman & Jim Townsend
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Kamikaze Drones: A New Weapon Brings Power and Peril to the U.S. Military
Americans have become accustomed to images of Hellfire missiles raining down from Predator and Reaper drones to hit terrorist targets in Pakistan or Yemen. But that was yester...
By Paul Scharre
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What Will America Fight For?
As the world’s great power, America ends up having to deal with all its problems, from North Korea to the war in Ethiopia and, more directly, the instability in Latin America ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden’s Beijing Bind
Although the administration has made it clear that the U.S.-China relationship is the most consequential foreign policy challenge of our time, Biden has yet to release a compr...
By Jacob Stokes
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US-China Standoff
The Biden administration has placed a dozen Chinese companies on its trade blacklist on November 23, 2021, citing US national security as well as foreign policy logics. The la...
By Jacob Stokes
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In Peng Shuai Case, Critics See History of IOC Treating Authoritarian Hosts with Kid Gloves
When Olympics organizers held a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, many activists and experts said it was merely a continuation of a decadeslong trend in which th...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian Robot Disguised as a Rock
Under lightly falling snow, a soldier sets a rock on the ground. A moment later the rock animates, extending first a periscope-like camera, and then lifting the whole of its r...
By Samuel Bendett
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Hacking the Supply Chain
As far back as January 2013, a Defense Science Board task force report, “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat,” warned that adversaries could exploit cyber...
By Laura G. Brent
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Michèle Flournoy and Richard Fontaine Named to Defense Policy Board
The Department of Defense named Michèle Flournoy, Chair of the CNAS Board of Directors, and Richard Fontaine, CNAS CEO, to the Defense Policy Board, chaired by Madeleine K. Al...
By Richard Fontaine & Michèle Flournoy